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Blade Support Fabric OS v7.0.1 software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the DCX/DCX-4S noted in the following table: DCX/DCX-4S Blade Support Matrix 16-, 32-, 48- and 64-port 8Gbit port blades (FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64) and the 6-port 10G FC blade (FC10-6) Intelligent blade FCIP/FC Router blade (FR4-18i) Virtualization/Application Blade (FA4-18) Encryption Blade (FS8-18) Next Generation Distance Extension Blade (FX8-24) FCoE/L2 CEE blade FCOE10-24 FC16-32, FC16-48 Supported with FOS v6.0 and above (FC8-64 requires FOS v6.4) with any mix and up to 8/4 of each. No restrictions around intermix. Up to a total of 8/4 intelligent blades. See below for maximum supported limits of each blade. Up to a maximum of 4 blades of this type. This can be extended under special circumstances, but must be approved by Brocade's Product Team. Up to 8 FR4-18i blades can be installed in a DCX if they are used only for FCIP without routing. Note: FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in FOS v7.0 or later FR4-18i does not support EX-ports, FC FastWrite and WAN optimization features in FOS v7.0 or later FR4-18i supports VEX ports on FOS v7.0 or later Not supported on FOS v7.0 or later Up to a maximum of 4 blades of this type. Up to a max of 4 blades of this type. Note: FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in FOS v7.0 or later Up to a max of 4 blades of this type. Not supported in the same chassis with other intelligent blades or the FC8-64 port blade. Not supported Table 1 Blade Support Matrix for DCX and DCX-4S with FOS v7.0.1 Note: The iSCSI FC4-16IP blade is not qualified for the DCX/DCX-4S. Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 18 of 67

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Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0
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Blade Support
Fabric OS v7.0.1 software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the DCX/DCX-4S noted in the following
table
:
DCX/DCX-4S Blade Support Matrix
16-, 32-, 48- and 64-port 8Gbit port blades (FC8-16,
FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64) and the 6-port 10G FC blade
(FC10-6)
Supported with FOS v6.0 and above (FC8-64 requires
FOS v6.4) with any mix and up to 8/4 of each. No
restrictions around intermix.
Intelligent blade
Up to a total of 8/4 intelligent blades. See below for
maximum supported limits of each blade.
FCIP/FC Router blade (FR4-18i)
Up to a maximum of 4 blades of this type.
This can be
extended under special circumstances, but must be
approved by Brocade’s Product Team.
Up to 8 FR4
-18i
blades can be installed in a DCX if they are used only
for FCIP without routing.
Note
: FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in FOS v7.0
or later
FR4-18i does not support EX-ports, FC FastWrite and
WAN optimization features in FOS v7.0 or later
FR4-18i
supports VEX ports on FOS v7.0 or later
Virtualization/Application Blade (FA4-18)
Not supported on FOS v7.0 or later
Encryption Blade (FS8-18)
Up to a maximum of 4 blades of this type.
Next Generation Distance Extension Blade (FX8-24)
Up to a max of 4 blades of this type.
Note
: FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in FOS v7.0
or later
FCoE/L2 CEE blade
FCOE10-24
Up to a max of 4 blades of this type.
Not supported in
the same chassis with other intelligent blades or the
FC8-64 port blade.
FC16-32, FC16-48
Not supported
Table 1 Blade Support Matrix for DCX and DCX-4S with FOS v7.0.1
Note: The iSCSI FC4-16IP blade is not qualified for the DCX/DCX-4S.