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Dell  |  SKU: ED-DCX6-8B-3/REF

Dell EMC ED-DCX6-8B 8-Slot Gen6 Director + 4x FC32-48 2x CPX6 2x CR32-8 Modules

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Dell EMC ED-DCX6-8B 8-Slot Gen6 Fibre Channel Director with Multiple Modules

Includes:
- 1 x Dell EMC 8-Slot Fibre Channel Gen6 Director
- 4 x Brocade 48-port 32Gb/s Fibre Channel Port Blades (FC32-48)
- 2 x Brocade Control Processor Blades (CPX6)
- 2 x Brocade Core Routing Blades with 16x 4x32Gbps QSFP+ Ports (CR32-8)
- 3 x Fan Modules (60-1003203-05)
- 4 x 3000W Power Supplies (23-0000161-04)

Overview:
The Dell EMC Connectrix ED-DCX6 Director series delivers high-performance Fibre Channel switching up to 32Gb/s, designed for virtualised and all-flash data centres. It supports up to 384 ports with an aggregate switching capacity of 13.5 billion frames per second and 16Tb/s chassis bandwidth including 4Tb/s Inter-chassis Link bandwidth.

Key Features:
- Enterprise software package with Fabric Vision for monitoring and diagnostics
- ISL Trunking for port aggregation
- Extended Fabric for distance extension
- FICON Control Unit Port support for mainframe environments
- Hot-swappable components including power supplies, fans, blades, and optics
- NVMe-ready architecture

Technical Specifications:
- Chassis: 14U rack-mountable with support for eight vertical switching blades
- Fibre Channel Ports: 48-port switching blades and FCiP blades for Fibre Channel over IP
- Performance: Auto-sensing port speeds of 4/8/16/32Gb/s depending on SFPs
- Fabric Latency: Local switching at 900 ns; blade-to-blade at 2.7 µs
- Security: Includes DH_CHAP, FCAP, FIPS 140-2 L2-compliant, HTTPS, IPSec, LDAP, RADIUS, RBAC, SSH, SSL, TACACS+ and Trusted Switch
- Management: Connectrix Manager Converged Network Edition, CLI, Web Tools
- Physical Dimensions: 61.23 cm (H) x 43.74 cm (W) x 61.04 cm (D)
- Weight: 35.61 kg chassis only; 145.8 kg fully populated
- Operating Environment: 0°C to 40°C temperature range; 5% to 93% non-condensing humidity

This Fibre Channel director is optimised for mission-critical storage environments requiring high availability, scalability, and superior throughput.

Product Attributes

  • Alternative Part Numbers
    ED-DCX6-8B
  • Manufacturer
    Dell
  • OS installed
    Brocade Fabric OS
  • Part Number
    X6-8
  • Ports
    32x 4x 32Gbps QSFP+ | 192x 32Gb/s FC
  • Power Supplies
    4x 3000W PSU
  • Weight
    8 kg

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