Datasheet
BROCADE ICX 6430/6450 SPECIFICATIONS
System Architecture
Connector options 10/100/1000 Mbps ports: RJ-45
BrocadeICX6430:1GbpsSFPportsforuplink/
stacking: SX, LX, TX, LHA, LHB, direct-attached
coppercable(Twinax)forstacking
BrocadeICX6450:1/10GbpsSFP+portsfor
uplink/stacking: USR, SR, LR, ER, LRM, direct-
attachedcoppercable(Twinax)forstacking
Out-of-band Ethernet management: 10/100/1000
Mbps RJ-45
Console management: RJ-45 serial
External power connector: Redundant system power
supplyandextendedPoEpowersupply
Maximum MAC
addresses
Brocade ICX 6430: 8000
Brocade ICX 6450: 16,000
Maximum VLANs 4096
MaximumSTP
(spanningtrees)
Brocade ICX 6430: 32
Brocade ICX 6450: 253
Maximum routes
(inhardware)
Brocade ICX 6450: 12,000
Trunking Brocade ICX 6430
Maximum ports per trunk: 8
Maximum trunk groups: 32
Brocade ICX 6450
Maximum ports per trunk: 8
Maximumtrunkgroups:127
Priorityqueues Brocade ICX 6430: 4
Brocade ICX 6450: 8
Maximum jumbo
frame size
9216 bytes
Layer 2 switching • 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree
• 802.1x Authentication
• Auto MDI/MDIX
• BPDUGuard,RootGuard
• Dual-Mode VLANs
• MAC-based VLANs, Dynamic MAC-based VLAN
activation
• Dynamic VLAN Assignment
• Dynamic Voice VLAN Assignment
• FastPortSpan
• GARPVLANRegistrationProtocol
• IGMPSnooping(v1/v2/v3)
• IGMPProxyforStaticGroups
• IGMPv2/v3FastLeave
• IGMPTracking
• Inter-PacketGap(IPG)adjustment
• LinkFaultSignaling(LFS)
• MACAddressLocking,MACPortSecurity
• MAC-LayerFiltering,Filteringonsourceand
destination MAC address
• MAC Learning Disable
• MLDSnooping(v1/v2)
• Multi-device Authentication
• Per-VLANSpanningTree(PVST/PVST+/PVRST)
Layer 2 switching
(Continued)
• Port-basedAccessControlLists
• Mirroring:Port-based,ACL-based,MACFilter-
based, and VLAN-based
• PortLoopDetection
• PrivateVLAN
• ProtectedLinkGroups
• ProtocolVLAN(802.1v),SubnetVLAN
• RemoteFaultNotication(RFN)
• Single-instance Spanning Tree
• Single-linkLACP
• Trunk Groups
• Uni-DirectionalLinkDetection(UDLD)
IPv6support • Host functionality management
• HardwaresupportforIPv6
Base
Layer 3 routing
• IPv4StaticRoutes(BrocadeICX6450only)
• Host Routes
• Virtual Interfaces, up to 255 virtual interfaces
• Routed Interfaces
• Route-only Support
• IPhelper
• Routing Between Directly Connected Subnets
Premium
Layer 3 routing
(BrocadeICX6450
only)
• ECMP
• Layer3/Layer4ACLs,RIPv1/v2announce
• OSPFv2
• RIPv1/v2
• VirtualRouteRedundancyProtocol(VRRP)
• VRRP-E
Metro features • Metro-RingProtocolMRP(v1,v2)
• VirtualSwitchRedundancyProtocol(VSRP)
• VLANStacking(Q-in-Q)
• VRRP
• Topology Groups
Quality of Service
(QoS)
• ACLMappingandMarkingofToS/DSCP
• ACL Mapping and Marking of 802.1p
• ACLMappingtoPriorityQueue
• ACLMappingtoToS/DSCP
• ClassifyingandLimitingFlowsBasedonTCPFlags
• DHCPRelay
• DiffServ Support
• HonoringDSCPand802.1p
• MACAddressMappingtoPriorityQueue
• PriorityQueueManagementusingWeighted
RoundRobin(WRR),
• StrictPriority(SP),andacombinationof
WRRandSP










