Installation guide

1 Slot 2
2 Slot 2
3 Slot 3
FIGURE 6 Brocade ICX 6650 rear-panel ports
• Slot 3 is located on the rear of the Brocade ICX 6650 switch and contains ports 1 through 8. These
ports are 4x10 GbE breakout ports and require the use of a breakout cable. Refer to the previous
figure.
Supported transceivers and cables
The Brocade ICX 6650 supports the following transceivers and cables:
• 1 GbE
‐ SX
‐ LX
‐ Copper
• 10 GbE
‐ SFP+: USR, Short Reach, Long Reach
‐ Active twinaxial copper (1 meter, 3 meter, and 5 meter)
‐ 10 GbE ER SFP+
• 40 GbE
‐ Standard 40 GbE (SR4) transceiver without breakout
‐ 40 GbE (SR4) QSFP+ transceiver with breakout to 4x10 GbE up to 100 meters on OM3
fiber
‐ 40 GbE direct attach (DAC) copper breakout (1 meter, 3 meter, and 5 meter)
‐ 40 GbE QSFP to QSFP active twinaxial (1 meter, 3 meter, and 5 meter)
‐ 40 GbE (LR4) QSFP+ transceiver up to 10 km
NOTE
Non-branded active twinaxial cables can be used, but Brocade does not support them.
Supported transceivers and cables
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