Specifications

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Gen 5 Fibre Channel Platforms
The Brocade FC16-48 and FC16-32 blades for the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone and the Brocade 6520, 6510,
and 6505 Switches provide trunk groups with a maximum of 8 ports per trunk group. The trunking octet groups
are in the following blade port ranges: 0-7, 8-15, 16-23, 24-31, 32-39, and 40-47. (Trunk groups 32-39 and 40-
47 are obviously not applicable to FC16-32). Trunk boundary layout is on the faceplate of the blade.
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15 31
14 30
13 29
12 28
11 27
10 26
9 25
8 24
7 23
6 22
5 21
4 20
3 19
2 18
1 17
0 16
Trunk Boundary
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Figure 47. Brocade FC16-32 Trunk Groups.