Lenovo X7-4 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director
Foundation for the on-demand data center
Supports up to 192 64Gb ports or 256 32Gb ports
Total bandwidth 15.5Tb/s
Link speeds 8, 10, 16, 32, and 64Gb FC auto-sensing;
Hot swap redundant power supplies and fan trays
Autonomous SAN infrastructure for self-learning, self-optimizing, and self-healing capabilities
Safeguard mission-critical workloads from vulnerabilities with Gen 7 integrated security






Features
Purpose-built for enterprise deployments
The Brocade X7-4 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director is designed to easily manage large enterprise environments requiring increased capacity, greater throughput, and higher levels of resiliency. Plus, it increases agility with concurrent Fibre Channel, NVMe, FICON or FCIP, connectivity. Businesses can rely on its three generations of backward-compatibility support, 8U form factor, and Gen 7 integrated security.
Maximize performance and results
Industry-leading Gen 7 FC with increased performance, up to 15.5Tb/s of chassis bandwidth, breakthrough performance that speeds up data-intensive application response times, and improved Service Level Agreements (SLAs). It can easily manage high transaction workloads with 50% lower network latency and can transform telemetry data into actionable insights to optimize performance and ensure reliability.
Simplified, scale-out network design
Leverage optical Inter-Chassis Links (ICLs) with Brocade UltraScale chassis connectivity that offers faster, and simpler fabrics that increase consolidation while reducing network complexity and costs. Easily increase server port and storage capacity, simplify management, maximize visibility, and streamline operations with a modern SAN management tool.
Tech Specs
Base Model | X7-4 includes:
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Chassis | Four open-blade slots |
Fibre Channel Blades |
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Extension Blades | SX6 Extension Blade provides Fibre Channel extension (16×32Gb Fibre Channel ports) and IP extension over IP networks (16×1GbE/10GbE and 2×40GbE ports) |
Performance |
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Multi-chassis with UltraScale ICL Ports | Up to 2304 Fibre Channel ports; UltraScale ICL ports (16 per 4-slot chassis, optical QSFP) connect to 9 chassis in a full-mesh topology or up to 12 chassis in a core-edge topology |
Chassis Bandwidth | 19.8Tb/s per chassis with 256 device ports + 16 UltraScale ICL connections supporting 64 ports |
Chassis Power |
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Cooling | Requires two fan tray assemblies |
Airflow | Choice of non-port side intake or non-port side exhaust PSU’s and fan trays |
Solution Availability |
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Enclosure |
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Dimensions (H x W x D) | 34.45cm x 43.74cm x 61.04cm (13.56" x 17.23" x 24.04") |
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