Lenovo X7-8 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director
Maximize performance, simplify SAN management
Supports up to 384 64Gb ports or 512 32Gb ports
Total bandwidth of 31Tb/s
Link speeds of 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
Multi-faceted and agile
The versatile Brocade X7-8 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director is designed to meet relentless growth and large enterprise environments. Its highly scalable extension solution for FC, IP, and FICON gives businesses the agility to keep growing as their IT needs change. With its backwards-compatibility support, it helps enterprises manage their need for constant change. A roomy 14U form factor gives the Brocade X7-8 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director the ability to grow or scale back networks as needed.
Results-driven performance
With an industry-leading Gen 7 FC the Brocade X7-8 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director increases performance for demanding workloads. It can handle up to 31Tb/s of bandwidth to manage the most demanding applications while maximizing high transaction workloads with 50% lower network latency. Businesses can rely on its ability to operate data-intensive app response times and enable improved Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Network design simplified
Automate actions to simplify management and resolve issues while leveraging optical Inter-Chassis Links (ICLs) that enable businesses to reduce network complexity and costs. By reducing inter-switch cabling by 75% and freeing up to 25% of ports for servers and storage, the Brocade X7-8 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director simplifies management and storage connectivity. Seamlessly integrate next-generation NVMe into the storage fabric without a disruptive rip-and-replace.
Tech Specs
Base Model | X7-8 includes:
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Chassis | Eight open-blade slots |
Fibre Channel Blade |
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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) connects up to 9 chassis in a full-mesh topology or up to 12 chassis in a core-edge topology |
Chassis Bandwidth | 39.6Tb/s per chassis with 512 device ports + 32 UltraScale ICL connections supporting 128 ports. |
Chassis Power |
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Cooling | Requires 3 fan tray assemblies |
Airflow | Choice of non-port side intake or non-port side exhaust PSUs and fan trays |
Solution Availability |
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Enclosure |
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Dimensions (H x W x D) | 61.23cm x 43.74cm x 61.04cm (24.11" x 17.23" x 24.04") |
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