Overview of Breakout Ports

100-Gbps or 40-Gbps cable can be used on and ICX 7850 standalone units to break out certain 40-Gbps ports into four 10-Gbps subports and 100-Gbps ports into four 25-Gbps subports respectively.

The breakout ports can be broken out only when stacking is not enabled, and any interface-level configuration must be removed before it can be broken out into subports.

Note: The ports listed in the tables ICX 7850 Ports Available for Breakout and Ports Available for Breakout can serve as a breakout ports if the stack enable command is not configured on those ports. However, the stacking ports are always displayed in three-tuple format (x/y/z) even when they have been configured as breakout ports. For example, if port 1/2/1 is a breakout port, it appears in general configuration or show command output as 1/2/1:1; however, any output that shows the port as a stack-port configuration displays the port as 1/2/1.

Note: ICX 7850 devices do not need to be in store-and-forward mode for breakout ports to be functional.

Ports available for breakout are shown for each supported model in the following table. Refer to the RUCKUS ICX 7850 Switch Hardware Installation Guide and RUCKUS ICX 7550 Switch Hardware Installation Guide for information on installing breakout cables.

Note: On the , breakout is supported only on module 2 stacking and uplink ports.

ICX 7850 Ports Available for Breakout

  ICX 7850-32Q ICX 7850-48F ICX 7850-48FS ICX 7850-48C
Module 1 1/1/1 through 1/1/12 (12 ports) N/A N/A N/A
Module 2 1/2/1 through 1/2/12 (12 ports) 1/2/1 through 1/2/8 1/2/1 through 1/2/8 1/2/1 through 1/2/8
Module 3 1/3/1 through 1/3/8 (8 ports) N/A N/A N/A

Ports Available for Breakout

ICX 7550 Models Uplink Ports Breakout Ports Supported Speed Supported Uplink CLI Recommended Cables/Optics

ICX 7550-24

ICX 7550-48

ICX 7550-24P

ICX 7550-48P

Slot 2: Port 1 and Port 2

1/2/1 through 1/2/2

Each port is 1/2/1:1 to 1/2/1:4 and 1/2/2:1 to 1/2/2:4

40-Gbps uplink (4x10-Gbps breakout)

NA

4x10G Breakout:

E40G-QSFP-4SFP-C-XXXX (1m, 3m, or 5m), E40G-QSFP-SR4-INT, UQXQPLUJ8-MDM003, 10G-SFPP-SR-S (4), E40G-QSFP-LR4-INT, UQGQPLUJ8-JDM003, 10G-SFPP-LR-S (4)

ICX 7550-24ZP

ICX 7550-24F

Slot 2: Port 2

Breakout is not supported in stacking mode(default mode).

Breakout is supported only on 1/2/2 in uplink-100-Gbps mode

Uplink-100-Gbps mode (4x10-Gbps and 4x25-Gbps breakout)

slot 2 uplink-100g

4x25G Breakout:

E100G-QSFP-4SFP-PXXXX (1m, 3m, or 5m), E100G-QSFP28-SR4, UQXQPLUJ8-MDM003, E25G-SFP28-SR4 (4), E100G-QSFP28-SR4-A, UQXQPLUJ8-MDM003, E25G-SFP28-SR4 (4)

4x10G Breakout:

E40G-QSFP-4SFP-C-XXXX (1m, 3m, or 5m), E40G-QSFP-SR4-INT, UQXQPLUJ8-MDM003, 10G-SFPP-SR-S (4), E40G-QSFP-LR4-INT, UQGQPLUJ8-JDM003, 10G-SFPP-LR-S (4)

Slot 2: Port 1 and Port 2

100-Gbps optics are not supported in uplink-40-Gbps mode

Breakout is supported on 1/2/1 and 1/2/2 in uplink-40-Gbps mode

40-Gbps uplink

2x40-Gbps uplink or 8x10-Gbps uplink in breakout

slot 2 uplink-40g

4x10G Breakout:

E40G-QSFP-4SFP-C-XXXX (1m, 3m, or 5m), E40G-QSFP-SR4-INT, UQXQPLUJ8-MDM003, 10G-SFPP-SR-S (4), E40G-QSFP-LR4-INT, UQGQPLUJ8-JDM003, 10G-SFPP-LR-S (4)

ICX 7550-48ZP

ICX 7550-48F

Slot 2: Port 1 and Port 2

Breakout is not supported in stacking mode (default mode)

Uplink-100-Gbps mode supports 4x10-Gbps and 4x25-Gbps breakout

Breakout is supported on 1/2/1 and 1/2/2 in uplink-100-Gbps mode

100-Gbps uplink (8x10-Gbps or 8x25-Gbps breakout

slot 2 uplink-100g

4x25G Breakout:

E100G-QSFP-4SFP-PXXXX (1m, 3m, or 5m), E100G-QSFP28-SR4, UQXQPLUJ8-MDM003, E25G-SFP28-SR4 (4), E100G-QSFP28-SR4-A, UQXQPLUJ8-MDM003, E25G-SFP28-SR4 (4)

4x10G Breakout:

E40G-QSFP-4SFP-C-XXXX (1m, 3m, or 5m), E40G-QSFP-SR4-INT, UQXQPLUJ8-MDM003, 10G-SFPP-SR-S (4), E40G-QSFP-LR4-INT, UQGQPLUJ8-JDM003, 10G-SFPP-LR-S (4)

The RUCKUS ICX 7550-48F, ICX 7550-24F, and ICX 7550-48ZP models can operate in both 100-Gbps stacking and 100-Gbps uplink mode.

In the uplink-100-Gbps mode, the ICX 7550-48F and ICX 7550-48ZP models has eight 10-Gbps or eight 25-Gbps breakout ports available on 1/2/1 and 1/2/2.

In the uplink-100-Gbps mode, the ICX 7550-24F and ICX 7550-24ZP models has four 10-Gbps or four 25-Gbps breakout ports available on 1/2/2 only.