The Breakout feature allows certain
40-Gbps ports on ICX 7550 and ICX 7850 standalone units, as well as ICX 7850
stacking configurations, to be divided into four 10-Gbps subports using a breakout
cable. Additionally, 100-Gbps ports can be divided into four 25-Gbps subports.
This
enhances port flexibility and density, providing more options for network
configuration. Refer to RUCKUS FastIron Management Configuration Guide
for information on dynamic breakout.
The ports listed in the following tables can
serve as breakout ports if they are not configured as stack ports. Note that the
slot 2 uplink-40g/100g configuration is only applicable to specific ICX 7550 SKUs
and not required for ICX 7850 models. Stacking ports are displayed in a three-tuple
format (x/y/z) even when configured as breakout ports. For example, if port 1/2/1
is
a breakout port, it appears in the general configuration or show command output in
four-tuple format as 1/2/1:1; however, any output that shows the port as a
stack-port configuration displays the port in three-tuple format as 1/2/1.
Ports available for breakout are shown for each
supported model in the following tables. Refer to the RUCKUS ICX 7850 Switch Hardware Installation Guide and RUCKUS ICX 7550 Switch Hardware Installation Guide for
information on installing breakout cables. Refer to RUCKUS FastIron Management
Configuration Guide for information on configuring breakout ports and
subports.
Note: For ICX 7550
devices, breakout is supported only on module-2 ports in uplink mode.
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
ICX
7550 Ports Available for Breakout (with Recommended Cables and
Optics)
ICX 7550 Model
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
The RUCKUS ICX 7550-48F, ICX 7550-24F,
ICX 7550-24ZP, 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 have 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,
ICX 7550-24XZP, and ICX 7550-24ZP models have four 10-Gbps or four 25-Gbps breakout
ports available on 1/2/2 only.
Uplink: slot 2 uplink-100-Gbps (ports 1/2/1 and 1/2/2
only)
Not supported
Supported
Supported
In RUCKUS ICX 7550-24F, ICX7550-24XZP, and ICX
7550 24ZP models, the uplink-40-Gbps is supported only if 2x40-Gbps is present
in
module 3 or if the module 3 is empty. The uplink-40-Gbps is not supported if module
3 has 4x10-Gbps or 1x100-Gbps.