<p dir="ltr">On May 19, 2016 7:45 AM, "Franz Georg Köhler" <<a href="mailto:lists@openunix.de">lists@openunix.de</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Am 18.05.16 um 16:12 schrieb ekoyle+<a href="http://puck.nether.net">puck.nether.net</a> at <a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a> (Eldon Koyle):<br>
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>> You can run 40G without stacking on the 7750, although you may need to<br>
>> change some default stacking settings. What code version are you running?<br>
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> Hello,<br>
> we are running 08040a.<br>
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> The Brocade manual says:<br>
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>> In release 8.0.30, the breakout support on the 40G interfaces will be supported on a standalone mode only. Breakout ports will not be supported with stacking configuration.<br>
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> <a href="http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/feature-guide/brocade-icx7750-breakout-ports-fg/GUID-459FAE8C-4013-4E6C-9AE9-BEE4977BA22C.html">http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/feature-guide/brocade-icx7750-breakout-ports-fg/GUID-459FAE8C-4013-4E6C-9AE9-BEE4977BA22C.html</a><br>
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> But this was just a side note as we did not expect such a limitation and were suprised when we discovered that information in the manual.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">So you wanted to create a stack over a breakout cable? I suspect there are some hardware or software limitations that make that difficult for brocade to implement.<br></p>
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>> I suspect support for third-party breakout cables is very limited.<br>
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> Is there any difference on the switch side if there is a breakout cacble connected? Is there such a thing like hardware support for breakout cables?<br>
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> Until now, I was under the impression that a 40G port is just an aggregated 4x10G port and the switch just needs to deactivate the aggregation in order to break out? Am I wrong?<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Although at the physical layer a 40G port is 4 10G channels, there may be some shared resources for the port that don't act separately, so the PHY and the software both need to support breakout cables.</p>
<p dir="ltr">One other thing to note, I have found support for 3rd party twinax cables to be abysmal (it will try to use them, but there may be issues where a port shows up even though the remote end is disabled; also high error rates).</p>
<p dir="ltr">-- <br>
Eldon</p>