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The FC32-X7-48 is a 48-port 32Gb Fibre Channel port blade for the Brocade X7-8 and X7-4 directors, which IBM sells as the SAN512B-7 and SAN256B-7. It sits in the same slots as the FC64-48 blade.
All 48 front-end ports are SFP+ and run at 32, 16, 10, 8 or 4Gbps. The 10Gbps transceivers work in any port but only as E_Ports, and they are not interchangeable with the SX6 extension blade. Trunking groups up to eight ports into 256Gbps ISL trunks.
Broadcom lists two order numbers: BR-X732-2148 with 48 x 32G short-wave SFP+ and BR-X732-5148 with 48 x 32G long-wave SFP+. NetApp's equivalents are X-X7-32G-2148 and X-X7-32G-5148.
Broadcom names the FC32-X7-48 among the ports for its Gen 7 secure 32G optics, such as the short-wave XBR-000412 and the 10 km long-wave XBR-000438.
For the 16Gb DCX 8510 generation see the FC16-32 32-port blade and FC16-48 48-port blade; the Brocade category has the rest.
| Part number | FC32-X7-48 |
| Type | Gen 6-class 32Gb port blade for Gen 7 directors |
| Ports | 48 x SFP+ |
| Port speeds | 32, 16, 10, 8, 4Gbps |
| Order numbers | BR-X732-2148 (48 x 32G SWL), BR-X732-5148 (48 x 32G LWL) |
| Chassis | X7-8, X7-4 (IBM SAN512B-7, SAN256B-7) |
| ISL trunk | up to eight ports, 256Gbps |
| NetApp order numbers | X-X7-32G-2148, X-X7-32G-5148 |