Connectrix Brocade B-Series: Brocade switchType versus ASIC, versus FOS family code
Summary: Overview of Brocade / Broadcom switch types, with first versions of Code and ASIC information
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Symptoms
How do I identify a switch type from a supportshow?
What is switch type in Brocade's supportshow?
Brocade switch type
Brocade switchtype
switchType
What are the switch types for Brocade?
What is switch type in Brocade's supportshow?
Brocade switch type
Brocade switchtype
switchType
What are the switch types for Brocade?
Cause
No cause, unable to identify switchtype
Resolution
The spreadsheet below is attached and can be downloaded from the attachments section.
| Switchtype | DELL Technologies / Brocade assignment / port / speed | FOS - / NOS -Family | ASIC |
| 191.y | DS-7710B / Brocade G710 / 24@ 32 / 64G | 9.2.2 | GoldenEye 5 Gen7 |
| 190.y | xMP-7850B / 7050 | 9.2 | Codor5 Gen7 |
| 189.y | DS-7730B / Brocade G730 / 128 | 9.1 / - | 12 GoldenEye5 |
| 184.y | DS-6630B-V2 / Brocade G630 Updated / 96 SFP+ and 8 QSFP ports / 32-Gbps and 32-QSFP transceivers | 9.x / - | CONDOR5 Gen 7 |
| 183.y | DS-6620B-V2 / Brocade G620 Updated / 48 SFP+ and 4 QSFP ports / 32-Gbps and 32-QSFP transceivers | 9.x / - | CONDOR5 Gen 7 |
| 181.y | DS-7720B / Brocade G720 / 56 @ 64Gbps | 9.x / - | CONDOR5 Gen 7 |
| 180.y | ED-DCX7-8B / Brocade DCX7-8 / 384@ 64Gbps | 9.x / - | CONDOR5 Gen 7 |
| 179.y | ED-DCX7-4B / Brocade DCX7-4 / 192@ 64Gbps | 9.x / - | CONDOR5 Gen 7 |
| 178.y | MP-7810B / Brocade 7810 / 12 FC @ 32 Gbps / 6 @ 1/10GE / 2 @ 1G Ethernet | 8.1.2a / - | GoldenEye4 |
| 175.y | MXG610S / Brocade G610 / 16 external @32Gbps and 16 internal @32Gbps | 8.1.0_lnx1 / - | GoldenEye4 |
| 173.y | DS-6630B / Brocade G630 / 128 @ 32Gbps | 8.x / - | CONDOR4 |
| 170.y |
DS-6610B / Brocade G610 / 24 @ 32Gbps |
8.x / - | CONDOR4 |
| 166.y | ED-DCX6-8B / Brocade DCX6-8 / 384 @ 32Gbps | 8.x / - | CONDOR4 |
| 165.y | ED-DCX6-4B / Brocade DCX6-4 / 192 @ 32Gbps | 8.x / - | CONDOR4 |
| 164.y | - / Brocade G648 / 32Gb/s 40-port blade Server SAN I/O Module | ||
| 162.5 | DS-6620B / Brocade G620 / 48 SFP+ and 4 QSFP ports / 32-Gbps and 32-QSFP transceivers | 8.2.1a / - | CONDOR4 |
| 162.0 | DS-6620B / Brocade G620 / 48 SFP+ and 4 QSFP ports / 32-Gbps and 32-QSFP transceivers | 8.x / - | CONDOR4 |
| 161.y | - / Brocade MXG610 / 32Gb/s 32-port blade Server SAN I/O Module | ||
| 148.y | MP-7840B/ 7840 / 24 FC @ 16 Gbs / 16 @ 1/10 GE / 2 @ 40G E | 7.x / - | CONDOR 3 |
| 133.y | DS-6520B / Brocade 6520 / 96 @16 Gbit.sec | 7.x / - | CONCOR3 |
| 131.y | - / Brocade BR-VDX6740 | ||
| 121.y | ED-DCX8510-4B / Brocade DCX 8510-4 / 192 @ 16Gbs or 256 @ 8Gbs / 16 Gbit.sec | 7.x / - | CONDOR3 |
| 120.y | ED-DCX8510-8B / Brocade DCX 8510-8 / 384 @ 16Gbs or 512 @ 8Gbs / 16 Gbit.sec | 7.x / - | CONDOR3 |
| 118.y | DS-6505B / Brocade 6505 / 24 port / 2, 4, 8, 16 Gbit.sec | 7.x / - | CONDOR3 |
| 117.y | - / Brocade 6547 (Embedded switch) / / | ||
| 116.y | - / Brocade VDX 6710 Data Center Switch / / | ||
| 109.y | DS-6510B / Brocade DS-6510 / 48 port / 16 Gbit.sec | 7.x / - | CONDOR3 |
| 108.y | - / Dell M8428-k FCoE Embedded Switch | ||
| VDX-6740B / Brocade VDX 6740- Data Center Switch / 48 / 10GbE - 40GbE | - / 4.1.3 | ||
| 98.y | - / Brocade VDX 6730-76 Data Center Switch | - / .. | |
| 97.y | - / Brocade VDX 6720-60 Data Center Switch | - / .. | |
| 96.y | - / Brocade VDX 6730-32 Data Center Switch | - / .. | |
| 95.y | - / Brocade VDX 6720-24 Data Center Switch | - / .. | |
| 92.y | - / Brocade VA-40FC Switch | ||
| 90.y | - / Brocade B8470 IBM embedded FCoE 8000 Access Gateway/ | ||
| 88.y | - / Brocade DCE Blade / 24 GigE-port / 10 Gbit.sec | ||
| 86.y | - / Brocade (Embedded Switch) / 26-port / 8 Gbit.sec | ||
| 83.y | MP-7800B / Brocade 7800 / 16 FC, 8 GbE / 8 Gbit.sec | CONDOR2 | |
| 82.y | - / Brocade (Embedded switch) / 24 port / 2, 4, 8 Gbit.sec | ||
| 77.y | ED-DCX-4S-B / Brocade DCX-4S (Pluto) / - / 2, 4, 8 Gbit.sec | 6.1 / - | CONDOR2 |
| 76.y | MP-8000B / Brocade 8000 (Elara) / 16 FC, 10 GbE / 8 Gbit.sec | - / | CONDOR2 |
| 75.y | - / Brocade M5424 (Embedded Switch) / 24 port / 2, 4, 8 Gbit.sec | ? | Goldeneye2 |
| 73.y | -/ Brocade 5470 (Embedded switch) / 20 port / 2, 4, 8 Gbit.sec | 6.2 / - | CONDOR2 |
| 72.y | - / Brocade 5480 (Embedded switch) / 24 port / 2, 4, 8 Gbit.sec | ? | Goldeneye2 |
| 71.y | DS-300B / Brocade 300 (Tomahawk) / 24 port / 1, 2, 4, 8 Gbit.sec | 6.1 / - | (1x) Goldeneye2 |
| 69.y | - / Brocade 5410 (Embedded switch) / 12 port / 2, 4, 8 Gbit.sec | ||
| 67.y | ES-5832B / - (Mace) / 32 port / - | - / | CONDOR2 |
| 66.y | DS-5100B / Brocade 5100 (Spirit) / 40 port / 1, 2, 4, 8 Gbit.sec | 6.1 / - | (1x) CONDOR2 |
| 64.y | DS-5300B / Brocade 5300 (Thor) / 80 port / 1, 2, 4, 8 Gbit.sec | 6.1 / - | (9x) Goldeneye2 |
| 62.y | ED-DCX-B / - (Neptune) / | 6.0 / - | CONDOR2 |
| 61.y | - / Brocade 4424 / Dell M1000e chassis / 24 port / 1, 2, 4 Gbit.sec | ? | ? |
| 58.y | DS-5000B / Brocade 5000 (Pulsar2) / 32 port / 1, 2, 4 Gbit.sec | 5.2.1 / - | CONDOR |
| 55.y | AP-7600B / SW7600 (Sabre) / - / - | 5.3.0 / - | CONDOR |
| 51.y | - / Brocade 4018 / Huwai Blade Centre - / - | ? | Goldeneye |
| 46.y | MP-7500B / SW7500 (Sprint) / 16 port + 2 GigE ports / 1, 2, 4 Gbit.sec | 5.1.x / - | CONDOR |
| 45.y | - / Brocade 4016 and 4424 / Dell, Hitachi, FSC Blade Centre - / - | ? | Goldeneye |
| 44.y | DS-4900B/ SW4900 series (Viking) / 64port / 1, 2, 4 Gbit.sec | 5.1.x / - | CONDOR |
| 43.v | - / Brocade 4024 / HP, NEC Blade Centre - / - | ? | Goldeneye |
| 42.y | ED-48000B / 48000 series (Saturn) / 256 port / 1, 2, 4 Gbit.sec | 5.x | CONDOR |
| 41.y | N/A XLATE ; Used for XLATE Domain representation with FCR | N/A | N/A |
| 40.y | N/A Front Domain ; Used fro Front Domain representation with FCR | N/A | N/A |
| 38.y | AP7420 / 7420 series (Mars) / - / - | XPATH 7.x | FiGeRo / Cello |
| 37.y | - / Brocade 4020 / Intel, IBM Blade Centre - / - | ? | Goldeneye |
| 34.y | DS-220B / SW200E (Stealth) / 16 port / 1, 2, 4 Gbit.sec | 5.x | Goldeneye |
| 33.y | - / Brocade 3014 / Dell Blade Centre 3014 / - / 1, 2 Gbit.sec | ? | ? |
| 32.y | DS-4100B / 4100 series (Pulsar) / 32 port / 1, 2, 4 Gbit.sec | 4.4.x | CONDOR |
| 29.y | - / Brocade 4012 / HP 4GB SAN Switch for HP p-class systems / 12 / 1, 2, 4 Gbit.sec | ? | Goldeneye |
| 27.y | DS-8B3 / 3250 series / 1, 2 Gbit.sec | 4.2.x | BLOOM2 |
| 26.y | DS-16B3 / 3850 series / 1, 2 Gbit.sec | 4.2.x | BLOOM2 |
| 23.y | - / Brocade embedded switch / 10 port / | ? | ? |
| 22.y | - / Brocade 3016 / IBM Blade Centre HS20, 40 /- / 1, 2 Gbit.sec | ? | ? |
| 21.y | ED-24000B / 24000 series (Meteor) / 128 port / 1, 2 Gbit.sec | 4.x | BLOOM2 |
| 18.y | - / - / HP Storage Works SAN switch BladeRunner / - / - | ? | ? |
| 17.y | - / 3800 series HP Storage Works HP, Compaq unique / 16 port / 1, 2 Gbit.sec | 3.x | BLOOM |
| 16.y | DS-8B2 / 3200 series (Mojo Lite) / 8 port / 1, 2 Gbit.sec | 4.x | BLOOM |
| 12.1 | DS-32B2 / 3900 series (Terminiator) / 32 port / 1, 2 Gbit.sec | 4.x | BLOOM |
| 10.y | ED-12000B / 12000 series (Ulysses) / 64, 128 port / 1, 2 Gbit.sec | 4.x | BLOOM |
| 9.y | DS-16B2 / 3800 series (Cylon) / 16 port / 1, 2 Gbit.sec | 3.x | BLOOM |
| 7.3 | DS-SCB / 2800 series (SPIDER) / 16 port / 1 Gbit.sec | 2.x | LOOM |
| 6.y | DS-16b / 2800 series (includes parity checking on all paths) / 16 port / 1 Gbit.sec | 2.x | LOOM |
| 5.y | - / 22x0 series / 16 port / 1 Gbit.sec | 2.x | LOOM |
| 4.y | - / 20x0 series / 8 port / 1 Gbit.sec | 2.x | LOOM |
| 3.y | DS-8B / 2400 series / 8 port / 1 Gbit.sec | 2.x | LOOM |
| 2.y | DS-16B / 2800 series / 16 port / 1 Gbit.sec | 2.x | LOOM |
| 1.y | 1000 series | 2.x | Stitch / Flanel |
Additional Information
The Brocade (DS-6620) G620 switches with the new flash memory chip are identified by the switchShow command listing of switchType value as 162.5. The Brocade (DS-6620) G620 switches with the new flash memory chip come with base version of FOS 8.2.1a and cant be downgraded below that version.
Affected Products
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Connectrix, Connectrix B-Series HardwareArticle Properties
Article Number: 000082340
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 29 Jul 2025
Version: 9
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