RUCKUS sells its ICX switches in stacking families, and the family decides the ports, the uplinks and how much bandwidth a stack has between its members. This guide sets the ICX 7150, 7250, 7450, 7550, 7650, 7750, 7850 and 8200 side by side, with the older ICX 6000 models, so a buyer can read a part number and know what it holds. Every figure comes from RUCKUS and Brocade data sheets, hardware guides and end of sale notices, listed under Sources.
The short answer
For gigabit copper ports with 1 or 10 GbE uplinks, look at the ICX 7150 and ICX 7250; their P and PF models add PoE. For uplinks that can change later, the ICX 7450 and ICX 7650 take modules in slots. For 10 GbE fiber ports with 40 or 100 GbE uplinks, look at the ICX 7550 and ICX 7750, and for 25 GbE ports with 100 GbE uplinks, the ICX 7850. The ICX 7150, 7250, 7450, 7550, 7650, 7750, 7850 and 8200 each stack up to 12 switches; the ICX 6610 stacks up to 8.
The families side by side
| Model | Ports | Switching capacity | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICX 7150 (48 port) | 48 x 10/100/1000 RJ45 plus uplinks | 180 Gbps, 134 Mpps | Up to 12, 480 Gb/s |
| ICX 7250-48P | 48 x 10/100/1000 PoE/PoE+, 8 x SFP+ 1/10 GbE | 256 Gbps | Up to 12, 480 Gbps |
| ICX 7450 | 24 or 48 ports, three module slots | 336 Gb/s (ICX 7450-48) | Up to 12, 960 Gb/s |
| ICX7550-24F-E2 | 24 x 1/10 Gbps SFP+, 2 x 40/100 Gbps QSFP28 | 1080 Gbps, 803 Mpps | Up to 12, up to 10 km |
| ICX 7650-48F | 24 x 100/1000 SFP, 24 x 1/10 GbE SFP+, 4 rear QSFP | 1128 Gb/s | Up to 12, 2400 Gb/s |
| ICX7750-26Q | 26 x 40 GbE QSFP+, one module slot | 2.56 Tbps, 1.90 Bpps | Up to 12, 5760 Gb/s |
| ICX7850-48F-E2 | 48 x 1/10/25 GbE SFP28, 8 x 40/100 GbE QSFP28 | 4.0 Tbps, 2.0 Bpps | Up to 12, 9.6 Tbps |
| ICX8200-24P | Not stated | 248 Gbps, 184 Mpps | 12, 1200 Gb/s |
| ICX 6610-48 | 48 x 10/100/1000 RJ-45, 8 x SFP/SFP+, 4 x 40 GbE QSFP | 576 Gbps | Up to 8, 1,280 Gbps |
ICX 7150 and ICX 7250: gigabit ports
The 48 port ICX 7150 models give 180 Gbps of switching capacity and 134 Mpps, the 24 port models 132 Gbps and 98 Mpps, and the 12 port ICX7150-C12P 68 Gbps and 51 Mpps with a 124 W PoE budget. The P models carry a 370 W PoE budget and the PF models 740 W. The Z-Series ICX7150-48ZP gives 304 Gbps and 226 Mpps on one 920 W AC power supply, and models such as the ICX7150-48-2X10G are fanless. RUCKUS measures the 48 port models at 0.989 microseconds at 10GE and 2.571 microseconds at 1GE, with 64 byte packets. The end of the part number names the uplinks: 4X1G models have 4 one gigabit SFP uplinks that a license upgrades to 10 GbE, 2X10G models have 2 10 GbE SFP+ ports that a license raises to 4, and 4X10GR models have 4 10 GbE SFP+ ports and the Layer 3 features OSPF, VRRP, PIM and PBR.
The ICX 7250 has 8 SFP+ ports at 1 or 10 GbE for uplinks or stacking, 2 GB of DDR3 memory and 2 GB of NAND. The ICX 7250-24P has 24 PoE/PoE+ ports on a 525 W supply with a 370 W PoE budget; the ICX 7250-48 has 48 ports without PoE on a 100 W supply; the ICX 7250-48P has 48 PoE/PoE+ ports on an 880 W supply with a 740 W budget. The 48 port models give 256 Gbps. The ICX7250-48-2X10G and ICX7250-48-8X10G are the same switch with 2 or 8 of the SFP+ ports licensed for 10 Gbps. For the two families side by side, read Ruckus ICX 7150 vs ICX 7250.
ICX 7450 and ICX 7650: uplinks in slots
The ICX 7450 has three slots for ICX7400 uplink and stacking modules, one at the front and two at the back, with dual power supply slots and dual fan trays. The ICX 7450-24 has 24 10/100/1000 RJ-45 ports, the ICX 7450-48P has 48 PoE+ ports with 8 of them PoH at 90 W, and the ICX 7450-48F has 48 100/1000 SFP ports. The ICX 7450-48 gives 336 Gb/s, and a stack of up to 12 has 960 Gb/s. The power supply slots take the RPS15 (250 W AC, non-PoE), the RPS16 (1,000 W AC, for PoE) or the RPS16DC (510 W DC).
The ICX 7650-48F has 24 100/1000 SFP ports and 24 1/10 GbE SFP+ ports, four rear QSFP ports for stacking or uplinks and a front module slot, with 1128 Gb/s. The ICX 7650-48P has 48 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 40 of them PoE+ and 8 PoE+/UPoE/PoH, up to 1500 W of PoE and 696 Gb/s. The front slot takes the ICX7650-1X100GQ (1 x 40/100GE QSFP28) or the ICX7650-2X40GQ (2 x 40GE QSFP+); RUCKUS notes the 1 x 100G module is not available for the ICX 7650-48P, which takes the 2 x 40G or 4 x 10G modules. A stack of up to 12 has 2400 Gb/s, the power supply slots take the RPS15, RPS16 or RPS16DC, and the family has a reversible airflow option.
ICX 7550, ICX 7750 and ICX 7850: 10 to 100 GbE
The ICX7550-24F-E2 has 24 1/10 Gbps SFP+ ports, 2 40/100 Gbps QSFP28 uplink and stacking ports and a modular slot, with 1080 Gbps and 803 Mpps. It comes with 2 400 W AC power supplies, hot-swap and load sharing, and 3 hot-swap fans (N+1) with front to back airflow, and draws 66.7 W at 10% traffic and 142.7 W at 100% traffic. The ICX7550-48ZP-E2 gives 1,020 Gbps and 759 Mpps. Up to 12 stack on the 100 Gbps QSFP ports, at distances up to 10 km.
The 1U ICX7750-26Q has 26 40 GbE QSFP+ ports and a modular slot, 2.56 Tbps, 1.90 Bpps and 550 ns of latency; the ICX7750-48F has 48 1/10 GbE SFP+ and 6 40 GbE QSFP ports at 1920 Gb/s. The slot takes the ICX7750-6Q, a module of 6 40 GbE QSFP+ ports for the ICX7750-48F, 7750-48C or 7750-26Q. RUCKUS sells the ICX7750-26Q without power supplies or fans: it takes 2 500 W supplies, AC or DC, and fan kits of 4, the ICX7750-FAN-E exhausting at the fan side and the ICX7750-FAN-I taking air in there. A stack of up to 12 has 5760 Gb/s.
The ICX7850-48F-E2 has 48 1/10/25 GbE SFP28 ports and 8 40/100 GbE QSFP28 ports, 4.0 Tbps, 2.0 Bpps and a 32 MB packet buffer. It comes with 2 650 W AC power supplies (RPS19) and 5 fans with front to back airflow, and draws 282.4 W typical and 396.2 W at most. The ICX7850-32Q gives 6400 Gb/s and the ICX7850-48FS 2560 Gb/s. Up to 12 stack with 9.6 Tbps of stacking bandwidth over links up to 10 km, and advanced Layer 3 needs the ICX7850-PREM-LIC license.
ICX 8200 and the older ICX 6000 models
The ICX8200-24P gives 248 Gbps and 184 Mpps with a 4 MB packet buffer, a 525 W AC power supply with a C14 inlet, 4 GB of memory and 8 GB of eMMC, and front and side to back airflow with a fanless mode. The ICX8200-24FX gives 720 Gb/s, and a stack of 12 has 1200 Gb/s.
The ICX 6000 page holds the ICX 6430, ICX 6450, ICX 6610 and ICX 6650. The 1U ICX 6610-48 has 48 10/100/1000 RJ-45 ports, 8 1/10 GbE SFP/SFP+ ports (10 GbE by license) and 4 40 GbE QSFP stacking ports, with 576 Gbps; up to 8 stack at 1,280 Gbps with up to 150 m between switches. It runs on a 250 W supply, 1,000 W on PoE+ models, with a second one optional and 1,500 W of PoE with two AC supplies. The 1U ICX 6650 has up to 56 10 GbE SFP+ ports, 1,600 Gbps, 1,190 Mpps and an 8 MB buffer; the ICX6650-48-E-ADV and ICX6650-56-E-ADV enable 48 or 56 of those ports and both include two 250 W AC supplies. The ICX6450-48 gives 176 Gbps and 132 Mpps on an integrated AC supply, and the compact ICX6430-C12 and ICX6450-C12-PD are fanless; the ICX6450-C12-PD can take PoE/PoE+ power through its two RJ45 uplink ports.
What to check before you buy
- The uplink letters: 4X1G, 2X10G and 4X10GR on the ICX 7150, 2X10G and 8X10G on the ICX 7250, name the uplinks and how many run at 10 GbE.
- The PoE budget: 370 W on the ICX 7150 P models and 740 W on the PF models; 370 W on the ICX 7250-24P and 740 W on the ICX 7250-48P.
- The airflow: E and I on the ICX 6610, FAN-E and FAN-I kits on the ICX 7750, a reversible option on the ICX 7650.
- What ships in the box: the ICX7750-26Q comes without power supplies or fans, and the ICX7850-48F-E2 and ICX7550-24F-E2 come with two supplies.
- The stack: up to 12 switches from the ICX 7150 to the ICX 8200, up to 8 on the ICX 6610.
Lifecycle: what the dates mean
RUCKUS gives February 7, 2022 as the ICX 7250 end of sale date, December 31, 2023 for the ICX 7650 and ICX 7750, and November 14, 2024 for the ICX 7450. Two ICX 7150 models, the ICX7150-48P-4X10GR and ICX7150-C10ZP-2X10GR, were discontinued on January 15, 2026, and RUCKUS lists the ICX 8200 as their replacement; Ruckus ICX 7150 end of sale covers which models and when. A switch keeps forwarding after its end of sale, and a spare of the same part number keeps a stack matched.
Where to look
Each family has its own page listing what is in stock: the ICX 7150, ICX 7250, ICX 7450, ICX 7550, ICX 7650, ICX 7750, ICX 7850, ICX 8200 and ICX 6000 models. Pages in stock today include the ICX 7650-48P, the ICX7450-48P-E, the ICX7750-26Q, the ICX7850-48F-E2 and the ICX7150-48PF-4X1G. For the whole maker, read the Brocade and Ruckus guide. Request a quote for a part that is not listed, or sell the switches you retire.
Sources
- RUCKUS ICX 7150 Switch Data Sheet
- RUCKUS ICX 7150-48ZP (Z-Series) Data Sheet
- RUCKUS ICX 7150-48P
- RUCKUS ICX 7250 Switch Hardware Installation Guide
- RUCKUS End of Sale Announcement for ICX7250 (document 4129)
- RUCKUS ICX Switch Family Data Sheet
- End of Sale Announcement for RUCKUS ICX 7650
- RUCKUS ICX 7750 Switch Data Sheet
- End of Sale Announcement for RUCKUS ICX 7750 (document 4535)
- RUCKUS ICX 7850 Switch Data Sheet
- RUCKUS ICX 7550 Switch Data Sheet
- RUCKUS ICX 8200 Switch Data Sheet
- RUCKUS ICX 6610 Switch Data Sheet
- Brocade ICX 6650 Switch Data Sheet (archived copy)
- RUCKUS ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 Switch Data Sheet
