Brocade Data Center Quick Reference Guide

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BROCADE DATA CENTER

Quick Reference Guide (QRG)

SECURE, BUILD, AND GROW FOOTPRINT Experience and expertise are essential to architect an IT infrastructure that is optimized for a unique business process. Even more daunting of a task is protecting that investment by ensuring the ability to incorporate future technological advances in transmission techniques, transport, and application protocols.

HOLISTICALLY MANAGE THE EVOLVING DATA CENTERFortunately, the Brocade Data Center Fabric (DCF) provides the fabric building blocks to simplify management of the virtual infrastructure that data centers rely on to host applications and manage data.

It simplifies data center connectivity, optimizes performance with greater efficiency, and reduces cost and risk by combining storage networking and server-to-server clustering into a single converged data center infrastructure:

• Policy-based & application driven

• Secure, reliable, high-speed

• Adapts to virtual server and storage dynamics

• Accommodates increasing application workloads & data growth

• Leverages existing IT resources for investment protection

• Embraces technology partners to provide unparalleled choice

FOUNDATION FOR ENTERPRISE-CLASS DATA CENTERS The Brocade Data Center Backbone (DCX) is a new class of network infrastructure that resides at the core of the Data Center Fabric. 8 Gb Switches and Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) act as the fundamental building blocks for the Brocade DCF architecture, connecting servers and storage devices through industry leading technology.

With the introduction of the latest family of Brocade Storage Area Network (SAN) Switches and HBAs, deployment of best-in-class, yet cost-effective solutions for consolidated and virtualized environments are seamless. With easy-to-use management tools and wizards, and full line rate performance on every port, administrators can streamline implementations and ongoing management in a wide range of environments. Therefore, allowing IT departments to better serve business units and meet strategic objectives such as:

• Future-proof existing investments

• Facilitate consolidation and simplify management

• Increase data availability by providing multiple high-performance data paths to storage

• Dramatically accelerate backups and meet shorter recovery objectives

• Improve storage utilization

• Meet the demands of virtual server and storage environments

DATA CENTER BACKBONE ENTERPRISE SMALL TO MEDIUM EXTENSION AND ROUTING

Brocade DCX Backbone Brocade DCX-4S Brocade 48000 Director Brocade 300 Switch Brocade 5100 Switch Brocade 5300 Switch Brocade 7500 SAN Router and FR4-18i Blade Brocade 7500E SAN Router

PART NUMBERS BR-DCX-0001 BR-DCX4S-0001BR-DCX4S-0002

BR-48000-R0003 (32-port, 0 SFP)BR-48000-R0001 (64-port, 0 SFP)BR-000076 (SFP 4Gb 4-pk)

BR-310-0004 (8P, W/O EPORT, 4Gb SWL SFPs, EGM)BR-310-0008 (8P, W/O EPORT, 8Gb SWL SFPs, EGM)BR-320-0004 (8P, FULL FABRIC, 4Gb SWL SFPs, EGM)BR-320-0008 (8P, FULL FABRIC, 8Gb SWL SFPs, EGM)BR-340-0004 (16P, FULL FABRIC, 4Gb SWL SFPs, EGM)BR-340-0008(16P, FULL FABRIC, 8Gb SWL SFPs, EGM)BR-360-0004 (24P, FULL FABRIC, 4Gb SWL SFPs, EGM)BR-360-0008 (24P, FULL FABRIC, 8Gb SWL SFPs, EGM)

BR-5120-0004 (24P, 4Gb SFPs)BR-5120-0008 (24P, 8Gb SFPs)BR-5140-0004 (40P, 4Gb SFPs)BR-5140-1004 (40P, 4Gb SFPs, Enterprise S/W Bundle)BR-5140-0008 (40P, 8Gb SFPs)BR-5140-1008 (40P, 8Gb SFPs, Enterprise S/W Bundle)

BR-5320-0004 (48P, 4Gb SFPs)BR-5320-0008 (48P, 8Gb SFPs)BR-5340-0004 (80P, 4Gb SFPs)BR-5340-1004 (80P, 4Gb SFPs, Enterprise S/W Bundle)BR-5340-0008 (80P, 8Gb SFPs)BR-5340-1008 (80P, 8Gb SFPs, Enterprise S/W Bundle)

BR-7500-0000BR-7500-0001

BR-7500E-0001-Y (4 ports, 4 SFPs, 2 Power Supplies & Service Bundle)BR-7500E-0000-Y (4 ports, 0 SFPs, 2 Power Supplies & Service Bundle)

PORTS Expandable to 384 Ports for Device Connectivity, the ICL Option Provides an Additional 512 Gbit/sec of BW Between Two DCX Chassis

Up to 192 Fibre Channel ports Operating Simultaneously at 8 Gbit/sec Speed

Up to 384 4 or 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports; Up to Eight Fibre Channel Blades (16, 32, or 48 Ports per Blade); Up to 1152 Ports per 42U Rack

8, 16, 24 24, 32, 40 48, 64, 80 18 – 16 FC and 2 Gbit/sec Ethernet 4 – 2 FC and Gbit/sec Ethernet

PORT SPEED 1, 2, 4, 8, 10 Gbit/sec 1, 2, 4, 8, 10 Gbit/sec 1, 2, 4, 8, 10 Gbit/sec 1, 2, 4, 8 Gbit/sec 1, 2, 4, 8 Gbit/sec 1, 2, 4, 8 Gbit/sec 1, 2, 4 Gbit/sec FC Routing and 1 Gbit/sec Ethernet FCIP

1, 2, 4 Gbit/sec FC Routing and 50 Mbit/sec Ethernet FCIP

EXPANDABILITY FR4-18i – FC and Gbit Ethernet BladeFC4-16IP – iSCSI Blade FA4-18 – Application Platform Blade (Data migration services)

FR4-18i – FC and Gbit Ethernet BladeFA4-18 – Application Platform Blade (Data migration services)FS8-18 – Encryption Blade

FR4-18i – FC and Gigabit Ethernet BladeFC4-16IP – iSCSI Blade FA4-18 – Application Platform Blade (Data migration services)

Ports on Demand (8 Ports) Ports on Demand (8 Ports) Ports on Demand (16 Ports) N/A Expands to Full Brocade 7500 Capability, Including Activation of 14 Additional FC Ports

FICON/CUP SUPPORT Yes (with FICON CUP License) Yes (with FICON CUP License) Yes (FICON CUP Support) No Yes Yes FICON Long Distance Support (Requires Brocade Accelerator for FICON License)

N/A – Available with License Upgrade to Full 7500 Capability (See Upgrade Software Below)

HOT CODE ACTIVATION Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A N/A

HARDWARE FEATURES • Hot-swappable Blades (CP, Core Switching & Port)• 2 Hot-swappable Redundant Power Supplies• 3 Hot swappable Redundant Blowers

• Throughput of 3 Tbit/sec per Chassis• Locally Switched Ports 700 ns• Blade-to-Blade Latency is 2.1 μsec• Hot-swappable Blades (CP, Core Switching and Port) • 2 hot-swappable Redundant Power Supplies • 2 hot swappable Redundant Blowers

• Hot-swappable Blades (CP and Port)• 2 hot-swappable Power Supplies• 3 hot-swappable Redundant Fans

• Hot-swappable Blades (CP and port)• Single Fixed Power Supply• Fixed Redundant Fans• Singular Switch FRU• Optional Rack Mount Kits: Fixed, Slide, or Mid-mount

• 2 hot-swappable, Redundant Integrated Power Supply/ Fan FRUs• Optional Rack Mount Kits: Fixed, Slide, or Mid-mount

• 2 Hot-swappable, Redundant Power Supplies• 3 Hot-swappable Redundant Fans• Optional Rack Mount Kits: Fixed, Slide, or Mid-mount

• 16 FC & 2GE ports• 2 Hot-swappable Power Supplies for 7500• 3 Hot-swappable Redundant Fans for 7500• Slide Rail Rack-mount Included with 7500

• 2 and 4 Gbit/sec FC Ports and 2 GigE Ports• 2 Hot-swappable Power Supplies• 3 Hot-swappable Redundant Fans• Slide Rail Rack-mount Included

STANDARD BUNDLED SOFTWARE Full Fabric, Web Tools, Advanced Zoning Note: The Security Policy Feature is Now Bundled in Fabric OS 5.3 and Higher

Extended Fabrics, Fabric Watch, Advanced Performance Monitoring, Adaptive Networking, ISL Trunking

Full Fabric, Web Tools, Advanced ZoningNote: the Security Policy Feature is Now Bundled in Fabric OS 5.3 and Higher

Full Fabric (all models except 310), Web Tools, Advanced Zoning

Full Fabric, Web Tools, Advanced Zoning, Enterprise Bundle (40-port EB SKUs)

Full Fabric, Web Tools, Advanced Zoning, Enterprise Bundle (80-port EB SKUs)

Full Fabric, Web Tools, Advanced Zoning, Extended Fabrics(Note: the Security Policy feature is Now Bundled in Fabric OS 5.3 and Higher)

Simple Name Server, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN), Brocade FC-FC Routing Service, Brocade Advanced Zoning, Brocade Web Tools, Brocade FCIP Tunneling Service

OPTIONAL SOFTWARE UPGRADES Extended Fabrics, ISL Trunking, Advanced Performance Monitoring, Fabric Watch, Secure Fabric OS - Not Supported with FOS 6.x

Integrated Routing, FICON CUP, High Performance Extension for FC-IP, Encryption Upgrade, Brocade Accelerator for FICON, ICL License

Extended Fabrics, ISL Trunking, Advanced Performance Monitoring, Fabric WatchSecure Fabric OS - Not Supported with FOS 6.x

Full Fabric Upgrade (BR-SMEDEPT-01)ISL Trunking (BR-SMEDTRK8-01)Extended Fabrics (BR-SMEDEXF-01)Advanced Performance Monitor (BR-SMEDPRF-01)Fabric Watch (BR-SMEDFWH-01) Adaptive Networking (BR-SMEDAN-01)Enhanced Group Management (BR-SMEDEGM-01) Advanced Enterprise Bundle (FW, APM, TRK, EF, AN) (BR-SMEDEB-01)

ISL Trunking (BR-3900TRK-02)Extended Fabrics (BR-3900EXF-02)Advanced Performance Monitor (BR-3900PRF-02)Fabric Watch (BR-3900FWH-02) Adaptive Networking (BR-MIDRAN-01)Integrated Routing (BR-MIDRIR-01)Enhanced Group Management (BR-MIDREGM-01)Advanced Enterprise Bundle (FW, APM, TRK, EF, AN) (BR-MIDREB-01)

ISL Trunking (BR-MENTTRK-01)Extended Fabrics (BR-MENTEXF-01)Advanced Performance Monitor (BR-MENTPRF-01)Fabric Watch (BR-MENTFWH-01)Adaptive Networking (BR-MENTAN-01)Integrated Routing (BR-MENTIR-01)Enhanced Group Management (BR-MENTEGM-01)Advanced Enterprise Bundle (FW, APM, TRK, EF, AN) (BR-MENTEB-01)

ISL TrunkingAdvanced Performance MonitoringFabric WatchSecureFabric OS – Not Supported with FOS 6.xBrocade Accelerator for FICON(BR-48KFIA-01-T) (BR-7500FIA-01-T)High Performance Extension(BR48KFCI-03-T) (BR7500FCI-01-T)

ISL TrunkingAdvanced Performance MonitoringFabric WatchSecureFabric OS – Not Supported with FOS 6.xBrocade Accelerator for FICON(BR-48KFIA-01-T) (BR-7500FIA-01-T)7500E Upgrade

OTHER BASE PRODUCTS N/A Port Side Exhaust Kit is Part of Base Chassis N/A Dynamic Path Selection, NPIV, Access Gateway Mode, EZSwitchSetup Wizard

Dynamic Path Selection, NPIV, EZSwitchSetup Wizard

Dynamic Path Selection, NPIV,EZSwitchSetup Wizard

Dynamic Path Selection, FC Routing, NPIV, Security Dynamic Path Selection, Fast Write, FCIP, FC Routing for Remote-Fault Isolation, Hardware-Based Data Compression, NPIV, Security

OS SUPPORTED Fabric OS 6.x Fabric OS 6.2.x Fabric OS 5.x/6.x Fabric OS 6.1.x/6.2.x Fabric OS 6.1.x/6.2.x Fabric OS 6.1.x/6.2.x Fabric OS 5.1.x/5.2.x/5.3.x/6.x Fabric OS 5.1.x/5.2.x/5.3.x/6.x

CUSTOMER PROFILE • Enormous Data Centers Supporting Worldwide Entities• Building Out Environments for the Next 10–15 Years• Require Equipment that will Scale with their Need for Bandwidth and Evolving Protocols• Need to Leverage Existing Resources and Environments, Avoiding a Rip-and-Replace Approach

• Large and mid-sized Environments • Multi-tier Fabrics with DCX in the Core• Excellent Core Backbone for Medium Enterprise • Excellent Edge Backbone for Large Enterprise

• Large Mission-critical SAN• High Availability• Future Expandability to 10 Gbit/sec and IP

• SMB SAN• Cost Sensitive• DAS to SAN Migration

• Workgroup• Midsize SAN• High Availability• Projected Growth

• Workgroup• Midsize to Enterprise SAN• High Availability• Consolidation/Virtualization

• Remote Data Replication for BC/DR• Centralized, SAN Based Backup and Recovery Operations• FICON Connectivity for Mainframe Environment• Long Distance Data Center Connection and Resource Sharing• Global Data Migration

• Small/Medium Enterprise Needing Point-to-point Remote Disk Replication solution for BC/DR or Compliance Requirements• Large Enterprises Needing Lower Priced Extension Device for Remote Sites• Service Providers Needing Managed FCIP Service CPE

TARGET ENVIRONMENT • Large Enterprise-Class Data Centers (Global 1000 Companies)• Mainframe Environments

• Designed to Address a Wide Range of Technology Challenges for Large Enterprise Data Centers• Addresses Need for Security and Compliance • Scalable and Supports Heterogeneous Environments

• Enterprise Core Director (Up to 1x384 Ports)• Mainframe Environments

• Entry• Workgroup• Department• Edge

• Department• Workgroup• High Performance Edge

• Enterprise Edge• Fabric Core Switch• Mainframe Environments

• Legacy Brocade• Legacy McData• Open Systems Environment• Mainframe Environments

• Small/Medium Enterprise• Remote Office for Large Enterprise• FCIP Service Providers

INNOVATIVE FABRIC SERVICES AND SOFTWAREThe robust Brocade Fabric OS operating system provides the intelligent base functionality for the entire Brocade switch family, including the following services and tools:

• Inter-Switch (ISL) Trunking aggregates multiple ISLs into single trunks to greatly improve performance

• Advanced Performance Monitoring enables end-to-end monitoring of SAN traffic

• Fabric Watch supports real-time health monitoring with proactive alerts

• Advanced Zoning increases SAN fabric security through hardware-enforced access control

• Extended Fabrics enable SAN connectivity over distances as long as 3400 kilometers

• FICON/CUP Support enables mixed mainframe and open system SAN environments with in-band management

• Adaptive Networking enables intelligent, policy-driven services that help organizations move and protect their data in virtualized environments

• Web Tools enable GUI-based switch configurations and management

• Fabric Manager simplifies management of multiple SAN fabrics

• EZSwitchSetup eliminates the need for advanced skills to manage IP addressing or zoning configurations (simplified device discovery and management)

SUPPORTA support package is required for all switches at time of sale (1, 2 or 3 year option).

SVC-ADVANCE Advance Replace:

Front Line/Back Line Support (5x9)

Software Maintenance

Hardware Replacement: Ship within 2 days

SVC - STD Standard Service:



Hardware Replacement: Next business day

SVC-HA High Availability:



Hardware Replacement: 4 hour response

SVC - MC Mission Critical:



Hardware Replacement: 2 hour response

Brocade 415: 4 Gbit/sec PCI Expres 2.0 x8Fibre Chanel single-port HBA

Brocade 425: 4 Gbit/sec PCI Expres 2.0 x8Fibre Chanel dual -port HBA

BR-425-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-425-0010

Brocade 815: 8 Gbit/sec PCI Expres 2.0 x8Fibre Chanel single-port HBA

Brocade 825: 8 Gbit/sec PCI Expres 2.0 x8Fibre Chanel dual -port HBA

BR-815-0010BR-825-0010

BR-815-0010BR-825-0010

BR-815-0010BR-825-0010

BR-815-0010BR-825-0010

BR-815-0010BR-825-0010

BR-815-0010BR-825-0010

BR-815-0010BR-825-0010

BR-815-0010BR-825-0010

Data Center Backbone, Directors, Switches & Extension/Routing

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