Accelerate Your Digital Transformation Brocade networking solutions help the world s leading organizations turn their networks into platforms for business innovation. With solutions spanning public and private data centers to the network edge, Brocade is leading the industry in its transition to the New IP network infrastructures required for today s era of digital business.
Rev Up Your Storage Network Designed to meet relentless growth and mission-critical application demands, Brocade Directors are the right platform for large enterprise environments that require increased capacity, greater throughput, and higher levels of resiliency. Secure, highest density, and built on proven data center technology, they combine scalability and availability with long-lasting investment protection.
Fibre Channel Directors BROCADE X6 DIRECTORS UNLEASH PERFORMANCE AND DELIVER OPERATIONAL STABILITY FOR THE VIRTUALIZED, ALL-FLASH DATA CENTER. Digital transformation driven by storage innovation requires a modern storage network. Brocade X6 Director family and SX6 Extension Blade, combined with Brocade Fabric Vision technology enables customers to drive always-on business operations, eliminate performance bottlenecks, and adapt to the requirements of the digital enterprise. BROCADE DCX BACKBONE DIRECTORS DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS WITH RELIABLE OPERATION. Two modular form factor chassis with multiple Fibre Channel port and special-purpose blades give you flexible deployment options. And with non-disruptive hot-pluggable components and a no-single-point-of-failure design, this device is truly the backbone of your storage infrastructure. FABRIC VISION GAIN CONTROL AND INSIGHT ACROSS STORAGE NETWORKS. Provides powerful, integrated monitoring, management, and diagnostic tools to simplify administration, increase operational stability, and reduce costs. BROCADE X6-8 DIRECTOR BROCADE X6-4 DIRECTOR BROCADE DCX 8510-8 BACKBONE BROCADE CX 8510-4 BACKBONES BROCADE DCX-8 BACKBONES BROCADE DCX-4 BACKBONES CHASSIS BANDWIDTH 16 Tbps 8 Tbps 14.2 Tbps 7.2 Tbps 4.6 Tbps 2.3 Tbps USABLE PORTS 384 @ 32 Gbps 192 @ 32 Gbps 512 @ 16 Gbps 256 @ 16 Gbps 512 @ 8 Gbps 256 @ 8 Gbps SWITCHING MODE Cut-Through Cut-Through Cut-Through Cut-Through Cut-Through Cut-Through SWITCHING LATENCY THROUGH BACKPLANE 2.7 microseconds 2.7 microseconds 2.1 microseconds 2.1 microseconds 2.1 microseconds 2.1 microseconds LOCAL SWITCHING LATENCY 900 nanoseconds 900 nanoseconds 700 nanoseconds 700 nanoseconds 700 nanoseconds 700 nanoseconds ULTRASCALE BANDWIDTH 4 Tbps 2 Tbps 2 Tbps 1 Tbps 512 Gbps 512 Gbps FICON SUPPORT Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes VIRTUAL FABRIC SUPPORT Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes QOS SUPPORT Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Learn more about Brocade Fibre Channel Directors PAGE 1
On Demand, High-Performance Scalability Get the high-performance, availability and ease of management you need for a solid foundation to grow the storage network you want. Brocade Fibre Channel switches meet the new requirements of today s data center, allowing you to scale your network on demand, while keeping the costs of ownership reined in.
Fibre Channel Switches G620 SCALE FAST. ACCELERATE DATA ACCESS. ACHIEVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. Take advantage of lightning-fast flash storage networking technology and adapt quickly to dynamic business demands with the Brocade G620 Switch. This powerful Gen 6 FC switch shatters application performance barriers and simplifies scale-out network architectures in an enviably small footprint. And with built-in instrumentation, you gain greater insight and control to reduce cost, management complexity, and risk. 6520 BUILD AN AGILE NETWORK WITH A POWERFUL, SCALABLE ENTERPRISE SAN SWITCH Tackle the dynamic and often unpredictable workloads that come with large and growing environments with the Brocade 6520 Switch s high throughput and optimum bandwidth utilization. The Brocade 6520 Switch is a high-density building block for increased scalability to support growth, demanding workloads, and data center consolidation. 6510 HYPER-SCALE YOUR PRIVATE CLOUD AND FLASH STORAGE ENVIRONMENTS Accelerate data access with the Brocade 6510 Switch. This mid-market SAN switch reduces costs, enables a densely virtualized, scalable cloud infrastructure, and unleashes the full potential of flash storage in a smartly designed 1U package. 6505 CONSOLIDATE RESOURCES, REDUCE COSTS & INCREASE YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY Business moves fast. But you can move faster. The feature-packed Brocade 6505 Switch with Gen 5 Fibre Channel delivers exceptional price and performance value. It comes standard with all the features needed for running a reliable and high performing storage area network. BROCADE G620 BROCADE 6520 BROCADE 6510 BROCADE 6505 TOTAL BANDWIDTH 2 Tbps 1.536 Tbps 768 Gbps 384 Gbps TOTAL LINE-RATE PORTS 64 @32G Tbps 96 @ 16 Gbps 48 @ 16 Gbps 24 @ 16 Gbps POWER 0.10 watts/gbps, dual hot-swappable power supplies 0.30 watts/gbps, dual hot-swappable power supplies 0.14 watts/gbps, dual hot-swappable power supplies 0.14 watts/gbps, single hot-swappable power supply, optional second power supply FRAME-BASED ISL TRUNKING 256 Gbps frame-based trunk (optional) 128 Gbps frame-based trunk (optional) 128 Gbps frame-based trunk (optional) 128 Gbps frame-based trunk (optional) IN-FLIGHT ENCRYPTION AND COMPRESSION 2 ports @ 32 Gbps 4 ports @ 16 Gbps 8 ports @ 16 Gbps 16 ports @ 8 Gbps 2 ports @ 16 Gbps 4 ports @ 8 Gbps Not available ACCESS GATEWAY Yes Yes Yes Yes FICON SUPPORT Yes Yes Optional Not available Learn more about Brocade Fibre Channel Switches: PAGE 3
Ultimate Scalability and Flexibility for Your Network Needs The VDX family of automated switches deliver high performance, high capacity, and high reliability for data center spine and leaf deployments. With fabrics for Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks, open standards support and extensive scalability for massive data centers, time- and cost-saving network automation, and a single switch family that supports it all, your data center is ready for innovation. Brocade Campus Fabric Technology for ICX switches feature flexible scalability, simplified management, and low TCO. Scale ports and services easily, campus-wide, as user applications and devices grow. Premium switches share advanced services with entry-level switches while delivering centralized management. And enjoy open standards support that provides multi-vendor interoperability, SDN adoption, and investment protection.
Ethernet: Data Center & IP Storage Switches VDX6740 A HIGH PERFORMANCE, LOW-LATENCY SWITCH FOR DATA CENTER ETHERNET CONNECTIVITY. Let Brocade VDX 6740 switches help you build a smart virtualization strategy by meeting the demands of today s applications with easy scalability and automated management. These Top of Rack (ToR) switches support 1/10/40 GbE ports enabling the efficiency and flexibility you need to support cloud computing, virtualization, mobility, and consolidation. VDX6940 FABRIC SWITCHES PACK MASSIVE CAPABILITY INTO A SMALL FOOTPRINT. Scale out your data center environments with huge capacity and compelling economic benefits. Enable connection with top-of-rack switches or directly to servers. Include automation that lets you add switches network-wide without manual configuration. Then top it off with exceptional application performance. BROCADE VDX6740 BROCADE VDX6940 PORT TYPE 1 GbE/10 GbE/10 GbE-T/40 GbE 10 GbE (w/ breakout)/40 GbE/100 GbE PORT DENSITY Up to 48 10 GbE/4 40 GbE Up to 144 10 GbE/36 40 GbE SYSTEM HIGH AVAILABILITY (HA) ISSU ISSU SYSTEM BUFFER 24 MB 24 MB LATENCY 850 ns 700 ns PERFORMANCE 960 Mpps 2.16 Bpps ICX7750 GET CHASSIS-LIKE PERFORMANCE IN A FLEXIBLE SCALE-OUT DESIGN. Get chassis performance in your campus network s aggregation & core switching operations. The Brocade ICX 7750 offers premier speed and reliability in a flexible scale-out design. It lets you start small and add capacity as you need it so you can deliver any mission critical application with complete confidence. MLX BUILT FOR FAIL-SAFE, NONSTOP NETWORKING WITH SUPERIOR DATA SECURITY AND PERFORMANCE. High performance. Bigger bandwidth. The Brocade MLX Series of routers offers maximum ROI for service provider and enterprise networks that need to deliver the most bandwidth and value from each port on their system. BROCADE ICX 7750 BROCADE MLX SERIES SWITCHING CAPACITY (MAX) 2,560 Gbps 15,3600 Gbps 1 GBE RJ-45 PORTS (MAX) 48 1,536 1 GBE SFP PORTS (MAX) 48 768 10 GBE SFP+ PORTS (MAX) 96 768 10 GBE RJ-45 PORTS (MAX) 48 40 GBE QSFP+ PORTS (MAX) 32 128 SWITCHES PER STACK (MAX) 12 Chassis Learn more about the Brocade IP Portfolio: Data Center IP Storage Campus Networks PAGE 5
Business Resiliency at Scale: Move more data faster over distance Meet your disaster recovery demands with a fast, highly reliable, and cost-effective remote data replication and backup extension solution. Extend and optimize Storage Area Network (SAN) fabric connectivity over distance to support business continuity and disaster recovery applications.
Extension 7840 SWITCH ACCELERATE REPLICATION & ACHIEVE NEAR-ZERO DOWNTIME BETWEEN DATA CENTERS Faced with unrelenting traffic growth across your data centers? The Brocade 7840 Extension Switch delivers the performance you need to stay ahead of demand, plus continuous availability and simplified management that automatically detects WAN anomalies and avoids unplanned downtime. 7800 SWITCH REPLICATE, AND BACK UP MORE DATA FASTER Whether supporting point-to-point or multi-site SAN extensions, the Brocade 7800 Extension Switch meets demanding business continuity, compliance, and global data access requirements. With 16 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports and six 1 GbE ports, this enterprise-class extension switch delivers the bandwidth, port density, and throughput that keep applications flowing over your WAN. SX6 BLADE MULTIPROTOCOL EXTENSION SOLUTION DELIVERS BUSINESS RESILIENCY AT SCALE Brocade SX6 Extension Blade solution for the Brocade X6 Directors securely moves more data faster over distance while scaling to support the world s most demanding environments. It combines director-class reliability with Fabric Vision technology to simplify management, automatically detect WAN anomalies, and avoid unplanned downtime. FX 8-24 BLADE CREATE A NETWORK FOR INSTANT DATA ACCESS As connections to your network increase, storage infrastructure must provide instant data access. The Brocade FX 8-24 Extension Blade offers port density and fast throughput for remote replication and backup. With 8 Gbps Fibre Channel, 10 GbE, and FCIP technology, this powerhouse maximizes flexibility and scalability with a modular blade platform and simple software licensing. FCOE 10-24 BLADE SIMPLIFY NETWORK DESIGN WITH A VERSATILE, HIGH-DENSITY BLADE Designed for mid-sized and large enterprises, the Brocade FCOE10-24 Blade consolidates server I/O to reduce capital and operating expenses. This versatile blade enables both LAN and SAN access over a common server connection via the Data Center Bridging (DCB) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) SAN standards-based Analytics protocols. Actively monitor your application performance end-to-end to identify anomalies and ensure predictable performance. BROCADE ANALYTICS MONITORING PLATFORM APPLICATION MONITORING WITH EASY OPERATION. Get the actionable intelligence you need to maximize data center efficiency. This purpose-built, non-disruptive SAN appliance measures application performance and traffic behavior in Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel networks. Learn more about Brocade Extension Solutions PAGE 7
Agility & Automation Build agility and automation into your network with our Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) solutions. Start with our commercial edition of the open source, OpenDaylight SDN controller. Then deliver services with our virtual application delivery controller. You ll get safe, speedy service delivery with the flexibility and cost benefits of true vendor independence.
Software Defined Networking vadc APPLICATION DELIVERY CONTROLLERS. Brocade vadc solutions provide fast, reliable application delivery across your virtual and cloud platforms at massive scale. Automated application delivery and centralized management speed and simplify service deployment, while application-level security protects your business. vrouter VIRTUAL ROUTERS Build fast, efficient, secure networks with Brocade network functions virtualization solutions. Brocade vrouters offer high performance without the complexity and cost of physical infrastructure. FABRIC VISION GAIN CONTROL AND INSIGHT ACROSS STORAGE NETWORKS. Provides powerful, integrated monitoring, management, and diagnostic tools to simplify administration, increase operational stability, and reduce costs. BROCADE PACKET BROKER NETWORK VISIBILITY Unlock the economic power of big data with Brocade s carrier-grade network visibility products portfolio. Aggregate, filter, optimize, and reduce network traffic in real time. Proactively monitor customer experience and network conditions. With a comprehensive, intelligent, and scalable network visibility platform, you re well on your way to transforming data into revenue. BROCADE WORKFLOW COMPOSER A NETWORK AUTOMATION PLATFORM ENABLING CROSS-DOMAIN WORKFLOWS FOR IT AGILITY. Brocade Workflow Composer brings network automation to IT operations by enabling cross-domain workflows. Allowing the network to programmatically participate with other domains in the services delivery chain increases business agility with services deployment in minutes, rather than days or weeks. BROCADE SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK CONTROLLER SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN) IS IDEAL FOR TODAY S BANDWIDTH-HUNGRY APPLICATIONS. Brocade s software defined networking controllers and applications make it possible for you to address your data center needs with an open architecture that enables programmable network control and an abstracted underlying infrastructure. The results? Streamlined operations, simplified service provisioning, real-time data center visibility, increased flexibility, and risk-free change management. Learn more about Software Networking Solutions PAGE 9
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