Brocade Alliance Partner Network EXTRAORDINARY PARTNERSHIPS EXTRAORDINARY NETWORKS QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE SAN Brocade Alliance Partner Network 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 CENTER Fortunately, 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 and application driven • Secure, reliable, and high-speed • Adapts to virtual server and storage dynamics • Accommodates increasing application workloads and 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 Gbps 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 BACKBONES Brocade DCX Backbone PART NUMBERS DIRECTOR Brocade DCX-4S SWITCHES Brocade 48000 Director Brocade 300 Switch Brocade 5100 Switch Brocade 5300 Switch FABRIC EXTENSION Brocade VA-40FC Switch Brocade Brocade 7800 Extension Switch Brocade 8000 Switch Brocade 7500E SAN Router BR-DCX-0001 BR-DCX4S-0001 BR-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-VA40FC-1008 (40P, 8Gb SFPs, Non-port Air Intake) BR-VA40FC-2008 (40P, 8Gb SFPs, Port Air Intake) BR-8000-0008 (24P CEE, 8P FC w/ 8Gb SFPs) "7800 4/2: BR-7800-0001 (4 8Gb FC, 2 1GbE ports enabled) 7800 16/6: BR-7800F-0001 (16 8Gb FC, 6 1GbE ports enabled)" 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) Expandable to 384 Ports for Device Connectivity, the ICL Option Provides an Additional 512 Gbps of BW Between Two DCX Chassis Up to 192 Fibre Channel ports Operating Simultaneously at 8 Gbps Speed Up to 384 4 or 8 Gbps 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 40 24 (CEE), 8 (FC) 4 FC and 2 GbE; 16 FC and 6 GbE 4 – 2 FC and Gbps Ethernet 1, 2, 4, 8, 10 Gbps 1, 2, 4, 8, 10 Gbps 1, 2, 4, 8, 10 Gbps 1, 2, 4, 8 Gbps 1, 2, 4, 8 Gbps 1, 2, 4, 8 Gbps 2, 4, 8 Gbps 10 Gbps (CEE); 1, 2, 4, 8 Gbps (FC) 1/2/4/8 Gbps Fibre Channel; 1 Gbps Ethernet 1, 2, 4 Gbps FC Routing and 50 Mbps Ethernet FCIP FR4-18i – FC and Gbit Ethernet Blade FC4-16IP – iSCSI Blade FA4-18 – Application Platform Blade (Data Migration Services) FR4-18i – FC and Gbit Ethernet Blade FA4-18 – Application Platform Blade (Data Migration Services) FS8-18 – Encryption Blade FR4-18i – FC and Gigabit Ethernet Blade FC4-16IP – 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 N/A Optional software license for 7800 4/2 to activate additional 12 8Gb FC and 4 1GbE ports and enable Open Systems Tape Pipelining. Also required for FICON support. Expands to Full Brocade 7500 Capability, Including Activation of 14 Additional FC Ports Yes (with FICON CUP License) Yes (with FICON CUP License) Yes (FICON CUP Support) No Yes Yes No No Advanced Accelerator for FICON and FICON Cup support only available for 7800 N/A – Available with License Upgrade to Full 7500 Capability (See Upgrade Software Below) HOT CODE ACTIVATION Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No (future release) 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 • 2 Hot-swappable, Redundant Integrated Power Supply/Fan • Reversible Airflow Options • Optional Rack Mount Kits: Fixed (24”), Fixed (36”), Slide, or Mid-mount • 2 Hot-swappable, Redundant Power Supplies • 3 Hot-swappable Redundant Fans • Optional Rack Mount Kits: Fixed, Slide, or Midmount • SAN and Storage bandwidth up to 128 Gbps • FCIP bandwidth up to 6 Gbps • Advanced Hardware Compression • Rack mount kit • Dual hot swappable (redundant) power supplies with integrated fans • 2 and 4 Gbps FC Ports and 2 GigE Ports • 2 Hot-swappable Power Supplies • 3 Hot-swappable Redundant Fans • Slide Rail Rack-mount Included 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 Zoning Note: 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) Access Gateway mode (default), Full Fabric, Web Tools, Advanced Zoning Full Fabric, FCoE, Web Tools, Advanced Zoning, Enhanced Group Management FCIP Fast Write, Open Systems Tape Pipelining, Storage-Optimized TCP, Advanced Software Compression, Enhanced Group Management Simple Name Server, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN), Brocade FC-FC Routing Service, Brocade Advanced Zoning, Brocade Web Tools, Brocade FCIP Tunneling Service 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 Watch Secure 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 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 Advanced Performance Monitor Fabric Watch Advanced Enterprise Bundle (FW, APM, TRK) 7800 4/2 Upgrade (XBR-7800UG-0001) Advanced Extension: FCIP Trunking and Adaptive Rate Limiting (BR-EXTSAEX-01) Advanced Accelerator for FICON (BR-EXTSAFI-01) Optional FOS Features Enterprise Bundle (BR-EXTSEB-01) ISL Trunking (BR-EXTSTRK-01) Adaptive Networking (BR-EXTSAN-01) Advanced Performance Monitoring (BR-EXTSPRF-01) Fabric Watch (BR-EXTSFWH-01) Extended Fabrics (BR-EXTSEXF-01) Integrated Routing (BR-EXTSIR-01) Server Application Optimization (BR-EXTSSAO-01) FICON CUP (BR-EXTSCUP-01) ISL Trunking Advanced Performance Monitoring Fabric Watch SecureFabric OS – Not Supported with FOS 6.x Brocade Accelerator for FICON (BR-48KFIA-01-T) (BR-7500FIA-01-T) 7500E Upgrade 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, Access Gateway Mode, EZSwitchSetup Wizard Dynamic Path Selection, NPIV, EZSwitchSetup Wizard Dynamic Path Selection, NPIV, Access Gateway Mode, EZSwitchSetup Wizard Layer 2 Ethernet, Dynamic Path Selection, Security N/A Dynamic Path Selection, Fast Write, FCIP, FC Routing for Remote-Fault Isolation, Hardware-Based Data Compression, NPIV, Security 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 6.2.x 6.1.2_CEE, 6.3.x Fabric OS 6.3.x Fabric OS 5.1.x/5.2.x/5.3.x/6.x • 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 Gbps 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 • Enterprise Core-to-edge SAN • Large-scale Server Environment • Unique Multi-vendor SANs • LAN and SAN Connectivity • Midsize to Enterprise Data Centers • Server I/O Consolidation • Remote Data Replication for BC/DR • Centralized SAN Backup and Archiving • Global Data Migration and Sharing • 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 • 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 • Enterprise Edge • Virtual Server Environments • 3rd-party Core • Converged Edge • Server Virtualization • Open Systems Environments • Data Centers and Remote Offices • Rack-based or Standalone Extension Switch Infrastructure • Direct-attached or Fabric-attached Disk and Tape • Open Systems and Mainframe • Small/Medium Enterprise • Remote Office for Large Enterprise • FCIP Service Providers Brocade 415: 4 Gbps PCI Express 2.0 x8 FC Single-port HBA Brocade 425: 4 Gbps PCI Express 2.0 x8 FC Dual-port HBA BR-415-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-415-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-415-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-415-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-415-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-415-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-415-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-415-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-415-0010 BR-425-0010 BR-415-0010 BR-425-0010 Brocade 815: 8 Gbps PCI Express 2.0 x8 FC Single-port HBA Brocade 825: 8 Gbps PCI Express 2.0 x8 FC Dual-port HBA BR-815-0010 BR-825-0010 BR-815-0010 BR-825-0010 BR-815-0010 BR-825-0010 BR-815-0010 BR-825-0010 BR-815-0010 BR-825-0010 BR-815-0010 BR-825-0010 BR-815-0010 BR-825-0010 BR-815-0010 BR-825-0010 BR-815-0010 BR-825-0010 BR-815-0010 BR-825-0010 BR-1010-0010 (single-port, with optics) BR-1010-1010 (single-port, without optics) BR-1020-0010 (dual-port, with optics) BR-1020-1010 (dual-port, without optics) BR-1010-0010 (single-port, with optics) BR-1010-1010 (single-port, without optics) BR-1020-0010 (dual-port, with optics) BR-1020-1010 (dual-port, without optics) BR-1010-0010 (single-port, with optics) BR-1010-1010 (single-port, without optics) BR-1020-0010 (dual-port, with optics) BR-1020-1010 (dual-port, without optics) BR-1010-0010 (single-port, with optics) BR-1010-1010 (single-port, without optics) BR-1020-0010 (dual-port, with optics) BR-1020-1010 (dual-port, without optics) BR-1010-0010 (single-port, with optics) BR-1010-1010 (single-port, without optics) BR-1020-0010 (dual-port, with optics) BR-1020-1010 (dual-port, without optics) BR-1010-0010 (single-port, with optics) BR-1010-1010 (single-port, without optics) BR-1020-0010 (dual-port, with optics) BR-1020-1010 (dual-port, without optics) BR-1010-0010 (single-port, with optics) BR-1010-1010 (single-port, without optics) BR-1020-0010 (dual-port, with optics) BR-1020-1010 (dual-port, without optics) BR-1010-0010 (single-port, with optics) BR-1010-1010 (single-port, without optics) BR-1020-0010 (dual-port, with optics) BR-1020-1010 (dual-port, without optics) BR-1010-0010 (single-port, with optics) BR-1010-1010 (single-port, without optics) BR-1020-0010 (dual-port, with optics) BR-1020-1010 (dual-port, without optics) BR-1010-0010 (single-port, with optics) BR-1010-1010 (single-port, without optics) BR-1020-0010 (dual-port, with optics) BR-1020-1010 (dual-port, without optics) PORTS PORT SPEED EXPANDABILITY FICON/CUP SUPPORT STANDARD BUNDLED SOFTWARE OPTIONAL SOFTWARE UPGRADES OTHER BASE PRODUCTS OS SUPPORTED CUSTOMER PROFILE TARGET ENVIRONMENT Brocade 1010: 10 Gbps PCI Express 2.0 8x CEE/FCoE Single-port CNA Brocade 1020: 10 Gbps PCI Express 2.0 8x CEE/FCoE Dual-port CNA Brocade Alliance Partner Network CORPORATE & AMERICAS HEADQUARTERS NORTH AMERICA RESELLER 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