Brocade VDX6720-40 FC SAN Switch

Brocade VDX6720-40 FC SAN Switch

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The Brocade VDX6720-40 SAN Switch is a high-performance, ultra-low latency wire-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) fixed configuration switch. The Brocade VDX 6720 with Brocade VCS Fabric technology is an ideal platform for a variety of Top-of-Rack (ToR) fabric deployments.

Revolutionizing the Way Data Center Networks Are Built
The Brocade VDX 6720 Switch is a high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) fixed configuration switch with LAN ports that supports the most demanding business applications. It is specifically designed to improve network utilization, maximize application availability, increase scalability, and dramatically simplify network architecture in virtualized data centers.

The Brocade VDX 6720 is available in two models—the 2U Brocade VDX 6720-60 with 60 10 GbE LAN ports, and the 1U Brocade VDX 6720-24 with 24 10 GbE LAN ports. Both models provide Ethernet storage connectivity for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), iSCSI, and NAS.

Brocade VDX switches deliver Brocade VCS Fabric technology, an innovative approach to networking that enables organizations to build high-performance, cloud-optimized data centers while preserving existing network designs and cabling, and gaining active-active server connections. For scale-out fabric architectures, Brocade VCS Fabric technology allows organizations to flatten network designs, provide Virtual Machine (VM) mobility without network reconfiguration, and manage the entire fabric more efficiently.

Additional highlights include:

• Offers high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) data center LAN ports in a fixed configuration switch
• Provides industry-leading performance and ultra-low latency through wire-speed ports with 600 nanosecond port-to-port latency and automated hardware-based Inter-Switch Link (ISL) trunking
• Provides efficiently load-balanced multipathing at Layers 1, 2, and 3, with multiple Layer 3 gateways
• Provides Ethernet storage connectivity for FCoE, iSCSI, and NAS
• Simplifies virtualization server management by providing Virtual Machine (VM) mobility with dynamic server profile configuration

The Brocade VDX 6720 with VCS Fabric technology provides the following unique features for building access-layer fabrics optimized for the needs of modern workloads:

Elastic, Self-Healing Fabrics
Brocade VCS fabrics are self-forming and self-healing, providing a highly resilient, operationally scalable foundation for very large or dynamic cloud deployments. Multi-node fabrics can be managed as a single logical element, and fabrics can be deployed and easily re-deployed in a variety of configurations optimized to the needs of particular workloads.

Efficient multipathing across Layers 1-3
Brocade VCS Fabric technology delivers efficiently load-balanced multipathing at Layers 1-3, with multiple Layer 3 gateways. The result is very elastic Layer 2 and Layer 3 domains with more effective link utilization and, ultimately, a more flexible, agile network that helps organizations rapidly adapt to changing business conditions.

Lowest Power Consumption
The Brocade VDX 6720 features superior size and the industry’s lowest power consumption—imperative in today’s data centers.

Scale-Out Solution for Virtualized Data Centers
VCS fabrics enable dynamic, large-scale server virtualization deployments in private and public clouds with proven zero-touch VM discovery, network configuration, and VM mobility.

Local Switching
The Brocade VDX 6720 delivers high performance for intra-rack traffic in virtualized environments, providing ultra-low latency of 600 nanoseconds for the same ASIC on the switch. This helps organizations design a network with no oversubscription for deterministic network performance and improved application response times, making the Brocade VDX 6720 ideal for performance-demanding environments.

Server Virtualization Automation Support
Brocade VCS Fabric technology offers unique features to support virtualized server environments. Brocade VM-aware network automation provides secure connectivity and full visibility to virtualized server resources with dynamic learning and activation of port profiles. By communicating directly with VMware vCenter, it eliminates manual configuration of port profiles and supports VM mobility across VCS fabrics within a data center.

During a VM migration, network switch ports must be dynamically configured to ensure that the VM traffic experiences consistent policies and configurations. The Brocade Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP) feature enables a seamless migration. Port profiles and MAC address mapping are created on any switch in the fabric. This mapping provides the logical flow for traffic from the source port to the destination port. As a VM migrates, the destination port in the fabric learns of the MAC move and automatically activates the port profile configuration.

In addition to providing protection against VM MAC spoofing, AMPP and VM-aware network automation enable organizations to fully align virtual server and network infrastructure resources, and realize the full benefits of server virtualization.

PROACTIVE MONITORING
Brocade Fabric Watch is an innovative switch health monitoring feature available on the Brocade VDX 6720. Fabric Watch monitors the health of certain switch components and, based on the threshold set, declares each component as marginal or down.

ETHERNET STORAGE CONNECTIVITY
The Brocade VDX 6720 connects to FCoE, iSCSI, and NAS storage. The FCoE feature can be turned on with an add-on software license.

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Brocade VDX 6720 Feature Overview

Models
VDX 6720-40R VDX 6720-40F
	Brocade VDX 6720-24	Brocade VDX 6720-60
Switching bandwidth (data rate, full duplex)	480 Gbps	1,200 Gbps
Port-to-port latency	600 nanoseconds within 10-port group	600 nanoseconds within 10-port group
Form factor	1U	2U
Dimensions and Weight	Width: 42.88 cm (16.88 in.) Height: 4.32 cm (1.70 in.) Depth: 38.10 cm (15.00 in.) Weight: 7.30 kg (16.10 lb)	Width: 42.88 cm (16.88 in.) Height: 8.89 cm (3.50 in.) Depth: 43.18 cm (17.00 in.) Weight: 15.88 kg (35.00 lb)
1/10 GbE SFP+ ports	24	60
Ports on Demand (PoD) increments	16, 24	40, 50, 60
Power supplies	Two hot-swappable, load-sharing	Two hot-swappable, load-sharing
Cooling fans	N+1 redundant, integrated into power supplies	N+1 redundant, three hot-swappable fan units

System architecture
Scalability Information	Please refer to the latest version of the release notes for the most up-to-date scalability numbers.
Connector options	1 GbE copper SFP options 1000Base-SX and 1000Base-LX 10 Gbps SFP+ options: 1/3/5 m direct-attached copper (Twinax) 10 GbE SR and 10 GbE LR Out-of-band Ethernet management: RJ-45 (fixed) Remote lights-out management: 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet Console management: RJ45 to RS-232 (fixed) Firmware and diagnostic: USB
Maximum VLANs	4,096
Maximum MAC addresses	32,000
Maximum port profiles (AMPP)	256
Maximum Layer 2 multicast groups	2,000
Maximum Spanning Tree instances	32
Maximum per-port priority pause level	8
Maximum LAG groups in a VCS fabric	512
Maximum members in a standard LAG	16
Maximum MAC addresses in a VCS fabric	30,000
Maximum switches in a VCS fabric	24
Maximum ECMP paths in a VCS fabric	8
Maximum trunk members for VCS fabric ports	8
Maximum switches across which a vLAG can span	4
Maximum members in a vLAG	32
Maximum jumbo frame size	9,208 bytes
Queues per port	8
DCB Priority Flow Control (PFC) classes	8
Operating system	Brocade Network OS
Layer 2 switching features	MAC Learning and Aging Static MAC Configuration Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) 802.3ad/802.1AX Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) VLAN Encapsulation 802.1Q Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) 802.1w Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) 802.1s Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST+/PVRST+)	STP PortFast and PortFast BDPU Guard STP Root Guard Layer 2 Access Control Lists (ACLs) Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) RFC 826 IGMP v1/v2 Snooping Pause Frames 802.3x
Layer 3 switching features	OSPF VRRP and VRRP-E support	Static routes
Brocade VCS Fabric technology features	Automatic Fabric Formation Distributed Fabric Services Transparent LAN Services Virtual Link Aggregation Group (vLAG) spanning multiple physical switches Switch Beaconing Distributed Configuration Management	Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP) VM-aware network automation
DCB features	Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) 802.1Qbb Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) 802.1Qaz	Data Center Bridging eXchange (DCBX) DCBX Application Type-Length-Value (TLV) for FCoE and iSCSI
FCoE features	Multihop Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE); requires Brocade VCS Fabric technology FC-BB5 compliant Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF) Native FCoE forwarding	End-to-end FCoE (initiator to target) FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) v1 support for FCoE devices login and initialization Name Server-based zoning FIPS Snooping Bridge (FSB)
Quality of Service (QoS)	Eight priority levels for QoS Class of Service (CoS) IEEE 802.1p DSCP Trust DSCP to Traffic Class Mutation Random Early Discard	Per-port QoS configuration Scheduling: Strict Priority (SP), Shaped Deficit Weighted Round-Robin (SDWRR) DSCP to CoS Mutation DSCP to DSCP Mutation
Switch health monitoring	Fabric Watch monitoring and notification
Management
Management and control	IPv4/IPv6 management Industry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI) Remote lights-out management (future update) In-band management (standalone mode) Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) 802.1AB MIB II RFC 1213 MIB Switch Beaconing	Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) Telnet SNMP v1/v2C, v3 sFlow RFC 3176 Out-of-band management RMON-1, RMON-2 NTP Management Access Control Lists (ACLs) Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Security	Port-based Network Access Control 802.1X RADIUS TACACS+ Secure Shell (SSHv2) BPDU Drop Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Secure Control Protocol
Mechanical
Enclosure	Front-to-rear, rear-to-front airflow; 1U, 19-inch EIA-compliant; power from non-port side
Environmental
Temperature	Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) Non-operating and storage: -25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 158°F)
Humidity	Operating: 10% to 85% non-condensing Non-operating and storage: 10% to 90% non-condensing
Altitude	Operating: Up to 3000 meters (9842 feet) Non-operating and storage: Up to 12 kilometers (39,370 feet)
Shock	Operating: 20 g, 6 ms half-sine Non-operating and storage: Half-sine, 33 g 11 ms, 3/eg Axis
Vibration	Operating: 0.5 g sine, 0.4 grms random, 5 to 500 Hz Non-operating and storage: 2.0 g sine, 1.1 grms random, 5 to 500 Hz
Airflow Brocade VDX 6720-24	Brocade VDX 6720-24 Maximum: 53 CFM Nominal: 35 CFM Brocade VDX 6720-60 Maximum: 115 CFM Nominal: 76 CFM
Heat dissipation	450 BTU/hr (24-port switch); 1126 BTU/hr (60-port switch)
Power
Power supplies	Two internal, redundant, field-replaceable, load-sharing AC power supplies
Power inlet	C13
Input voltage	85 to 256 VAC nominal
Input line frequency	47 to 63 Hz
Inrush current	50 amps max
Maximum current	3.5 amps max (24-port switch); 7 amps max (60-port switch)
Maximum power consumption	132 watts (24-port switch); 330 watts (60-port switch)
Safety Compliance
UL 60950-1 Second Edition CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1 Second Edition EN 60950-1 Second Edition IEC 60950-1 Second Edition GB4943-2001 and GB9254-1998 CNS 14336(94)
EMC
FCC Class A ICES A VCCI-Class A CE C BSMI GOST KC Class A CCC
Immunity
ANSI C63.4 ICES-003 Class A CISPR22 and JEIDA (Harmonics) EN55022 Class A and EN55024 CISPR22 AS/NZS CISPR22 CNS 13438(95) 51318.22-99 and 51318.24-99 KN22 and KN24 GB17625.1-2003
Environmental Regulatory Compliance
RoHS-6 (with lead exemption) Directive 2002/95/EC
Standards Compliance
The Brocade VDX 6720 products conform to the following Ethernet standards: IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree IEEE 802.1w Rapid reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP IEEE 802.3ae 10G Ethernet IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging IEEE 802.1p Class of Service Prioritization and Tagging IEEE 802.1v VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) IEEE 802.3x Flow Control (Pause Frames)
The following draft versions of the Data Center Bridging (DCB) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) standards are also supported on the Brocade VDX 6720: IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection IEEE 802.1 DCB Capability Exchange Protocol (Proposed under the DCB Task Group of IEEE 802.1 Working Group) FC-BB-5 FCoE (Rev 2.0)

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provided Brocade Switches are put through a rigorous refurbishment, reconditioning and testing process.
We guarantee our products to be:

• Original equipment manufactured and serial numbered numbered by Brocade
• Configured to exact user specifications
• Fully refurbished to manufacturers standards of new [ETN]
• All hard drives are 72 hour burn in/Load Tested
• Complete with manufacturers ship group
• Provided with 90 day warranty
• Shipped in a timely manner

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