Modular Layer 2/3 Ethernet Switches
DATA CENTER
• Interchangeable half-height line modules reduce sparing costs and provide cost-effective modular growth
• Compact chassis design supports high density—up to 256 10 GbE, 768 wire-speed 1 GbE, and up to 512,000 IPv4 routes per module
• Near-8 Tbps switching capacity is available in Multi-Chassis Trunking (MCT)* mode
• Scalable end-to-end QoS is supported with hardware-based honoring, marking, and congestion management
• High-availability design features redundant and hot-pluggable hardware, hitless Layer 2 upgrades and failover, MCT, and graceful BGP and OSPF restart
• Advanced non-blocking Clos fabric features adaptive self-routing with graceful system degradation in the event of module failures
• Embedded sFlow per port supports scalable hardware-based traffic monitoring
• Continuous System Monitoring (CSM) tool ensures optimal system uptime
PURPOSE-BUILT FEATURE SET FOR DEMANDING NETWORKS
Industry-Leading Performanceand Scalability
High-Availability Design
Management Module
Redundant, Hot-Swappable Components
Switch Fabric Element Redundancy
Hitless Management Failover HMF
Redundant Power Supplies
Distributed Forwarding Architecture
IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation up to Eight Links
Resilient Layer 2 and Layer 3 Protocols
Metro Ring Protocol MRP
Multi-Chassis Trunking MCT
Virtual Machine Mobility
Virtual Machine Mobility
Robust Layer 3 Feature Set
• BGPv4
• OSPF
• IS-IS
• Brocade Direct Routing BDR
• Policy-Based Routing PBR
• Comprehensive Multicast Feature Set
VRRP and VRRPE Enhanced VRRP
Industry-Leading Layer 2 Features
Metro Ring Protocol
Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol
Single-Instance STP
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Based on IEEE 802.1w
Per VLAN Spanning Tree
Per VLAN Group Spanning Tree
Topology Groups
Super Aggregated VLANs SAVs
PIM and IGMP Snooping
Multi-Chassis Trunking MCT
APPLICATIONS
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Brocade Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions
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