BROCADE VDX 6720DATA CENTER SWITCHES OVERVIEWNovember 2010© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information
Brocade VDX 6720-24 SwitchRear view© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1. Dual, hot-swappable, load-sharing pow
Brocade VDX 6720-60 SwitchFront view© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information● Compact 1U form factor1. 40, 50, or 6
Brocade VDX 6720-60 SwitchRear view© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1. Dual, hot-swappable, load-sharing pow
Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center SwitchesInternal view© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information● Brocade fabric switchin
Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center SwitchesFlexible connectivity options© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information• Reduced
Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center SwitchesBrocade Inter-Switch Link Trunking (ISL)© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Informati
Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center SwitchesPorts on Demand scalability© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information• Switch sc
10 GbE Fixed Port Data Center PortfolioBrocade 8000 Brocade TurboIron 24X Brocade VDX 6720Positioning Statement10 GbE switch targeted at server I/O co
Brocade 1010 and 1020 CNAsDCB-enabled Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationSing
Access Layer Technologies© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationContinuing innovation at the network edgeAccess Ga
Legal DisclaimerAll or some of the products detailed in this presentation may still be under development and certain specifications, including but not
24 ports1/10 Gbps600 ns latencyFastest Ethernet switch available© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationBrocade VDX
© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationBrocade Premier SupportPersonal, preferential, proactive11/15/201021Environ
Virtualized Data Center Workshop Virtualized Data Center Assessment© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationVirtuali
Brocade VCS Technology Details© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information 11/15/201023
Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS)© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationLogically flattens and collapses net
Ethernet Fabric Details• 1sttrue Ethernet fabric• Layer 2 technology• Link speed agnostic• Data Center Bridging (DCB)• Lossless, deterministic• Priori
Ethernet Fabric Details• Common fabric attributes• Switched network• Fabric members and devices connected always know about each other• All paths are
Ethernet Fabric Details• Making Ethernet Lossless• 802.1Qbb – Priority-Based Flow Control• PFC: Allows Identification and prioritization of traffic• 8
Ethernet Fabric DetailsTransparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL)© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information
Distributed Intelligence Details• Distributed Fabric Services• Fabric is self-forming• Information shared across all fabric members• Fabric is aware o
How to Present Brocade VCS Technology and Brocade VDX 6720 Product Information1. Start with the Brocade One vision• Introduce Brocade VCS technology a
Distributed Intelligence DetailsAllows VM to move with the network automatically reconfiguring1. Port Profiles created, managed in fabric; distributed
Logical Chassis Details• Fabric auto-configures• Once VCS is enabled, no fabric necessary• Fabric behaves/managed as a single logical chassis• Aggrega
Logical Chassis DetailsAuto-Configuration© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationEthernet FabricDistributed Intelli
Logical Chassis DetailsSingle Logical Switch behavior© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationEthernet FabricDistrib
Dynamic Services Details© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationEthernet FabricDistributed IntelligenceLogicalChass
Dynamic Services Details© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationEthernet FabricDistributed IntelligenceLogicalChass
Dynamic Services Details© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationEthernet FabricDistributed IntelligenceLogicalChass
Brocade VCS Architecture© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information 11/15/201037BladeserversRack-mountserversDedicated
48T BladeServers with10 Gbps Connectivity8x10G BladeComplements Existing SolutionsInvestment protection example© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems,
Brocade VCS Use Cases© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information 11/15/201039
Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information 11/15/20104
Brocade VCS Use CasesClassic 10 GbE Access/Aggregation1. 1/10 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access2. 10 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access for Blade Servers3. 10 Gbps Aggrega
Brocade VCS Use Case #1© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1/10 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access – Architecture Aggrega
Brocade VCS Use Case #11/10 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access – Topology© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationLAGLAGClassic
Brocade VCS Use Case #11/10 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access – Layout © 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationPreserves exis
Brocade VCS Use Case #2© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information10 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access for Blade Servers – Archi
Brocade VCS Use Case #210 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access for Blade Servers – Topology© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Informat
© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationBrocade VCS Use Case #210 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access for Blade Servers – Layou
Brocade VCS Use Case #3© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information10 Gbps Aggregation; 1 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access – Arc
© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationBrocade VCS Use Case #310 Gbps Aggregation; 1 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access – Top
Brocade VCS Use Case #310 Gbps Aggregation; 1 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access – Layout © 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Informa
Ethernet FabricsA new network architecture© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information• Classic architectures often req
Brocade VCS Use Case #4© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1/10 Gbps Access; Collapsed Network – Architecture F
Brocade VCS Use Case #4a1/10 Gbps Access; Collapsed Network – Topology – ToR Mesh© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Infor
Brocade VCS Use Case #4a1/10 Gbps Access; Collapsed Network – Layout – ToR Mesh© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Informa
Brocade VCS Use Case #4b1/10 Gbps Access; Collapsed Network – Topology – Clos Fabric© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary In
Brocade VCS Use Case #4b1/10 Gbps Access; Collapsed Network – Layout – Clos Fabric© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Info
Brocade VCS Use Case #5© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1/10 Gbps Access; Network Convergence – Architecture
Brocade VCS Use Case #51/10 Gbps Access; Network Convergence – Topology © 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1 G
Brocade VCS Use Case #51/10 Gbps Access; Network Convergence – Layout © 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationTwo f
Brocade VCS Use Case #6© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1/10 Gbps Access; Convergence + FC SAN – Architectur
Brocade VCS Use Case #61/10 Gbps Access; Convergence + FC SAN – Topology © 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationVC
Deployments ModelsBrocade VDX 6720 Switches© 2010 Brocade Communications - Company Proprietary Information6Connect to Classic Architecture • Need: 1
Thank You© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information60www.brocade.com
Simplifies network architectures, dramatically reduces operating expensesAllows the virtualized data center to scale while reducing complexity and ena
Data Center AccessBrocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches• Built for the Virtualized Data Center• Uses Brocade fabric switching ASICs• First switches to
Brocade VDX 6720-24 SwitchFront view© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information● Compact 1U form factor1. 16 or 24 1/1
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