DELL Brocade DCX 8510
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1. BROCADE DCX 8510 BACKBONE FAMILY Unleashes the full potential of private cloud storage with unmatched scalability performance and reliability Leverages Brocade UltraScale chassis connectivity for simpler flatter low latency fabrics that reduce network complexity management and costs Optimizes data center connectivity over distance with integrated high performance metro and global connectivity Simplifies and centralizes end to end SAN management with comprehensive diagnostics monitoring and automation through Brocade Fabric Vision technology Maximizes performance for I O and bandwidth intensive applications Protects investments in existing SAN fabrics and automation tools while reducing operational costs and minimizing business disruption Gen 5 Fibre Channel is the purpose built data center proven network infrastructure for storage delivering unmatched reliability simplicity and 16 Gbps performance The Brocade DCX 8510 with Gen 5 Fibre Channel unleashes the full potential of high density server virtualization cloud architectures and next generation storage Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones are the industry s most reliable scalable and high performance Gen 5 Fibre Channel switching infrastructure for mission critical storage They are designed to increase business agility while providing non stop access to information and reducing infrastructure and administrative costs Networks need t2. UltraScale ICL bandwidth Slot bandwidth 512 Gbps data rate Control processor Redundant active standby control processor modules Local switching bandwidth 512 Gbps for Brocade FC16 32 32 ports x 16 Gbps data rate 768 Gbps for Brocade FC16 48 48 ports x 16 Gbps data rate 256 Gbps for Brocade FC8 32E 32 ports x 8 Gbps data rate 384 Gbps for Brocade FC8 48E 48 ports x 8 Gbps data rate 512 Gbps for Brocade FC8 64 64 ports x 8 Gbps data rate Scalability Full fabric architecture of 239 switches Certified maximum 6000 active nodes 56 switches 19 hops in Brocade Fabric OS fabrics 31 switches larger fabrics certified as required Special purpose blades Brocade FS8 18 Encryption Blade provides plug in encryption of data on disk or tape supporting industry standard AES 256 and DataFort compatible encryption mode 16 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports up to four blades requires Brocade Network Advisor Brocade FX8 24 Extension Blade provides SAN extension over IP networks 12 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports 10 1 GbE ports with license option for up to two 10 GbE ports per blade up to four blades UltraScale ICL bandwidth Brocade DCX 8510 8 2 048 Tbps 32 UltraScale ICL ports provide the equivalent of 128 16 Gbps ports Each UltraScale ICL port provides 64 Gbps bandwidth over a QSFP 4x16 Gbps link Brocade DCX 8510 4 1 024 Tbps 16 UltraScale ICLs provide the equivalent
3. Monitor Provides comprehensive visibility into flows in the fabric including the ability to automatically learn discover flows and non disruptively monitor flow performance Users can monitor all flows from a specific host to multiple targets LUNs or from multiple hosts to a specific target LUN monitor all flows across a specific ISL or perform LUN level monitoring of specific frame types to identify resource contention or congestion that is impacting application performance Flow Mirror Provides the ability to non disruptively create copies of specific application and data flows or frame types that can be captured for deeper analysis Flow Generator Provides a built in test traffic generator for pre testing and validating the SAN infrastructure including verification of routes and integrity of optics cables ports and ISLs for robustness before deploying applications Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite MAPS Simplifies fabric wide threshold configuration and monitoring By leveraging pre built rule policy based templates applying thresholds and alerts to ports and switches is a simple two step UNMATCHED MAINFRAME TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP The Brocade DCX 8510 matches the highest performing and most reliable FICON infrastructure with the industry s fastest and most scalable System z mainframes Brocade builds on more than 25 years of mainframe leadership that includes designing the FICON standa
4. accelerate new technology deployments and optimize the performance of networking infrastructures MAXIMIZING INVESTMENTS To help optimize technology investments Brocade and its partners offer complete solutions that include professional services technical support and education For more information contact a Brocade sales partner or visit www brocade com BROCADE DCX 8510 BACKBONE SPECIFICATIONS Systems Architecture Chassis Single chassis Up to 384 Brocade DCX 8510 8 or 192 Brocade DCX 8510 4 16 Gbps E F D M and EX Fibre Channel ports using 48 port 16 Gbps Fibre Channel blades Up to 512 Brocade DCX 8510 8 or 256 Brocade DCX 8510 4 8 Gbps E F D M and EX Fibre Channel ports using 64 port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel blades Multi chassis with UltraScale ICL ports Up to 3840 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports using 16 Gbps 48 port blades up to 5120 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports using 8 Gbps 64 port blades UtraScale ICL ports 32 or 16 per chassis optical QSFP connect up to nine chassis in a full mesh topology or up to 10 chassis in a core edge topology Each Brocade DCX 8510 chassis that connects to four or more Brocade DCX 8510 chassis via UltraScale ICLs requires an Enterprise ICL license Chassis bandwidth Brocade DCX 8510 8 8 2 Tbps per chassis 384 ports x 16 Gbps data rate 2 048 Tbps UltraScale ICL bandwidth Brocade DCX 8510 4 4 1 Tbps per chassis 192 ports x 16 Gbps data rate 1 024 Tbps
5. of 64 16 Gbps ports Each UltraScale ICL port provides 64 Gbps bandwidth over a QSFP 4x16 Gbps link Both models Frame based trunking is enabled between four UltraScale ICLs DPS distributes exchanges across all frame trunks Performance Fibre Channel 2 125 Gbps line speed full duplex 4 25 Gbps line speed full duplex 8 5 Gbps line speed full duplex 10 53 Gbps line speed full duplex 14 025 Gbps line speed full duplex auto sensing of 2 4 8 and 16 Gbps port speeds 10 Gbps and optionally programmable to fixed port speed Switch latency Locally switched port latency is 700 ns blade to blade latency is 2 1 usec encryption compression is 5 5 usec per node Forward Error Correction FEC adds 400 ns between E_Ports enabled by default Maximum frame size 2112 byte payload Frame buffers 8192 per 16 port group on 32 port blades and up to 8192 per 24 port group on 48 port blades dynamically allocated ISL trunking Frame based trunking with up to eight 16 Gbps ports per ISL trunk up to 128 Gbps per ISL trunk Exchange based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade Fabric OS Classes of service Class 2 Class 3 Class F inter switch frames Fibre Channel port types D_Port ClearLink Diagnostic Port E_Port EX_Port F_Port M_Port Mirror Port optional port type control Data traffic types Fabric switches supporting unicast BROCADE DCX 8510 BACKBON
6. 510 BACKBONE SPECIFICATIONS CONTINUED Mechanical Specifications Enclosure Rear panel to door airflow Brocade DCX 8510 4 ships with 1U exhaust shelf Mounting Rack mountable in a standard 19 inch EIA cabinet Size Brocade DCX 8510 8 Width 43 74 cm 17 22 in Height 61 24 cm 24 11 in 14U Depth without door 61 19 cm 24 09 in Depth with door 73 20 cm 28 82 in Brocade DCX 8510 4 Width 43 74 cm 17 22 in Height 35 00 cm 13 78 in 8U plus 4 37 cm exhaust shelf 1 72 in 1U Depth without door 61 19 cm 24 09 in Depth with door 73 20 cm 28 82 in Brocade DCX 8510 8 103 50 kg 228 20 Ib for 384 port configuration fully populated 39 55 kg 82 20 Ib for chassis Brocade DCX 8510 4 68 04 kg 150 00 Ib for 192 port configuration fully populated 25 76 kg 56 80 Ib for chassis System weight Temperature Operating O C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F Non operating 25 C to 70 C 13 F to 158 F Humidity Operating humidity 5 to 93 RH non condensing at 40 C 104 F with a maximum gradient of 10 per hour Non operating humidity 10 to 93 RH non condensing at 70 C 158 F Altitude Up to 3000 meters 9842 feet Shock Operating 20 g 6 ms half sine Non operating 33 g 11 ms half sine Vibration Operating 0 5 g p p 5 to 500 Hz Non operating 2 0 g p p 5 to 500 Hz Brocade DCX 8510 8 Min 32 port configuration no QSFP 986 W 3365 BTU hr Max 384 port confi
7. E SPECIFICATIONS CONTINUED Media types 16 Gbps Brocade FC16 32 and 48 require Brocade hot pluggable SFP LC connector 16 Gbps SWL LWL ELWL 10 Gbps Brocade FC16 32 and 48 require Brocade hot pluggable SFP LC connector 10 Gbps SWL LWL 8 Gbps Brocade FC16 32 and 48 Brocade FC8 32E and 48E Brocade FX8 24 and Brocade FS8 18 blades require Brocade hot pluggable SFP LC connector 8 Gbps SWL LWL ELWL 8 Gbps Brocade FC8 64 blades require Brocade hot pluggable mSFP mSFP LC connector 8 Gbps SWL only UltraScale ICL QSFP Brocade CR16 8 and CR16 4 require Brocade hot pluggable QSFP MTP connector 4x16 Gbps SWL 50 m OM3 100 m OM4 Fibre Channel distance subject to fiber optic cable and port speed USB 1 USB port per control processor for firmware download support save and configuration upload download Fabric services Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring APM including Top Talkers for E_Ports F_Ports and Fabric mode Brocade Adaptive Networking Ingress Rate Limiting Traffic Isolation QoS Bottleneck Detection Brocade Advanced Zoning default zoning port WWN zoning broadcast zoning Dynamic Fabric Provisioning DFP Dynamic Path Selection DPS Brocade Extended Fabrics Enhanced BB credit recovery Brocade Fabric Watch FDMI Flow Vision Frame Redirection Frame based Trunking FSPF Integrated Routing IPoFC Brocade ISL Trunking Management Server Monitoring and Alerting Policy
8. Suite MAPS NPIV NTP v3 Port Fencing Registered State Change Notification RSCN Reliable Commit Service RCS Brocade Server Application Optimization SAO Simple Name Server SNS Virtual Fabrics Logical Switch Logical Fabric Extension Supports DWDM CWDM and FC SONET devices Fibre Channel in flight compression Brocade LZO and encryption AES GCM 256 BB credit recovery FCIP Adaptive Rate Limiting ARL data compression Fast Write read write Tape Pipelining QoS FICON FICON cascading Brocade Fabric OS Brocade DCX 8510 8 DCX 8510 4 support for lossless DLS FICON CUP Advanced Accelerator for FICON FICON Global Mirror and XRC emulation and read write Tape Pipelining The Brocade FC8 64 blade does not support FICON High Availability Architecture Passive backplane redundant active passive control processor redundant active active core switching blades redundant WWN cards Chassis power Two 2000 W AC power supply modules 100 to 240 V auto sensing 2N redundancy Brocade DCX 8510 8 supports two additional power modules Cooling Brocade DCX 8510 8 Three blower assembly modules two required for operation Brocade DCX 8510 4 Two blower assembly modules one required for operation Solution availability Management Designed to provide 99 999 percent uptime capabilities hot pluggable redundant power supplies fans WWN cards processors core switching port blades
9. and optics online diagnostics non disruptive firmware download and activation Management HTTP SNMP v1 v3 FE MIB FC Management MIB SSH Auditing Syslog Brocade Advanced Web Tools Brocade Network Advisor SAN Enterprise or Brocade Network Advisor SAN Professional Plus Command Line Interface CLI SMI S compliant Administrative Domains trial licenses for add on capabilities Security AES GCM 256 encryption on ISLs DH CHAP between switches and end devices FCAP switch authentication FIPS 140 2 L2 compliant HTTPS IPsec IP filtering LDAP with IPv6 OpenLDAP Port Binding RADIUS User defined Role Based Access Control RBAC Secure Copy SCP Secure RPC SFTP SSH v2 SSL Switch Binding TACACS Trusted Switch Management access 10 100 1000 Ethernet RJ 45 per control processor in band over Fibre Channel serial port RJ 45 and one USB per control processor module call home integration enabled through Brocade Network Advisor Diagnostics Built in flow generator ClearLink optics and cable diagnostics including electrical optical loopback link traffic latency distance POST and embedded online offline diagnostics including environmental monitoring FCping and Pathinfo FC traceroute flow mirroring frame viewer non disruptive daemon restart port mirroring optics health monitoring power monitoring 16 Gbps blades only RAStrace logging and Rolling Reboot Detection RRD BROCADE DCX 8
10. guration fully loaded with QSFPs 2429 W 8283 BTU hr Brocade DCX 8510 4 Min 32 port configuration 713 W 2433 BTU hr Max 192 port configuration fully loaded with QSFPs 1347 W 4592 BTU hr Brocade DCX 8510 8 7 8 metric tonnes per year with 384 ports at 0 42 kg kWh 0 95 kg per Gbps per year Brocade DCX 8510 4 4 3 metric tonnes per year with 256 ports at 0 42 kg kWh 1 04 kg per Gbps per year Supported power Voltage range Range 85 to 264 VAC Auto volt Nominal 100 to 240 VAC Power 85 to 132 VAC 1000 W 180 to 264 VAC 2000 W 60 Amps maximum peak 47 to 63 Hz Nominal 50 to 60 Hz For information about supported SAN standards visit www brocade com sanstandards For information about switch and device interoperability visit www brocade com interoperability For information about hardware regulatory compliance visit www brocade com regulatorycompliance Heat dissipation CO emissions In rush current Frequency Corporate Headquarters European Headquarters Asia Pacific Headquarters San Jose CA USA Geneva Switzerland Singapore T 1 408 333 8000 T 41 22 799 56 40 T 65 6538 4700 info brocade com emea info brocade com apac info brocade com 2014 Brocade Communications Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 05 14 GA DS 1564 10 ADX AnylO Brocade Brocade Assurance the B wing symbol DCX Fabric OS HyperEdge ICX MLX MyBrocade OpenScript VCS VDX and Vyatta are registered tradema
11. in order to adapt to rapid growth and change in the server and storage infrastructure Brocade UltraScale chassis connectivity leverages optical Inter Chassis Links ICLs of up to 100 meters to connect up to 10 Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones enabling flatter faster and simpler fabrics that increase consolidation while reducing network complexity and costs UltraScale ICLs enable scalable core edge and active active mesh chassis topologies These high density chassis topologies reduce inter switch cabling by 75 percent and free up to 33 percent of ports for server and storage This maximizes overall port density in the lowest amount of rack space SIMPLIFIED MANAGEMENT AND ROBUST NETWORK ANALYTICS Brocade Fabric Vision technology an extension of Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel introduces a breakthrough hardware and software solution that maximizes uptime simplifies SAN management and provides unprecedented visibility and insight across the storage network Offering innovative diagnostic monitoring and management capabilities the Brocade DCX 8510 with Fabric Vision technology helps administrators avoid problems maximize application performance and reduce operational costs Brocade Fabric Vision technology includes Flow Vision Enables administrators to identify monitor and analyze specific application and data flows in order to maximize performance avoid congestion and optimize resources Flow Vision includes Flow
12. o evolve in order to support the growing demands of highly virtualized environments new flash based storage and private cloud architectures Fibre Channel the de facto standard for storage networking is evolving with the data center Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones with Gen 5 Fibre Channel deliver a new level of scalability and advanced capabilities to this robust reliable and high performance technology This enables organizations to continue leveraging their existing IT investments as they grow their businesses In addition they can consolidate their Storage Area Network SAN infrastructures to simplify management and reduce operating costs Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones are available in two modular form factors Built for large enterprise networks the 14U Brocade DCX 8510 8 has eight vertical blade slots to provide up to 384 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports Built for midsize networks the 8U Brocade DCX 8510 4 has four horizontal blade slots to provide up to 192 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports The Brocade DCX 8510 family supports 2 4 8 10 and 16 Gbps Fibre Channel FICON and 1 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over IP FCIP BROCADE To help minimize downtime costs Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones build upon years of innovation and leverage the core technology of Brocade systems performing at greater than 99 999 percent uptime in the world s most demanding data centers SIMPLIFIED SCALE OUT NETWORK DESIGN Networks are evolving
13. oring capabilities Help ensure early problem detection and recovery Non intrusive and non disruptive monitoring on every port Provides a comprehensive end to end view of the entire fabric using capabilities integrated into hardware allowing sophisticated monitoring without imposing an additional burden on switches with frequent polling activity Forward Error Correction FEC Enables recovery from bit errors in ISLs enhancing transmission reliability and performance e Credit Loss Recovery Helps overcome performance degradation and congestion due to buffer credit loss e Real time bandwidth consumption by hosts applications on ISLs Helps easily identify hot spots and potential network congestion OPTIMIZED DATA CENTER CONNECTIVITY OVER DISTANCE Connecting distributed data centers enables data mobility for advanced data protection solutions Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones include integrated metro and global SAN extension that provides application agility and flexible business continuity and disaster recovery solutions The Brocade DCX 8510 family enables high speed replication and backup solutions over metro or WAN links with native Fibre Channel 10 16 Gbps and optional FCIP 1 10 GbE extension support The integrated metro connectivity includes in flight compression and encryption to optimize bandwidth and minimize the risk of unauthorized access INDUSTRY LEADING PERFORMANCE Emerging and evolving critical w
14. orkloads and higher density virtualization are continuing to push the limits of SAN infrastructure The Brocade DCX 8510 features industry leading Gen 5 Fibre Channel that provides 16 Gbps line speed performance and 8 2 Tbps chassis bandwidth to address next generation 1 O and bandwidth intensive applications Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones provide unmatched chassis slot to slot and port performance and bandwidth In addition local switching capabilities ensure that data traffic within the same port group does not consume slot bandwidth maximizing the number of line rate ports Performance capabilities include e Brocade DCX 8510 8 Up to 384 ports equivalent to 512 with UltraScale ICLs at 16 Gbps 8 2 Tbps chassis bandwidth e 6 1 Tbps Fibre Channel FICON ports e 2 1 Tbps UltraScale ICL bandwidth 512 Gbps bandwidth per slot e Brocade DCX 8510 4 Up to 192 ports equivalent to 256 with UltraScale ICLs at 16 Gbps 4 1 Tbps chassis bandwidth e 3 1 Tbps Fibre Channel FICON ports e 1 Tbps UltraScale ICL bandwidth 512 Gbps bandwidth per slot BROCADE GLOBAL SERVICES Brocade Global Services has the expertise to help organizations build scalable efficient cloud infrastructures Leveraging 15 years of expertise in storage networking and virtualization Brocade Global Services delivers world class professional services technical support and education services enabling organizations to maximize their Brocade investments
15. rd and authoring many FICON patents process Organizations can configure the entire fabric or multiple fabrics at one time using common rules and policies or customize policies for specific ports or switch elements all through a single dialog The integrated dashboard displays an overall switch health report along with details on out of policy conditions to help administrators quickly pinpoint potential issues and easily identify trends and other behaviors occurring on a switch or fabric Brocade ClearLink Diagnostics Ensures optical and signal integrity for Gen 5 Fibre Channel optics and cables simplifying deployment and support of high performance fabrics It leverages ClearLink Diagnostic Port D_Port capabilities of Gen 5 Fibre Channel platforms Bottleneck Detection Identifies and alerts administrators to device or ISL congestion as well as abnormal levels of latency in the fabric It works in conjunction with Brocade Network Advisor to automatically monitor and detect network congestion and latency in the fabric providing visualization of bottlenecks in a connectivity map and product tree and identifying exactly which devices and hosts are impacted by a bottle necked port Integration into Brocade Network Advisor Provides customizable health and performance dashboard views to pinpoint problems faster simplify SAN configuration and management and reduce operational costs Critical diagnostic and monit
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