System Architecture |
Fibre Channel ports |
Switch mode (default): 24-, 36-, and 48-port configurations (12-port increments through Ports on Demand [PoD] licenses); universal (E, F, M, D, EX) ports
Access Gateway default port mapping: 40 F_Ports, 8 N_Ports |
Scalability |
Full fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches |
Certified maximum |
6000 active nodes; 56 switches, 19 hops in Brocade Fabric OS® fabrics; 31 switches, three hops in Brocade M-EOS fabrics; larger fabrics certified as required |
Performance |
Auto-sensing of 2, 4, 8, and 16 Gbps port speeds; 10 Gbps and optionally programmable to fixed port speed. |
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 Fabric OS. There is no limit to how many trunk groups can be configured in the switch. |
Aggregate bandwidth |
768 Gbps end-to-end full duplex |
Maximum fabric latency |
Latency for locally switched ports is 700 ns; encryption/compression is 5.5 µsec per node; Forward Error Correction (FEC) adds 400 ns between E_Ports (enabled by default). |
Maximum frame size |
2112 byte payload |
Frame buffers |
8192 dynamically allocated |
Classes of service |
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames) |
Port types |
D_Port (Diagnostic Port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port); self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port); optional port type control
Brocade Access Gateway mode: F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port |
Data traffic types |
Fabric switches supporting unicast |
Media types |
Hot-pluggable, industry-standard Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+), LC connector; Short-Wavelength (SWL), Long-Wavelength (LWL); Extended Long-Wavelength (ELWL); distance depends on fiber optic cable and port speed. Supports SFP+ (2, 4, 8, 10, 16 Gbps) optical transceivers. |
USB |
One USB port for system log file downloads or firmware upgrades |
Fabric services
Note: Some fabric services do not apply or are unavailable in Brocade Access Gateway mode |
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); Extended Fabrics; Enhanced BB credit recovery; Brocade Fabric Watch; FDMI; Frame Redirection; Frame-based Trunking; FSPF; Integrated Routing; IPoFC; ISL Trunking; Management Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Fencing; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Server Application Optimization (SAO); Simple Name Server (SNS); Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric) |
Extension |
Fibre Channel, in-flight compression (Brocade LZO) and encryption (AES-GCM-256); integrated 10 Gbps Fibre Channel for DWDM MAN connectivity |
FICON |
FICON® cascading; support for lossless DLS; FICON CUP |
Management |
Supported management software |
HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; Auditing, Syslog; Brocade Advanced Web Tools, APM, Brocade Fabric Watch; Brocade Network Advisor SAN Enterprise or Brocade Network Advisor SAN Professional/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, Port Binding, RADIUS, User-defined Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure Copy (SCP), Secure RPC, SFTP, SSH v2, SSL, Switch Binding, Trusted Switch |
Management access |
10/100 Mbps Ethernet (RJ-45), in-band over Fibre Channel, serial port (RJ-45), and one USB port |
Diagnostics |
D_Port offline diagnostics, including electrical/optical loopback, link traffic/latency/distance; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), frame viewer, non-disruptive daemon restart port mirroring (SPAN port), optics health monitoring, power monitoring, RAStrace logging, and Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD) |
Mechanical |
Enclosure |
Front-to-back airflow; power from back, 1U Back-to-front airflow; power from back, 1U |
Size |
Width: 438 mm (17.23 in.) Height: 43 mm (1.7 in.) Depth: 443 mm (17.45 in.) |
System weight |
9.16 kg (20.20 lb) with two power supply FRUs, without transceivers |
Environment |
Operating environment |
Temperature: 0 to 40°C Humidity: 10% to 85% (non-condensing) |
Non-operating environment |
Temperature: -25 to 70°C Humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing) |
Operating altitude |
Up to 3000 m (9842 ft) |
Storage altitude |
Up to 12 km (39,370 ft) |
Shock |
Operating: Up to 20 G, 6 ms half-sine Non-operating: 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: 2.0 g sine, 1.1 grms random, 5 to 500 Hz |
Heat dissipation |
48 ports at 338 BTU/hr |
Power |
Power supply |
Dual, hot-swappable redundant power supplies with integrated system cooling fans |
AC input |
85 V to 264 V ~5 A to 2.5 A |
Input line frequency |
47 Hz to 63 Hz |
Power consumption |
110 watts with all 48 ports populated with 16 Gbps SWL optics 72 watts for empty chassis with no optics |