48-Port Ethernet

The Brocade VDX 6710 Switch is a high-performance 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) fixed configuration switch that provides a reliable, scalable, and flexible foundation for supporting the most demanding business applications. It offers a cost-effective solution for connecting 1 GbE servers to an Ethernet fabric using Brocade VCS Fabric technology.

The Brocade VDX 6710 features 48 1 GbE copper interfaces and six 10 GbE SFP+ interfaces with low power consumption, making it an ideal platform for Top-of-Rack (ToR) fabric deployments in existing 1 GbE server environments. Together with Brocade VCS Fabric technology, this switch can simplify network design and operations for a more automated and efficient network, offer the flexibility needed to easily scale networks, and provide a cloud-ready infrastructure.

Brocade VDX 6710 Features:

The Brocade VDX 6730 Switch is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) fixed configuration switch with LAN and native Fibre Channel ports. It supports multiple connectivity options, Ethernet storage connectivity for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), iSCSI, NAS, and bridges to Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs).

Brocade VDX 6730 Models:

• Brocade VDX 6730-32 76 ports, 1U chassis (24 10GBe LAN ports and 8 8Gbps Fibre Channel Ports)
• Brocade VDX 6730-76 76 ports, 2U chassis (60 10GBe LAN ports and 16 8Gbps Fibre Channel Ports)

Brocade VDX 6730 Features:

• Comprehensive Layer 2 LAN capabilities: Supports protocols such as Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and 802.1Q. The Brocade VDX 6730 is also ready for IPv4/IPv6 Layer 3 routing capabilities, which can be implemented in a future Brocade Network OS release.
• High-bandwidth efficiency across trunks: Maximizes performance with hardware-based ISL trunking and wire-speed ports with ultra-low port-to-port latency. 
• Lowest power consumption: Features superior size and the industry’s lowest power consumption—imperative in today’s data centers. 
• Scale-out solution for virtualized data centers: Enables dynamic, large-scale server virtualization deployments in private (IT customers within an enterprise) and public (external customers of managed service providers) clouds with proven scalability capabilities and Layer 2 Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP).
• Local switching: 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 6730 ideal for performance-demanding environments.

The Brocade VDX 6740 and 6740T are Ethernet fabric Top of Rack (ToR) switches featuring 10 GbE ports with 40 GbE uplinks. The new Brocade VDX 6740T-1G Switch offers dual-speed functionality. It can be deployed with1000BASET for existing 1 GbE server connectivity and upgraded via software to 10GBASE-T for future bandwidth growth. Together with Brocade VCS Fabric technology, these switches deliver the high performance and low latency needed to support demanding virtualized data center environments.

Brocade VDX 6740 Switches provide the advanced feature set that data centers require. Together with Brocade VCS Fabric technology, these switches can simplify network design and operations for a more automated and efficient network, offer the flexibility needed to easily scale networks, and provide a cloud-ready infrastructure.

Brocade VDX 6740 Features:

• Delivers high performance and reduces network congestion with 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports, low latency, and 24 MB deep buffers
  

• Improves capacity with the ability to create up to a 160 GbE uplink with Brocade ISL Trunking
• Manages an entire Brocade VCS fabric as a single switch with Brocade VCS Logical Chassis
• Provides efficiently load-balanced multipathing at Layers 1, 2, and 3, including multiple Layer 3 gateways 
• Simplifies Virtual Machine (VM) mobility and management with automated, dynamic port profile onfiguration and migration
• Supports Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies within data, control, and management planes

The Brocade VDX 8770 Switch is a highly scalable, low-latency, 1/10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) modular switch. Designed to easily scale out Brocade VCS fabrics, the Brocade VDX 8770 Switch brings new levels of performance to VCS fabric deployments.

Designed to scale out Brocade VCS fabrics, the Brocade VDX 8770 Switch supports complex, highly dynamic environments with dense virtualization and extensive automation requirements. The Brocade VDX 8770 is a highly scalable, low-latency 1/10/40/100 GbE modular switch, available in both 8U four-slot and 15U eight-slot versions.

The Brocade VDX 8770 Features:

• Simplifies and automates network architectures to enable elastic cloud networking with Brocade VCS Fabric technology
• Manages an entire multitenant Brocade VCS fabric as a single switch through Brocade VCS Logical Chassis, with REST APIs to allow higher-level management frameworks
• Provides efficiently load-balanced multipathing at Layers 1, 2, and 3, and multiple active Layer 3 gateways
• Delivers 1/10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) wire-speed switching with auto-trunking Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) for non-disruptive scaling
• Enables connectivity for over 1,000 server ports with scale-out fabrics, 10,000 ports with multifabrics, and 100,000 ports using multifabrics with overlays
• Simplifies Virtual Machine (VM) mobility and management with automated, dynamic port profile configuration and migration
• Is designed to support Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies within data, control, and management planes

The Cisco Nexus 3064PQ Switch is a high-performance, high-density, ultra-low-latency Ethernet switch that is part of the new Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches. This compact one-rack-unit (1RU) form factor 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch provides line-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching. The switch runs the industry-leading Cisco NX‑OS Software operating system, providing customers with robust features and capabilities that are widely deployed globally. The Cisco Nexus 3064PQ is well suited for financial co-location deployments that require support for robust unicast and multicast routing protocol features at ultra-low latencies. This document describes the architecture of the Cisco Nexus 3064PQ Switch; it provides an overview of the switch features and benefits and a detailed description of the internal architecture.

The Nexus 3064PQ Switch offers:

• Line-rate Layer-2 and Layer-3 ultra-low latency switching on all 64 ports
• Phyless design on all ports to optimize latency
• Throughput of 1.2 terabits per second (Tbps) and 950 million packets per second (Mpps)
• Support for 1/10/40 Gbps and 100 Mbps speeds for maximum physical layer flexibility
• Low typical power consumption of approximately two Watts per 10 Gigabit port

Ease of Operations

The modular, resilient Cisco NX-OS operating system is purpose-built with unrivaled support for Layer 3 unicast and multicast routing protocols. Manageability features promote ease of use and include the following:

• Power On Auto Provisioning (POAP) which can enable touchless boot-up and configuration
• EEM and Python scripting to enable automation and remote operations
• Built-in EtherAnalyzer for monitoring and troubleshooting control-plane traffic
• Advanced buffer monitoring capability to monitor traffic bursts and application traffic patterns in real time
• Integration with Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) and XML management tools

The Cisco Nexus 3064 Switch is ideal for financial co-location deployments that require support for advanced unicast and multicast routing protocols and ultra-low latency.

Cisco Nexus 3064PQ Specifications:

• 1-RU fixed-form-factor switch
• 64 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (48 SFP+ and 4 QSFP+)

   

   

   

   

  • 48 SFP ports support 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet
  • 4 QSFP ports support 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet each
• 2 redundant power supplies
• 1 fan tray with redundant fans
• 1 I/O module with management, console, and USB flash memory ports

Performance specifications:

• 1.28-Tbps switching capacity
• Forwarding rate of 960 mpps
• Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports
• Configurable maximum transmission units (MTUs) of up to 9216 bytes (jumbo frames)

The Cisco Nexus N3K-C3048TP-1GE Switch is a line-rate Gigabit Ethernet ToR switch part of the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches. The Cisco Nexus 3048, with its compact 1RU form factor and integrated Layer 2 and 3 switching, complements the existing Cisco Nexus family of switches. The Cisco Nexus 3N3K-C3048TP-1GE is ideal for big data customers that require a Gigabit Ethernet ToR switch with local switching that connects transparently to upstream Cisco Nexus switches, providing an end-to-end Cisco Nexus fabric in their data centers. This switch supports both forward and reversed airflow schemes with AC and DC power inputs.

Cisco N3K-C3048TP-1GE Features:

• Wire-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching
• Layer 2 and 3 switching of up to 176 Gigabit per second (Gbps) and more than 132 million packets per second (mpps) in a compact 1RU form-factor switch
• Robust and purpose-built Cisco NX-OS operating system for end-to-end Cisco Nexus fabric
• Transparent integration with the Cisco Nexus family of switches to provide a consistent end-to-end Cisco Nexus fabric
• Modular operating system built for resiliency
• Integration with Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) and XML management tools
• Comprehensive feature set and innovations for next-generation data centers
• Virtual PortChannel (vPC) provides Layer 2 multipathing through the elimination of Spanning Tree Protocol and enables fully utilized bisectional bandwidth and simplified Layer 2 logical topologies without the need to change the existing management and deployment models.
• Power On Auto Provisioning (POAP) enables touchless bootup and configuration of the switch, drastically reducing provisioning time.
• Cisco Embedded Event Manager (EEM) and Python scripting enable automation and remote operations in the data center.
• Advanced buffer monitoring reports real-time buffer utilization per port and per queue, which allows organizations to monitor traffic bursts and application traffic patterns.
• The 64-way equal-cost multipath (ECMP) routing enables Layer 3 fat tree designs and allows organizations to prevent network bottlenecks, increase resiliency, and add capacity with little network disruption.
• EtherAnalyzer is a built-in packet analyzer for monitoring and troubleshooting control-plane traffic and is based on the popular Wireshark open source network protocol analyzer.
• Precision Time Protocol (PTP; IEEE 1588) provides accurate clock synchronization and improved data correlation with network captures and system events.
• Full Layer 3 unicast and multicast routing protocol suites are supported, including Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2), Protocol Independent Multicast sparse mode (PIM-SM), Source-Specific Multicast (SSM), and Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP).

Typical Cisco N3K-C3048TP-1GE Configuration:

• 48 fixed 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet ports
• 4 fixed Enhanced Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+) ports
• Locator LED
• Dual redundant power supplies
• Fan tray with redundant fans
• Two 10/100/1000-Mbps management ports
• One RS-232 serial console port
• One USB port
• Locator LED and button

The 9-slot Cisco Catalyst 6509-E Switch provides high port densities that are ideal for many wiring closet, distribution, and core network as well as data center deployments. The Cisco Catalyst 6509-E supports Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series end-to-end operational consistency benefits.

Cisco Catalyst 6509-E Switch Features:

• Supervisor engines
• Fast Ethernet modules (with IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet [PoE])
• Gigabit Ethernet modules (with IEEE 802.3af PoE)
• 10 Gigabit Ethernet modules
• Flex WAN modules
• Shared Port Adaptors/SPA Interface Processors
• Multi-Gigabit services modules (wireless, network analysis, and security)

The Cisco Catalyst 6509-E supports both Cisco Catalyst OS and Cisco IOS Software. It also supports up to a 6000W power supply, thus providing the ability to support large numbers of IEEE 802.3af PoE devices.

The Cisco Catalyst 6509-E provides maximum uptime with redundancy and rapid (1 to 3 seconds) stateful failover across supervisor engines. It supports modular Cisco IOS Software to minimize unplanned downtime through self-healing processes and simplifies software changes through subsystem in-service software upgrades.

As part of the network foundation of Unified Fabric, the Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch delivers innovative architectural flexibility, infrastructure simplicity, and business agility, with support for networking standards. For traditional, virtualized, unified, and high-performance computing (HPC) environments, it offers a long list of IT and business advantages, including:

Architectural Flexibility

• Unified ports that support traditional Ethernet, Fibre Channel (FC),and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
• Synchronizes system clocks with accuracy of less than one microsecond, based onIEEE 1588
• Offers converged Fabric extensibility, based on emerging standard IEEE 802.1BR, withFabric Extender (FEX) Technology portfolio, including:
  • Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX
  • Adapter FEX
  • VM-FEX

Infrastructure Simplicity

• Common high-density, high-performance, data-center-class, fixed-form-factor platform
• Consolidates LAN and storage
• Supports any transport over an Ethernet-based fabric, including Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic
• Supports storage traffic, including iSCSI, NAS, FC, RoE, and IBoE
• Reduces management points with FEX Technology

Business Agility

• Meets diverse data center deployments on one platform
• Provides rapid migration and transition for traditional and evolving technologies
• Offers performance and scalability to meet growing business needs

Specifications at a Glance

• A 2-rack-unit, 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet switch
• Forty-eight fixed Unified Ports on base chassis, and three modules totaling 96 ports
• Three modules include Unified Ports, 1/2/4/8 native Fibre Channel, and Ethernet/FCoE
• Throughput of up to 1.92 terabits/second