Brocade VDX 6730 LAN and Fibre Switch, 10 GbE, 8 Gbps
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.
