System architecture |
Deployment options |
Brocade 8000 with 24 CEE ports, eight Fibre Channel
ports, and FCoE support enabled (includes 8 Gbps Fibre Channel SFP+)
Brocade 8000 with only 24 CEE ports enabled (requires optional licenses
to enable Fibre Channel and FCoE support) |
CEE ports |
24 ports with 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) line speed |
Fibre Channel ports |
Eight Fibre Channel universal (E, F, M, and FL) ports
with 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps full duplex |
Maximum frame size |
2112-byte Fibre Channel payload; 9048-byte Ethernet frame |
Data traffic types |
Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255
groups), and broadcast |
MAC address table entries |
32,000 MAC addresses |
USB |
One USB port for firmware download, support save, and
configuration upload/download |
Media types |
Fibre Channel media type: Hot-pluggable,
industry-standard Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) and SFP+, LC
connector; Short-Wave Laser (SWL) and Long-Wave Laser (LWL); distance
depends on fiber-optic cable and port speed; supports SFP+ (2, 4, and 8
Gbps) and SFP (1, 2, and 4 Gbps) optical transceivers CEE media type:
Hot-pluggable, Brocade 10 GbE SFP+ supports any combination of
Short-Reach (SR) and Long-Reach (LR) optical transceivers; Brocade
copper Twinax cables of one, three, or five meters |
CEE features |
Priority-based Flow Control (PFC): IEEE 802.1Qbb
Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS): IEEE 802.1Qaz
Data Center Bridging eXchange (DCBX) |
Data Link Layer (Layer 2) features |
Layer 2 Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs): 4096
VLAN Encapsulation 802.1Q
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
Multiple Spanning Tree MSTP (802.1s): 16 instances
STP PortFast and PortFast Guard
STP Root Guard
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) IEEE- 802.3ad
Brocade enhanced frame-based trunking
Advanced PortChannel hashing based on Layer 2, 3, and 4 information
Pause Frames (802.3x)
Storm Control (unicast, multicast, and broadcast)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) RFC 826 |
Layer 2 security |
Ingress Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Standard and extended Layer 2 ACLs
VLAN-based ACLs (VACLs)
Port-based ACLs (PACLs)
Named ACLs
ACL statistics
Optimized ACL distribution
Port-based Network Access Control: IEEE 802.1X |
Layer 2 Quality of Service (QoS) |
Eight priority levels for QoS
IEEE 802.1p Class of Service (CoS)
Eight hardware queues per port
Per-port QoS configuration
CoS trust: IEEE 802.1p
Modular QoS CLI (MQC) compliance
Per-port Virtual Output Queuing
CoS-based egress queuing
Egress strict priority queuing
Egress port-based scheduling: Weighted Round-Robin (WRR) |
ISL Trunking |
Frame-based ISL Trunking (optional license) enables up to
eight ports between a pair of switches to be combined into a logical ISL
with speeds of up to 64 Gbps (128 Gbps full duplex) for optimal
bandwidth utilization and load balancing; exchange-based load balancing
across ISLs with DPS (included in Fabric OS) |
Maximum frame size |
2112-byte Fibre Channel payload; 9048-byte Ethernet frame |
Fibre Channel port types |
FL_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port), E_Port;
self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port); optional port type control |
Fibre Channel classes of service |
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames) |
Fibre Channel fabric services |
Simple Name Server (SNS), Registered State Change
Notification (RSCN), NTP, RADIUS, LDAP, Reliable Commit Service (RCS),
Dynamic Path Selection (DPS), Enhanced Group Management (EGM), and Web
Tools; optional fabric services include Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, and
Advanced Performance Monitoring |
CEE services |
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP, MSTP, RSTP), VLAN Tagging
(802.1q), MAC address learning and aging; native FCoE switching; IEEE
802.3ad Link Aggregation (LACP); access control lists based on VLAN,
source, destination address, and port; eight priority levels for QoS and
approximately 4000 VLANs; Priority-based Flow Control (PFC); Data Center
Bridging eXchange (DCBX)-Capabilities Exchange; Enhanced Transmission
Selection (ETS) |
Management software |
Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) Professional,
DCFM Professional Plus, and DCFM Enterprise:
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DCFM uses HTTP/HTTPS and SNMP protocols to
communicate with the Brocade DCX chassis to manage and monitor CEE
features
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DCFM enhancements support the following FCoE/CEE
functionality:
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Discovery, connectivity map, and product list
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Configuration management
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Performance management
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Fault management
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Security management
HTTP/HTTPS, Telnet; SNMP (FE MIB, FC Management MIB, and
IF-MIB for CEE); Web Tools; SMI-S; RADIUS |
Management protocols |
Industry-common Command Line Interface (CLI)
Security Shell (SSH) v2
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1, v2, and v3
Unified username and passwords across CLI and SNMP
Syslog
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
Remote Monitoring (RMON)
Per-port ingress and egress counters
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Power-On Self-Test (POST)
Comprehensive bootup diagnostics |
Management access |
One 10/100/1000 Megabit Ethernet, in-band over Fibre
Channel, one serial port, and one USB port |
Diagnostics |
POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including
FCping and Pathinfo (FCtraceroute) |
Mechanical |
Enclosure |
Non-port to port side airflow; 1U, 19-inch EIA-compliant,
power from non-port side |
Size |
Width: 42.9 cm (16.9 in)
Height: 4.3 cm (1.7 in)
Depth: 63.4 cm (25.0 in) |
System weight |
13.0 kg (28.6 lbs) with two power supply FRUs, without
transceivers |
Environmental |
Temperature |
Operating: 0¢XC to 40¢XC (32¢XF to 104¢XF)
Non-operating: -25¢XC to 70¢XC (-13¢XF to 158¢XF) |
Humidity |
Operating: 10% to 85% non-condensing
Non-operating: 10% to 90% non-condensing |
Altitude |
Operating: Up to 3000 meters (9842 feet)
Storage: Up to 12 kilometers (39,370 feet) |
Shock |
Operating: 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, 1.1grms random, 5 to 500 Hz |
CO2 emissions |
335 kg per year (with 40 ports at 0.42 kg/kWh)
1.05 kg per Gbps per year |
Airflow |
Maximum: 42 CFM
Nominal (65% speed): 35 CFM |
Heat dissipation |
32 ports: 1044 BTU/hr |
Power |
Maximum: 350 watts
Consumption: 306 watts |
Input voltage |
85 to 264 VAC nominal |
Input line frequency |
47 to 63 Hz |
Inrush current |
60 amps maximum |
Maximum current |
29 amps at 12V DC |