Brocade X7 Directors

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Description

Meet ever-increasing demands for quicker, more reliable data access with the Brocade X7 Director family. With ultra-low latency and 64G links, these directors provide the highest level of performance needed for next-generation data centers. Combined with autonomous SAN technology, Brocade X7 Directors harness the power of analytics and the simplicity of automation to optimize performance, ensure reliability and simplify management. Leveraging these capabilities enables organizations to realize a self-learning, self-optimizing, and self-healing SAN, making the Brocade X7 Director a highly efficient and resilient solution.

Features

Modernize the SAN to meet the requirements of an on-demand data center

Maximize NVMe and high-transaction workloads with 50 percent lower latency
Scale more devices, applications and workloads with 64G links
Increase visibility and simplify operations with a modern SAN management tool
Eliminate third party tools with integrated analytics

Transform telemetry data into actionable insights to optimize performance and ensure reliability

Collect and transform millions of data points into actionable intelligence
Visualize application and device-based performance and health metrics
Detect abnormal traffic behaviors and degraded performance
Simplify troubleshooting by identifying and isolating issues

Automate actions to simplify management and resolve issues without intervention

Instantly notify end-devices of congestion for automatic resolution
Guarantee application performance by proactively monitoring and load balancing traffic
Ensure data delivery with automatic failover from physical or congestion issues
Reduce human error and streamline processes by automating repetitive daily tasks through open DevOps automation technology

System Architecture
Chassis	Single chassis: The Brocade X6-8 provides up to 512 32 Gb/s ports or a 640-port equivalent with 128 Gb/s (4×32 Gb/s) UltraScale ICL ports (32 QSFP ports). The Brocade X6-4 provides up to 256 32 Gb/s ports or a 320-port equivalent with 16 UltraScale ICL ports (16 QSFP ports). Each provides support for (E, F, D, M, SIM, AE, and EX) Fibre Channel ports using 48- and 64-port 32 Gb/s Fibre Channel blades
Control processor	Redundant (active/standby) control processor modules.
Scalability	Full-fabric architecture of 239 switches.
Certified maximum	6000 active devices per switch; 56 switches, 19 hops in Brocade Fabric OS® (FOS) fabrics; larger fabrics certified as required.
Fibre Channel blades	Brocade FC32-48 Port Blade provides 48 ports of 32 Gb/s Gen 6 Fibre Channel Brocade FC32-64 Port Blade provides 64 ports of 32 Gb/s Gen 6 Fibre Channel
Extension blades	Brocade SX6 Extension Blade provides Fibre Channel extension (16×32 Gb/s Fibre Channel ports) and IP extension over IP networks (16×1GbE/10GbE and 2×40GbE ports).
Performance	Fibre Channel: 4.25 Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 8.5 Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 10.53 Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 14.025 Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 28.05 Gb/s, full duplex. Autosensing of 4, 8, 16, and 32 Gb/s port speeds depending on SFPs used. Speed matching between 4, 8, 16, and 32 Gb/s port speeds. 10 Gb/s port speeds with dedicated SFPs. FCoE: 10GbE, 25GbE, or 40GbE FCoE speeds. Support for 10GbE, 25GbE, and 40GbE speeds requires the use of the appropriate QSFP transceiver.
ISL trunking	Frame-based trunking with up to eight 32 Gb/s ports per ISL trunk; up to 256 Gb/s per ISL trunk Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade FOS.
UltraScale ICL trunking	Chassis-to-chassis linkage through connectors on the Core Routing (CR) blade. Can configure the following maximum QSFPs per trunk depending on blade type, connecting: • Up to four 4×32 Gb/s QSFP ports in a trunk group to form a 512 Gb/s trunk between two Brocade CR32-4 blades. For trunks containing four or fewer QSFP ports, ports in a trunk must be located in the same port group on each blade. • Up to four 4×32 Gb/s QSFP ports in a trunk group to form a 512 Gb/s trunk between a Brocade CR32- 4 and CR32-8 blade. For trunks containing four or fewer QSFP ports, ports in a trunk must be located in the same port group on each blade. A minimum of two QSFP connections are required for a trunk, and up to four 4×16 Gb/s QSFP trunks between pairs of Brocade CR32-8 (CR32-4) and CR16-8 (CR16-4).
Multichassis with UltraScale ICL ports	Up to 6144 non-blocking 32 Gb/s Fibre Channel ports; UltraScale ICL ports (32 for 8-slot or 16 per 4-slot chassis, optical QSFP) connect up to nine chassis in a full mesh topology or up to 12 chassis in a core- edge topology.
UltraScale ICL bandwidth	Brocade X6-8: 4.096 Tb/s; 32 UltraScale ICL ports provide the equivalent of 128 32 Gb/s ports. Each UltraScale ICL port provides 128 Gb/s bandwidth over a QSFP (32 Gb/s×4) link. Brocade X6-4: 2.048 Tb/s; 16 UltraScale ICL ports provide the equivalent of 64 32 Gb/s ports. Each UltraScale ICL port provides 128 Gb/s bandwidth over a QSFP (32 Gb/s×4) link. Both models: Frame-based trunking is enabled between four UltraScale ICLs. DPS distributes exchanges across all frame trunks.
Chassis bandwidth	Brocade X6-8: 20.5 Tb/s per chassis: 16.384 Tb/s port bandwidth (512 ports×32 Gb/s) data rate + 4.096 Tb/s UltraScale ICL bandwidth (32×128 Gb/s) Brocade X6-4: 10.2 Tb/s per chassis: 8.192 Tb/s port bandwidth (192 ports×32 Gb/s) data rate + 2.048 Tb/s UltraScale ICL bandwidth (16×128 Gb/s)
Slot bandwidth	1536 Gb/s (line rate) providing line-rate performance for the Brocade FC32-48 blade and 1.33:1 over- subscription performance for the Brocade FC32-64 blade
Switch latency	Brocade FC32-48 and FC32-64 blades at Gen 6 32 Gb/s speeds: <780 ns (including FEC); any-port-to- any-port local switching and 2.6 μs blade to blade at 32 Gb/s, cut-through routing Brocade SX6 blade, Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel: <780 ns (including FEC) and 2.6 μs any-port-to- any-port at 32 Gb/s, cut-through routing
Maximum frame size	2112-byte payload
Frame buffers	15,360 per switching ASIC
Classes of service	Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
Fibre Channel port types	Brocade FC32-48 and FC32-64 Port Blades: F_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, M_Port, SIM, and D_Port Brocade SX6 Extension Blade: F_Port, E_Port, and EX_Port on FC, and VE_Port on GbE Note: Self-discovery is based on switch type (U_Port) with an optional port-type control.
Data traffic types	Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast
Media types	Brocade FC32-48 Port Blade: Supports hot-pluggable Brocade Fibre Channel SFP+ at 32 Gb/s SWL/ LWL and SFP+ at 16 Gb/s SWL/LWL/ELWL, 10 Gb/s SWL/LWL SFP. Brocade FC32-64 Port Blade: Supports hot-pluggable QSFP connector; 4×32 Gb/s SWL (supports 16/32 Gb/s) and 4×16 Gb/s SWL (supports 4/8/16 Gb/s), MPO 1×12 ribbon cable connector (66 m OM3, 100m OM4); 4×32 Gb/s 2 km QSFP (fixed 4×32 Gb/s speed and SMF LC); Brocade FC32-64 QSFPs support only 4/8/16/32 Gb/s (no 10 Gb/s Fibre Channel); 10GbE, 25GbE, or 40GbE FCoE QSFP. Brocade SX6 Extension Blade: Supports hot-pluggable Brocade Fibre Channel SFP28 at 32 Gb/s SWL/ LWL; SFP+ at 16 Gb/s SWL/LWL/ELWL; SFP at 10 Gb/s FC SWL/LWL and Ethernet SFP+ at 1 GbE copper, 1GbE 1000BASE-SX/LX/CWDM, SFP+ at 10GbE SR/LR; SFP+ at 10GbE tunable DWDM 80 km, and QSFP at 40GbE SR4/LR4/ER4. Core Routing (CR) blades, Brocade CR32-4 and CR32-8: Support hot-pluggable Brocade Fibre Channel QSFPs at 4×32 Gb/s SWL, 4x32 Gb/s 2 km, 4×16 Gb/s SWL, and 4×16 Gb/s 2 km for ICL connections.
USB	One USB port per control processor for firmware download, support save, and configuration upload or download.
Fabric services	Adaptive Networking (Traffic Isolation, QoS); BB credit recovery; Brocade Advanced Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, peer zoning, target-driven zoning, broadcast zoning); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Extended Fabrics; FDMI; FICON CUP; Flow Vision; Frame Redirection; FSPF; Integrated Routing; IPoFC; ISL Trunking; Management Server; Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS); Configuration and Operational Monitoring Policy Automation Services Suite (COMPASS); N_Port Trunking; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Fencing; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Simple Name Server; 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, IP Extension, Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL), data compression, Fast Write, read/write Tape Pipelining, QoS.
FICON	FICON cascading; support for lossless DLS; FICON CUP; Advanced Accelerator for FICON (IBM z/OS Global Mirror and read/write Tape Pipelining).
Fibre Channel port types	CR64-8 and CR64-4 CR blades: E_Port, EX_Port, and D_Port. FC64-48, FC32-X7-48, FC32-48, FC32-64 port blades: F_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, M_Port, SIM, and D_Port. (FC32-X7-48 at 4G speed supports only F_Port connectivity.) SX6 extension blade: F_Port, FL_Port, E_Port, SIM, and EX_Port on FC and VE_Port on GbE. Self-discovery is based on switch type (U_Port) with an optional port type control.
Data traffic types Media types	Fabric switches supporting unicast. Brocade FC64-48 port blade: 64G FC SFP+ LC connector: SWL, LWL, ELWL 32G FC SFP+ LC connector: SWL, LWL, ELWL 10G FC SFP+ LC connector: SWL, LWL Brocade FC32-X7-48 port blade: 32G FC SFP+ LC connector: SWL, LWL, ELWL 16G FC SFP+ LC connector: SWL, LWL, ELWL 10G FC SFP+ LC connector: SWL, LWL Brocade FC32-48 port blade 32G FC SFP+ LC connector: SWL, LWL, ELWL 16G FC SFP+ LC connector: SWL, LWL, ELWL 10G FC SFP+ LC connector: SWL, LWL Brocade FC32-64 port blade: 4x32G FC QSFP+ MPO connector: SWL 4x32G FC QSFP+ SMF LC connector: 2 km (fixed at 4x32G only) 4x16G FC QSFP+ MPO connector: SWL FCoE QSFP+ MPO connector: 100GBASE-SR4, 4x25GbE FCoE QSFP+ MPO connector: 40GBASE-SR4, 4x10GbE FCoE QSFP+ LC connector: 40GbE BiDi Brocade SX6 Extension Blade: 32G FC SFP+ LC connector: SWL, LWL, ELWL 16G FC SFP+ LC connector: SWL, LWL, ELWL 10G FC SFP+ LC connector: SWL, LWL Ethernet QSFP+ MPO connector: 40GBASE-SR4, 40GBASE-LR4, 40GBASE-ER4 Ethernet QSFP+ LC connector: 40GbE BiDi 10GbE SFP+ LC connector: SR, LR, USR 1GbE SFP+ LC connector: SR, LR 1GbE SFP+ copper connector Core Routing (CR) blades, Brocade CR64-4 and CR64-8: Gen 7 FC QSFP+ MPO connector: SWL, 2 km* 4x32G FC QSFP+ SMF LC connector: SWL, 2 km Note: MPO connectors require 1×12 ribbon cable up to 66m over OM3 or 100m over OM4. *Use of the Gen 7 2-km ICL QSFP is subject to the following environmental ratings for maximum intake air temperature: 0–40°C at sea level; 0–35°C up to 1500m (4921 ft) elevation; and 0–30°C from 1500m to 3000m (9843 ft) elevation.
USB	One USB port per control processor for firmware download, SupportSave, and configuration upload or download.
Fabric services	BB Credit Recovery; Brocade Advanced Zoning (Default Zoning, Port/WWN Zoning, Peer Zoning); Congestion Signaling; Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Extended Fabrics; Fabric Performance Impact Notification (FPIN); Fabric Vision; FDMI; FICON CUP; Flow Vision; F_Port Trunking; FSPF; Integrated Routing; ISL Trunking; Management Server; Name Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Decommission/Fencing; QoS; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Target-Driven Zoning; Traffic Optimizer; Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric); VMID+ and AppServer.
Extension	Supports DWDM, CWDM, and FC-SONET Devices; Fibre Channel; In-flight Compression (Brocade LZO) and Encryption (AES-GCM-256); BB Credit Recovery; FCIP; IP Extension; Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL); Data Compression; Fast Write; Read/Write Tape Pipelining; QoS.
FICON	FICON cascading; support for lossless DLS; FICON CUP; Advanced Accelerator for FICON (IBM z/OS Global Mirror and read/write Tape Pipelining). (FICON connectivity is not supported on the FC32-64 blade.)

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