Comprehensive layer 2 LAN capabilities for classic ToR server
deployments
■Comprehensive Layer 2 LAN capabilities
■High-bandwidth efficiency across trunks
■Lowest power consumption
■Scale-out solution for virtualized data centers
■Local switching
■Supports protocols such as Link Aggregation Control Protocol
(LACP) and 802.1Q
■Maximizes performance with hardware-based ISL trunking and
wire-speed ports
■Features superior size and the industry’s lowest power
consumption—imperative in today’s data centers
■Enables dynamic, large-scale server virtualization deployments in
■private and public clouds with proven scalability capabilities and
Layer 2 Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)
■Delivers high performance for intra-rack traffic in virtualized
environments, providing ultra-low latency of 600 nanoseconds for
the same ASIC on the switch
Ethernet storage connectivity
■Brocade VDX 6710 connects to iSCSI and NAS storage1
, and
simplifies virtualization server management.
■Server and storage virtualization automation support
■Proactive monitoring
■Helps protect existing SAN investments by bridging SAN fabrics
and Ethernet fabrics
■The Brocade Automatic Migration of Port Profiles(AMPP) feature
enables a seamless migration.
■Enables to monitor the health of certain switch components and,
based on the threshold set, declare each component as marginal
or down
BROCADE VCS technology
■Brocade VCS technology offers unmatched VM awareness and
automation versus traditional architectures and competitive fabric
solutions, and supports storage over a unified fabric.
■Only Brocade VCS technology, backed by a heritage of proven
fabric innovations, delivers IT agility and assures reliability, with a
cost-effective point of entry to allow IT organizations to transition
gracefully to elastic, highly automated, mission-critical networks in
their virtualized data centers.
Cloud-optimized network acquisition
■Brocade offers flexible network acquisition and support
alternatives to meet their financial needs.
■Enables organizations to select from purchase, lease, and Brocade
Network Subscription options to align network acquisition with
their unique capital requirements and risk profiles.