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BROCADE VDX 6720DATA CENTER SWITCHES OVERVIEWNovember 2010© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information

Brocade VDX 6720-24 SwitchRear view© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1. Dual, hot-swappable, load-sharing pow

Brocade VDX 6720-60 SwitchFront view© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information● Compact 1U form factor1. 40, 50, or 6

Brocade VDX 6720-60 SwitchRear view© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1. Dual, hot-swappable, load-sharing pow

Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center SwitchesInternal view© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information● Brocade fabric switchin

Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center SwitchesFlexible connectivity options© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information• Reduced

Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center SwitchesBrocade Inter-Switch Link Trunking (ISL)© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Informati

Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center SwitchesPorts on Demand scalability© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information• Switch sc

10 GbE Fixed Port Data Center PortfolioBrocade 8000 Brocade TurboIron 24X Brocade VDX 6720Positioning Statement10 GbE switch targeted at server I/O co

Brocade 1010 and 1020 CNAsDCB-enabled Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationSing

Access Layer Technologies© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationContinuing innovation at the network edgeAccess Ga

Legal DisclaimerAll or some of the products detailed in this presentation may still be under development and certain specifications, including but not

24 ports1/10 Gbps600 ns latencyFastest Ethernet switch available© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationBrocade VDX

© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationBrocade Premier SupportPersonal, preferential, proactive11/15/201021Environ

Virtualized Data Center Workshop Virtualized Data Center Assessment© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationVirtuali

Brocade VCS Technology Details© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information 11/15/201023

Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS)© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationLogically flattens and collapses net

Ethernet Fabric Details• 1sttrue Ethernet fabric• Layer 2 technology• Link speed agnostic• Data Center Bridging (DCB)• Lossless, deterministic• Priori

Ethernet Fabric Details• Common fabric attributes• Switched network• Fabric members and devices connected always know about each other• All paths are

Ethernet Fabric Details• Making Ethernet Lossless• 802.1Qbb – Priority-Based Flow Control• PFC: Allows Identification and prioritization of traffic• 8

Ethernet Fabric DetailsTransparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL)© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information

Distributed Intelligence Details• Distributed Fabric Services• Fabric is self-forming• Information shared across all fabric members• Fabric is aware o

How to Present Brocade VCS Technology and Brocade VDX 6720 Product Information1. Start with the Brocade One vision• Introduce Brocade VCS technology a

Distributed Intelligence DetailsAllows VM to move with the network automatically reconfiguring1. Port Profiles created, managed in fabric; distributed

Logical Chassis Details• Fabric auto-configures• Once VCS is enabled, no fabric necessary• Fabric behaves/managed as a single logical chassis• Aggrega

Logical Chassis DetailsAuto-Configuration© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationEthernet FabricDistributed Intelli

Logical Chassis DetailsSingle Logical Switch behavior© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationEthernet FabricDistrib

Dynamic Services Details© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationEthernet FabricDistributed IntelligenceLogicalChass

Dynamic Services Details© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationEthernet FabricDistributed IntelligenceLogicalChass

Dynamic Services Details© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationEthernet FabricDistributed IntelligenceLogicalChass

Brocade VCS Architecture© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information 11/15/201037BladeserversRack-mountserversDedicated

48T BladeServers with10 Gbps Connectivity8x10G BladeComplements Existing SolutionsInvestment protection example© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems,

Brocade VCS Use Cases© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information 11/15/201039

Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information 11/15/20104

Brocade VCS Use CasesClassic 10 GbE Access/Aggregation1. 1/10 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access2. 10 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access for Blade Servers3. 10 Gbps Aggrega

Brocade VCS Use Case #1© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1/10 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access – Architecture Aggrega

Brocade VCS Use Case #11/10 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access – Topology© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationLAGLAGClassic

Brocade VCS Use Case #11/10 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access – Layout © 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationPreserves exis

Brocade VCS Use Case #2© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information10 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access for Blade Servers – Archi

Brocade VCS Use Case #210 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access for Blade Servers – Topology© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Informat

© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationBrocade VCS Use Case #210 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access for Blade Servers – Layou

Brocade VCS Use Case #3© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information10 Gbps Aggregation; 1 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access – Arc

© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationBrocade VCS Use Case #310 Gbps Aggregation; 1 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access – Top

Brocade VCS Use Case #310 Gbps Aggregation; 1 Gbps Top-of-Rack Access – Layout © 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Informa

Ethernet FabricsA new network architecture© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information• Classic architectures often req

Brocade VCS Use Case #4© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1/10 Gbps Access; Collapsed Network – Architecture F

Brocade VCS Use Case #4a1/10 Gbps Access; Collapsed Network – Topology – ToR Mesh© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Infor

Brocade VCS Use Case #4a1/10 Gbps Access; Collapsed Network – Layout – ToR Mesh© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Informa

Brocade VCS Use Case #4b1/10 Gbps Access; Collapsed Network – Topology – Clos Fabric© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary In

Brocade VCS Use Case #4b1/10 Gbps Access; Collapsed Network – Layout – Clos Fabric© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Info

Brocade VCS Use Case #5© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1/10 Gbps Access; Network Convergence – Architecture

Brocade VCS Use Case #51/10 Gbps Access; Network Convergence – Topology © 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1 G

Brocade VCS Use Case #51/10 Gbps Access; Network Convergence – Layout © 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationTwo f

Brocade VCS Use Case #6© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information1/10 Gbps Access; Convergence + FC SAN – Architectur

Brocade VCS Use Case #61/10 Gbps Access; Convergence + FC SAN – Topology © 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary InformationVC

Deployments ModelsBrocade VDX 6720 Switches© 2010 Brocade Communications - Company Proprietary Information6Connect to Classic Architecture • Need: 1

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Simplifies network architectures, dramatically reduces operating expensesAllows the virtualized data center to scale while reducing complexity and ena

Data Center AccessBrocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches• Built for the Virtualized Data Center• Uses Brocade fabric switching ASICs• First switches to

Brocade VDX 6720-24 SwitchFront view© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary Information● Compact 1U form factor1. 16 or 24 1/1