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Integrating Fibre Channel technology into new or existing SAN environments.
Brocade High-Performance Gen 5 Fibre Channel SwitchesOptimize storage performance for increasing server virtualization density with Brocade® Gen 5 16 Gbps Fibre Channel rack and blade switches. View Details |  Brocade M5424Easy integration of Fibre Channel technology into new or existing SAN environments using the PowerEdge™ M1000e blade enclosure, Brocade® M5424 and Dell™ Compellent™ storage. View Details | FC8 Pass-Through Module8/4Gbps Fibre Channel Pass-Through Module for M1000e Blade Enclosure View Details | Dell 8-4Gbps FC SAN ModuleNPIV standards-based solution ensures connectivity into the SAN infrastructure of your choice. View Details |
GREAT FOR
Consolidating SAN infrastructures in enterprise data centers for manufacturing, government, healthcare and other markets with growing workload virtualization. | Easy integration of Fibre Channel technology into new or existing SAN environments using the PowerEdge™ M1000e blade enclosure, Brocade® M5424 and Dell™ Compellent™ storage. | 8/4Gbps Fibre Channel Pass-Through Module for M1000e Blade Enclosure | NPIV standards-based solution ensures connectivity into the SAN infrastructure of your choice. |
Management
| Supported Mgmt Software HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; Auditing, Syslog; Brocade Advanced Web Tools, Advanced Performance Monitoring, Brocade Fabric Watch; Brocade Network Advisor SAN Enterprise or Brocade Network Advisor SAN Professional/Professional Plus; Command Line Interface (CLI); SMI-S compliant; Administrative Domains; trial licenses for add-on capabilities Security SSL, SSH v2, HTTPS, LDAP, RADIUS, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), Port Binding, Switch Binding, Secure RPC, Secure Copy (SCP), Trusted Switch, IPSec, IP Filtering Management access In-band over Fibre Channel; serial port (RJ-45) Diagnostics D_Port offline diagnostics, including electrical/optical loopback, link traffic/latency/distance; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), frame viewer, non-disruptive daemon restart, port mirroring, optics health monitoring, power monitoring, RAStrace logging, and Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD) | Supported Mgmt Software Telnet, HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); Auditing, Syslog, Change Management tracking; EZSwitchSetup wizard; Brocade Advanced Web Tools; Brocade DCFM Professional/Enterprise; SMI-S compliant, SMI-S scripting toolkit, Administrative Domains Security SSL, SSH v2, HTTPS, LDAP, RADIUS, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), Port Binding, Switch Binding, Secure RPC, Secure Copy (SCP), Trusted Switch, IPSec, IP Filtering Management access In-band over Fibre Channel; serial port (RJ-45); call-home integration enabled through Brocade DCFM Diagnostics POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including RAStrace logging, environmental monitoring, non-disruptive daemon restart,FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), port mirroring (SPAN port) | Module is unmanaged – all management occurs via HBA firmware or exterior switches Interoperability Integrates with any external FC SAN infrastructure | Supported Mgmt Software Telnet, HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); Auditing, Syslog Security SSL, SSH v2, HTTPS, LDAP, RADIUS, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), Port Binding, Switch Binding, Secure RPC, Secure Copy (SCP), Trusted Switch, IPSec, IP Filtering Management access Serial port (RJ-45) M1000e Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Diagnostics POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including RAStrace logging, environmental monitoring, non-disruptive daemon restart, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), port mirroring (SPAN port) |
Environmental Operating Conditions
| Temperature Operating: 0°C to 40°C(32°F to 104°F) Non-operating: -20°C to 70°C(-4°F to 158°F) Humidity Operating: 10% to 90%, non-condensing at 29°C (84.2°F) Non-operating: 5% to 95%, non-condensing at 38°C (100.4 °F) Operating altitude Up to 3,048 m (10,000 ft) Storage altitude Up to 10,668km (35,000ft) Operating Shock 20 G for 6 ms Non-operating Shock 50 G with a velocity change of 4216 mm/sec squared Vibration Operating: 0.4G at 5 Hz to 500 Hz for 60 minutes Non-operating: 0.5G at 2 Hz to 200 Hz for 15 minutes | Temperature Operating: 0°C to 40°C(32°F to 104°F) Non-operating: -20°C to 70°C(-4°F to 158°F) Humidity Operating: 10% to 90%, non-condensing at 29°C Non-operating: 5% to 95%, non-condensing at 38°C Operating altitude Up to 3,048 m (10,000 ft) Storage altitude Up to 10.668km (35,000ft) Operating Shock 20G for 6ms Non-operating Shock 50G with a velocity change of 4216 mm/sec squared Vibration Operating: 0.4G at 5 Hz to 500 Hz for 60 minutes Non-operating: 0.5G at 2 Hz to 200 Hz for 15 minutes; 1.04 grms random for 15 minutes | Temperature Operating: 0°C to 40°C(32°F to 104°F) Non-operating: -20°C to 70°C(-4°F to 158°F) Humidity Operating: 10% to 90%, non-condensing at 29°C Non-operating: 5% to 95%, non-condensing at 38°C Operating altitude Up to 3,048 m (10,000 ft) Storage altitude Up to 10.668km (35,000ft) Operating Shock 20G for 6ms Non-operating Shock 50G with a velocity change of 4216 mm/sec squared Vibration Operating: 0.4G at 5 Hz to 500 Hz for 60 minutes Non-operating: 0.5G at 2 Hz to 200 Hz for 15 minutes; 1.04 grams random for 15 minutes |
Power
| DC Input 12V and 3.3V from chassis Power consumption 32W (normal) to 39W (maximum) | DC Input 12V and 3.3V from chassis Power consumption About 32 Watts | DC Input 12V and 3.3V from M1000e blade chassis (shared power supplies) |
Regulatory
Fibre Channel ports
| 24 ports universal ports (E_Port, F_Port, and N_Port) available in all three models: 24-port Enterprise Performance Pack Edition (includes eight pre-installed 8Gb SFP+ transceivers) plus Enterprise software licenses for Adaptive Networking, ISL Trunking, Fabric Watch, and Advanced Performance Monitoring 24-port model (includes four pre-installed 8Gb SFP+ transceivers) 12-port model (includes two pre-installed 8Gb SFP+ transceivers) – upgradeable to 24-port model through optional 12-port upgrade license kit | Up to 16 internal (server) ports and 8 external (SAN) ports. Model ships with 12 active ports enabled (2 external ports with 8Gbps SFP+ modules and 10 anywhere ports) for flexibility and growth based on your fibre channel needs. Port upgrade licenses and SFP+ optics available to utilize remaining 12 ports. |
Scalability
| Full fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum |
Certified maximum
| Single Brocade FOS fabric: 56 domains, 19 hops Single Brocade M-EOS fabric: 31 domains, 3 hops Larger fabrics certified as required; consult Brocade or OEM SAN design documents for configuration details |
Interoperability
| Brocade 2XXX, 3XXX, 4XXX, 5XXX and Director family switches. AG Mode supports Brocade, McData and Cisco fabrics | Connects to any T11 standards-based NPIV FC SAN using 8/4 Gbps HBA mezzanine cards Flexible connections to multiple SANs through external SAN ports External Auto-sensing of 8, 4, and 2 Gbit/sec port speeds Internal speed matching between 8 and 4 Gbit/sec ports |
Performance
| 8.5 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex; 4.25 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex; 2.125 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex 1.063 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex; auto-sensing of 8, 4, 2, and 1 Gbit/sec port speeds; optionally programmable to fixed port speed; speed matching between 8, 4, 2, and 1 Gbit/sec ports | 8 Gbit/sec line speed with backward compatibility to 4, and 2 Gbit/sec line speed | 8.5 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex; 4.25 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex; 2.125 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex |
ISL Trunking
| Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking allows all eight external SAN ports to be combined to form a single, logical ISL with an aggregate bandwidth of 64Gb delivering scalable I/O bandwidth utilization and load balancing. |
Aggregate bandwidth
| 384 Gbit/sec end-to-end (full duplex) | 384 Gbit/sec end-to-end (full duplex) |
Fabric latency
| 700 ns with no contention, cut through routing at 8 Gbit/sec | 700 ns with no contention, cut through routing at 8 Gbit/sec |
Maximum frame size
| 2112-byte payload | 2112-byte payload |
Classes of Service
| Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames) | Class 2, Class 3 |
Port Types
| FL_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port), and E_Port; self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port); optional port type control in Brocade Access Gateway mode: F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port | F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port |
Data Traffic Types
| Fabric switches supporting unicast and broadcast |
Media Types
| 8 Gbit/sec: Requires Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbit/sec Short-Wavelength Laser (SWL); 8 Gbit/sec Long-Wavelength Laser (LWL); distance depends on fiber-optic cable and port speed 4 Gbit/sec: Requires Brocade hot-pluggable Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP), LC connector; 4 Gbit/sec Short-Wavelength Laser (SWL); 4 Gbit/sec Long-Wavelength Laser (LWL); 4 Gbit/sec Extended Long-Wavelength Laser (ELWL); distance depends on fiber-optic cable and port speed | 8 Gbit/sec: Requires Dell-supported hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbit/sec Short-Wavelength Laser (SWL); distance depends on fiber-optic cable and port speed |
Fabric Services
| Simple Name Server (SNS); Registered State Change Notification (RSCN), NTP v3, Reliable Commit Service (RCS), Dynamic Path Selection (DPS), Brocade Advanced Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast zoning), NPIV, and FDMI NOTE: Some fabric services do not apply or are unavailable in Brocade Access Gateway mode |
Options
| 4Gb SFP & 8Gb SFP+ transceivers (single pack) Ports on Demand (12-port license upgrade kit - for 12-port model only) Enterprise Performance Pack : Software option for 12-port and 24-port models that includes Adaptive Networking, ISL Trunking, Fabric Watch, and Advanced Performance Monitoring) ISL Trunking: Software option for 12-port and 24-port models | 8Gb SFP+ optical transceivers (single pack) Port upgrade license (enables additional 12 ports) |
Chassis
| Width: 272.75 mm Height: 32.48 mm Depth: 307.24 mm Weight: 4.65 Pounds— without media | Enclosure Width: 272.75 mm Height: 32.48 mm Depth: 307.24 mm Weight: 4.65 Pounds— without media |