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BROCADE VDX 6746 SWITCH MODULEFOR HITACHI CB500PRESENTER NAMEDATE
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BROCADE VDX 6746 SWITCH
State-of-the-art 10 Gigabit Ethernet embedded switch for the Hitachi CB500 blade server platform
Enables Hitachi CB500 to support flexible connectivity options for cloud architectures, including lossless Ethernet fabrics
Provides CB500 customers the choice to enhance their hierarchical network architectures, deploy flatter scale-out fabrics or converge networks when deploying virtualization and cloud IT infrastructures.
Designed to increase scalability and enhance VM mobility, further simplifying management and significantly reducing operational overhead of virtualized blade server environments
WHAT IS IT?
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VDX 6746: NEW 10GE DCB SWITCH MODULE
Industry’s 1st Ethernet Fabric enabled embedded 10Gb DCB switch module
‒ flexible connectivity options for cloud architectures‒ enhance hierarchical network
architectures‒ deploy flatter scale-out fabrics; or ‒ converge networks
Brocade VDX 6746 supports
‒ 24 x 10GE ports (16 internal, 8 external)‒ Non-blocking, cut through architecture, wire
speed‒ Dual speed (1GE/10GE) external ports ‒ 1 Gb RJ-45 connectors and 10 Gb twinax
copper or optical connectors‒ Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS)‒ DCB and multi hop FCoE ‒ Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP)‒ Rich set of Layer 2 features‒ Hitachi Chassis Management Support
Brocade VDX 6746
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BENEFITS OF VDX 6746
Embedded design dramatically reduces cabling, power and cooling Industry-leading performance and ultra-low latency Simplifies network architectures and enables cloud computing by delivering
Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) technology and enabling Ethernet fabrics ‒ VCS technology deploys scale-out fabrics instead of a hierarchical
network to flatten the network design, and manages the entire fabric as a single Logical Chassis to reduce complexity
‒ Compared to classic Ethernet architectures, Ethernet fabrics allow all paths to be active, increasing network performance, utilization, and resiliency
Supports lossless unified storage connectivity, and storage and LAN traffic convergence to reduce connectivity cost
Simplifies virtualized server management by enabling seamless Virtual Machine (VM) mobility
Can be deployed into classic 1Gb and 10Gb architectures, preserving existing network designs and cabling
Enables end-to-end management of CB500
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VIRTUAL CLUSTER SWITCHING (VCS)
ETHERNETFABRIC
LOGICALCHASSIS
DISTRIBUTEDINTELLIGENCE
Scale-out, multi-path, highly resilient layer 2 Ethernet Fabric
Self-forming and masterless through Distributed Intelligence
Manage fabric as a single Logical Chassis
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VCS Cluster
LogicalChassis
FCoE storage(Single Hop)
iSCSI DCB
FCoE storage(Multi hop)
FC storage *
CB500
Server Blade
VDX 6746 Embedded
Switch
Creation of a VCS fabric between 2 embedded
switches is free
VDX 6720Top of Rack
Switch
NAS
vLAG
VCS license allows creation of a Ethernet Fabric that scales past two switches
FCoE license enables single and
multi hop FCoE
VCS AND FCOE
* Future use case
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VIRTUAL MACHINE MOBILITY
CHALLENGES TODAY
Limited sphere of mobilitySTP limits flexibility to a minimized, defined tree of switches
L3 limits mobility to a single rack
VM migration can break network/application access
Port setting information must be identical at destination
Map services (VLANs, QoS, security, etc.) to all physical ports
Eases mobility, but undermines network and security best practices
Distributed Virtual SwitchAddresses configuration needs
Consumes server resources and still restricted by physical limits
Limited insight into where VMs are running
VMs exist anywhere in the cluster
L2STP
L3 toAgg. Layer
! ! ! !Distributed
vSwitch
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VDX 6746
VDX 6746
VM MOBILITY WITH VDX 6746 & VCS
AUTOMATIC MIGRATION OF PORT PROFILES (AMPP)
Distributed intelligence of VM location throughout VCS fabric
Granular VLAN, ACL, and QoS policies assigned per VM
Zero network re-configuration required when a VM is moved across the VCS fabric
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FC SAN (A)
FC SAN (B)
LAN
NAS/iSCSI/FCoE
Top of Rack
VDX 6720s
Brocade VDX 6746 - 10Gb Ethernet Fabric Switch Module
Brocade 5460 – 8Gb FC Switch Module
SINGLE LOGICAL CHASSIS OF 12 VDX SWITCHES
FLEXIBLE I/O ARCHITECTURE= FC FABRIC + ETHERNET FABRIC + CONVERGED NETWORK
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QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
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