HIGHLIGHTS•LeveragesNPIV-enabledBrocadeAccessGatewaytechnologytofacilitatelarge-scaleserverdeploymentsandrapidnetworkscalability

•Providesindustry-leadingperformanceandenergyefficiencyina1Udesignwith40FibreChannelportsrunningatfull8Gbps

•Offersreversibleairflowoptionsandreducedswitchdepthtoprovidetheflexibilityrequiredbyemerginglarge-scaleserversolutions

•UtilizesBrocadehardware-basedtrunkingforhigh-performancethroughputandseamlessfailover

•ProvidesAdaptiveNetworkingservicestohelpoptimizeapplicationperformanceinconsolidated,virtualenvironments

•OffersaddedflexibilitywithFabricSwitchmodeforstandardFibreChannelswitchingandroutingcapabilities

•IncludesBrocadeDCFMProfessionalforfabric-wideSANmonitoringandmanagement

A SAN Edge Switch Optimized for Server Connectivity

Asorganizationsconsolidatedatacenters,expandapplicationservices,andbegintoimplementcloudinitiatives,large-scaleserverarchitecturesarebecomingastandardpartofthedatacenter.Asaresult,thenetworkmustbeabletoscaleefficientlytohandleadditionalconnectivityanddatatrafficwhennewserversaredeployed.Minimizingthenetworkdeploymentstepsandsimplifyingmanagementcanhelporganizationsgrowseamlesslywhilereducingoperatingcosts.

TheBrocade®VA-40FChelpsmeetthischallenge,providingthefirstFibreChanneledgeswitchoptimizedforserverconnectivityinlargecore-to-edgeStorageAreaNetworks(SANs).ByleveragingBrocadeAccessGatewaytechnology,theBrocadeVA-40FCenableszero-configurationdeploymentandreducesmanagementofthenetworkedge,increasingscalabilityandsimplifyingmanagementfor

BROCADEVA-40FCSWITCH

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large-scaleserverarchitectures.Easeofuse,aflexiblehardwaredesign,highperformance,andmaximumportdensitymaketheBrocadeVA-40FCanefficientsolutionformeetingtherequirementsofnext-generationvirtualdatacenters.

TheBrocadeVA-40FCisdesignedforrapidlygrowingvirtualizedenvironments,providing40FibreChannelportsinacompact1Uformfactorandoperatingat8,4,2,or1Gbpsspeeds.Moreover,organizationscantrunkuptoeightportsbetweentheBrocadeVA-40FCandtheSANcoretoenablehigh-performanceend-to-endnetworks.BecauseAccessGatewaytechnologyisbuiltonindustry-standardN_PortIDVirtualization(NPIV),theBrocadeVA-40FCcanbeconnectedtoanyNPIV-enabledfabric,includingBrocadeB-andM-Series,Cisco,andQLogicfabrics.

ZERO CONFIGURATION DEPLOYMENT AND SIMPLIFIED MANAGEMENTThedefaultsettingfortheBrocadeVA-40FCisAccessGatewaymode,whichallowsorganizationstodeploytheswitchimmediately,withoutanyconfiguration.Optionally,AutomaticPortConfiguration(APC)automaticallysetsF_PortsandN_Portsbasedonwhatisconnected,andserverports(F_Ports)areautomaticallybalancedacrossfabriclinks(N_Ports).Whenorganizationsaddorremoveserverorfabriclinks,theswitchcanautomaticallyrebalancetheconnections.

TheBrocadeVA-40FCinAccessGatewaymodefacilitatesgreaternetworkscalabilitybyappearingtothecorefabricasasinglephysicaldeviceratherthananetworkswitch.Asaresult,theswitchdoesnotconsumeafabricdomainanddoesnotcausethefabrictogrow.Thisenablesorganizationstoaddracksofserverswithoutstressingtheirscalabilitylimits.Allservers,physicalorvirtual,receiveavirtualN_Port,withtrafficflowingthroughaphysicalN_Port.Logically,theserversarepresenteddirectlytothecore,enablingthenetworktoappearflatwhilestilltakingadvantageofcore-to-edgescalability.

DESIGNED FOR HIGH-DENSITY ENVIRONMENTSNewserversolutionscanhelporganizationsoptimizetheirdatacenterstoprovidemoreserviceswhileremainingwithinthephysicalconstraintsofthosedatacenters.Theydosobyincreasingtheamountofcomputepowerbeyondwhattraditionalserverformfactorstypicallyprovide.TheBrocadeVA-40FCsupportsthesehigh-densityserverdesignsbyprovidingtheindustry’smostcompactenterprise-classFibreChannelswitch,withadepthofonly17.6inches.

Inaddition,high-densityserverracksaredesignedtoleverageadvancedcoolingtechnologiesandhavespecificairflowrequirements.AstheonlyFibreChanneledgeswitchwithareversibleairflowoption,theBrocadeVA-40FCsupportsthisdesignbyprovidingeitherport-sideorpower-sideexhausttomeetspecificoperationaldemands.

CONNECTIVITY INTO MULTIPLE AND THIRD-PARTY FABRICSTheBrocadeVA-40FCinAccessGatewaymodeenablesconnectivityintomultipleSANfabrics,providingauniquelevelofnetworkflexibilityattheedge.UsingtheportgroupingcapabilitiesofAccessGateway,someserverscanbemappedtoonefabric,withotherserversmappedtoanotherfabric.

Thisenablesorganizationstoscaletheirserverswithoutbeingconstrainedbywhichfabrictheavailablestorageisattachedto.

InadditiontoservingasacomplementarybuildingblocktotheBrocadeDCX®BackboneandotherBrocadeSANsolutions,theBrocadeVA-40FCcanconnecttoanySANfabricthatsupportstheNPIVstandard.ThisincludesBrocadeB-andM-Seriesfabrics,aswellasCiscoandQLogicfabrics.BybeingabletoconnectserversdirectlytoSANfabricsusingdifferentvendorsolutions,organizationscanmoreeasilydeploynewtechnologiesandperformnetworkmigrations.Figure1showshowtheBrocadeVA-40FCpresentsserversdirectlytothecoreoftheSANfabricversustraditionalcore-to-edgearchitectures.

INDUSTRY-LEADING PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCYWithacut-through,non-blockingarchitectureandfull1:18Gbpsperformance,theBrocadeVA-40FCprovidesanoverallbandwidthof320Gbps,makingittheindustry’shighest-performing1UFibreChannelswitch.Toprovidemaximumperformancethroughoutthenetwork,theBrocadeVA-40FCutilizeshardware-basedtrunkingacrossN_Ports,supplyingupto64Gbpsofaggregatelinkbandwidthtothefabriccore.Theseperformancecapabilitiesenabletheswitchtoprovideoptimalserverconnectivityforthevirtualizedenvironmentsoftodayandtomorrow.

Figure 1.TheBrocadeVA-40FCprovidesasimplifiedandscalableserverconnectivitysolution.

System ArchitectureDefaultmode AccessGatewaymode(FabricSwitchmode

enabledviamanagementtool)FibreChannelports 408Gbpsuniversalports(E,F,M,EX,FL)

AccessGatewaydefaultportmapping:32F_Ports,8N_Ports

Scalability Fullfabricarchitecturewith239switchesmaximumCertifiedmaximum SingleBrocadeFabricOS®(FOS)fabric:

56domains,19hopsSingleBrocadeM-EOSfabric:31domains,3hopsLargerfabricscertifiedasrequired;consultBrocadeorOEMSANdesigndocumentsforconfigurationdetails

Performance 1.063Gbpslinespeed(fullduplex);2.125Gbpslinespeed(fullduplex);4.25Gbpslinespeed(fullduplex);8.5Gbpslinespeed(fullduplex);auto-sensingof1,2,4,and8Gbpsportspeeds;optionallyprogrammabletofixedportspeed;speedmatchingbetween1,2,4,and8Gbpsports

Trunking Frame-basedtrunkingwithuptoeight8Gbpsportsperlinktrunkwithoptionallicense;upto64Gbpsperlinktrunk(eightports×8Gbps[datarate])

Exchange-basedloadbalancingacrossfabriclinkswithDPSincludedinBrocadeFOS

Aggregatebandwidth 320Gbps:40ports×8Gbps(datarate)

Maximumfabriclatency Locallyswitchedports700nswithnocontention,cut-throughroutingat8Gbps

Maximumframesize 2112-bytepayloadFramebuffers 2048dynamicallyallocated,1692maximumperportClassesofservice Class2,Class3,ClassF(inter-switchframes)Porttypes BrocadeAccessGatewaymode(default):

F_PortandNPIV-enabledN_Port

FabricSwitchmode:FL_Port,F_Port,M_Port(MirrorPort),E_Port,EX_Port(FibreChannelIntegratedRouting);self-discoverybasedonswitchtype(U_Port);optionalporttypecontrol

Datatraffictypes Fabricswitchessupportingunicast,multicast(255groups),andbroadcast

Mediatypes 8Gbps:IncludesBrocadehot-pluggableSFP+,LCconnector;8GbpsShort-WavelengthLaser(SWL);8GbpsLong-WavelengthLaser(LWL);distancedependsonfiber-opticcableandportspeed

4Gbps:RequiresBrocadehot-pluggable,SmallForm-factorPluggable(SFP),LCconnector;4GbpsShort-WavelengthLaser(SWL);4GbpsLong-WavelengthLaser(LWL);4GbpsExtendedLong-WavelengthLaser(ELWL);distancedependsonfiber-opticcableandportspeed

USB 1USBportforfirmwaredownload,supportsave,andconfigurationupload/download

BROCADE VA-40FC SPECIFICATIONS

Atlessthan2.3wattsperportand0.28watts/Gbps,theBrocadeVA-40FCisthemostenergy-efficientFibreChannelsolutionintheindustry.Energyefficiencyiscriticalinhigh-densityserverracksbecause,inmanycases,onlyafiniteamountofpowercanbesuppliedtoasinglerack.

END-TO-END NETWORK OPTIMIZATION TheBrocadeVA-40FCprovidesAdaptiveNetworking,asuiteoftoolsincludingIngressRateLimitingandQualityofService(QoS).Theseadvancedcapabilitieshelpoptimizenetworkbehaviorandensureamplebandwidthformission-criticalapplications.

IngressRateLimitingrestrictsdataflowfromless-criticalhostsatpresetbandwidths,andQoSexpeditescriticaltrafficintheeventofcongestionwhilekeepingalltrafficflowing.TopTalkers,acomponentofAdvancedPerformanceMonitoring,analyzestrafficflowingthroughaBrocadeVA-40FCbymeasuringthetopbandwidth-consumingtraffic(includingbyindividualvirtualmachine)inrealtime.

ENTERPRISE-CLASS AVAILABILITY FOR AN “ALWAYS-ON” NETWORKTheBrocadeVA-40FCisareliablebuildingblockforlarge-scaleenvironments.Eachswitchcomesstandardwithdual,redundant,hot-swappablepowersupplieswithintegratedcoolingfans.Twopowersupplymodelsareavailabletoprovidethedesiredairflowdirection(back-to-frontorfront-to-back).Moreover,hotcodeloadandactivationhelpmaximizeapplicationuptimewithfastersystemupgradesandmaintenancetoreducethedependencyonscheduledoutages.CombinedwiththeincludedBrocadeDataCenterFabricManager(DCFM™)Professionalfabric-wideSANmanagementapplication,thesecapabilitieshelpestablishahighlyavailableSANenvironment.

MAXIMIZING INVESTMENTSTohelpoptimizetechnologyinvestments,Brocadeanditspartnersoffercompletesolutionsthatincludeeducation,support,andservices.Formoreinformation,contactaBrocadesalespartnerorvisitwww.brocade.com.

BROCADE ACCESS GATEWAY OR FABRIC SWITCH MODE

TheBrocadeVA-40FCisinAccessGatewaymodebydefault,whichisidealforlargerSANfabricsthatcanbenefitfromthescalabilityoffixed-portswitchesattheedgeofthenetwork.SomeusecasesforAccessGatewaymodeare:

•ConnectivityofmanyserversintolargeSANfabrics

•ConnectivityofserversintoBrocade,Cisco,oranyNPIV-enabledSANfabrics

•ConnectivityintomultipleSANfabrics

TheBrocadeVA-40FCalsosupportsFabricSwitchmodetoprovidestandardFibreChannelswitchingandroutingcapabilitiesthatareavailableonallBrocadeenterprise-class8Gbpssolutions.SomeusecasesforFabricSwitchmodeare:

•Connectivityofserversdirectlytostorage

•ConnectivitytootherswitchestogrowtheSANfabric

•RoutingbetweenSANfabricstoisolatenetworks

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AccessGatewayservices

Note: Some Access Gateway services do not apply or are unavailable in Fabric Switch mode

AdaptiveNetworking(IngressRateLimiting,QoS);AccessGatewayCascading;AutomaticPortConfiguration(APC);AutomaticPortRebalancing;F_PortTrunking;FailoverandFailbackpolicies;NPIV;PersistentAL-PA;PortGrouping

FabricSwitchservices

Note: Some Fabric Switch services do not apply or are unavailable in Brocade Access Gateway mode

AdvancedPerformanceMonitoring(includingTopTalkers);AdaptiveNetworking(IngressRateLimiting,TrafficIsolation,QoS);BBcreditrecovery;BrocadeAdvancedZoning(defaultzoning,port/WWNzoning,broadcastzoning);DynamicPathSelection(DPS);ExtendedFabrics;F_PortTrunking;FabricWatch;FDMI;FrameRedirection;FSPF;IntegratedRouting;IPoFC;ISLTrunking;ManagementServer;NPIV;NTPv3;PortFencing;RegisteredStateChangeNotification(RSCN);ReliableCommitService(RCS);SimpleNameServer(SNS);VirtualFabrics

Options Rack-mountrailkits(fixedfor36-inchor24-inchdepthracks,adjustableslide,ormid-mountforTelcoracks)

ManagementManagement HTTP,SNMPv1/v3(FEMIB,FCManagementMIB),

Telnet;auditing,changemanagementtracking,Syslog;BrocadeAdvancedWebTools,BrocadeFabricWatch;EZSwitchSetupwizard,BrocadeDataCenterFabricManager(DCFM),commandlineinterface;SMI-Scompliant;AdministrativeDomains;triallicensesforadd-oncapabilities

Security DH-CHAP(betweenswitchesandenddevices),HTTPS,IPsec,IPFiltering,LDAP,PortBinding,RADIUS,Role-BasedAccessControl(RBAC),SecureCopy(SCP),SecureRPC,SSHv2,SSL,SwitchBinding,TrustedSwitch

Managementaccess 10/100Ethernet(RJ-45),in-bandoverFibreChannel;serialport(RJ-45);USB;call-homeintegrationenabledthroughBrocadeDCFM

Diagnostics POSTandembeddedonline/offlinediagnostics,includingRAStracelogging,environmentalmonitoring,non-disruptivedaemonrestart,FCpingandPathinfo(FCtraceroute),portmirroring(SPANport)

BROCADE VA-40FC SPECIFICATIONS (CONTINUED)

MechanicalEnclosure 1U,19-inchEIA-compliant;porttonon-portsideor

non-porttoportsideairflowoptions;powerfromnon-portside

Size Width:42.88cm(16.88in)Height:4.30cm(1.69in)Depth:44.54cm(17.54in)

Systemweight 8.30kg(18.40lbs)withdualpowersuppliesandrack-mountkit,withoutSFP/SFP+media

EnvironmentTemperature Operating:0°Cto40°C(32°Fto104°F)

Non-operatingandstorage:–25°Cto70°C(–13°Fto158°F)

Humidity Operating:10%to85%non-condensingNon-operatingandstorage:10%to95%non-condensing

Altitude Operating:Upto3000meters(9842feet)Non-operatingandstorage:Upto12kilometers(39,370feet)

Shock Operating:20g,6mshalf-sineNon-operatingandstorage:33g,11ms,half-sine,3/egAxis

Vibration Operating:0.5gsine,0.4grmsrandom,5to500HzNon-operatingandstorage:2.0gsine,1.1grmsrandom,5to500Hz

Heatdissipation Maximum40ports:311BTU/hrCO2emissions 335kgperyear(with40portsat0.42kg/kWh)

1.05kgperGbpsperyearAirflow Dual,hot-swappableredundantfansintegrated

intopowersupplyunit;powersupplyoptionsforreversibleairflowMaximum29CFM(cu.ft./min.);nominal22CFM

PowerPowersupply Dual,hot-swappableredundantpowersupplies

withintegratedsystemcoolingfansPowerinlet C13Inputvoltage 85to264VACnominalInputlinefrequency 47to63HzInrushcurrent Maximumof35ampsforperiodbetween

10to150msat50°C(122°F)Powerconsumption Nominal84watts;maximum91wattswith

40portsat8Gbps

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