DELL Brocade M5424 8Gb 12-port
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1. BROCADE M5424 S GBIT SEC FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH FOR M1000E SERIES BLADE ENCLOSURES Simplifies SAN connectivity and leverages next generation 8 Gbit sec technology to reduce costs improve reliability and increase flexibility Easily integrates Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosures into any SAN fabric Reduces up to 80 of the SAN compo nents and more than 40 of the costs of a pass through solution Eliminates the space power and cooling requirements of an external switch Leverages industry proven switch tech nology to maximize reliability and resiliency Expands from 12 to 24 ports with flexible pay as you grow port licensing Integrates next generation Brocade Data Center Fabric technology for end to end performance Quality of Service QOS and availability management Third party information provided to you courtesy of Dell Enterprises are deploying high density blade servers and leveraging virtualization technology in order to maximize the benefits of consolidation reduce capital and operational costs simplify management complexity lower power cooling and Space requirements and eliminate cable sprawl AS more applications and servers are virtualized and consolidated on fewer physical servers IT organizations must deploy computing resources capable of keeping up with workload demands without impacting performance or service levels The Dell PowerEdge M1000e Series Blade Enclosure and Brocade2. Enterprise 24 Port Active Ports 24 Included Optics Eight 8 Gbit sec SFP Adaptive Networking Included ISL Trunking Included e ae eats racluded Fabric Watch Included Mid Level 24 Port 24 Four 8 Gbit sec SFP Optional Optional Optional Optional Entry Level 12 Port 12 12 port upgrade Two 8 Gbit sec SFP Optional Optional Optional Optional BROCADE M5424 FOR M1000E SERIES BLADE ENCLOSURES SPECIFICATIONS Fibre Channel ports Scalability Certified Maximum Interoperability Performance Aggregate bandwidth Fabric latency Maximum frame size Classes of service Port types Data traffic types Media types Fabric services Note Some fabric services do not apply or are unavailable in Brocade Access Gateway mode Options 24 ports available in twelve port increments through Ports on Demand Full fabric architecture with 239 switches max 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 Brocade 2XXX 3XXX 4XXX 5XXX and Director family switches AG Mode supports Brocade McDATA and Cisco fabrics 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 fi
3. M5424 8 Gbit sec Fibre Channel Switch combine next generation blade server and Fibre Channel switch technology to simplify IT complexity and eliminate data center sprawl The Brocade M5424 simplifies SAN connectivity and delivers substantial cost savings improved reliability and better flexibility to address evolving storage requirements for enterprise data centers E a EC8 48 MM ccs 48 Piiacs 43 Wl 5 8 48 J j A lt 4 BROCADE Brocade 5424 reduces the complexity of deploying a Dell PowerEdge M1000 to a SAN Fabric Networked Storage with Pass Through Module tet a aed at aed at ad a a a Dell M1000e Networked Storage with Brocade M5424 amp Dell IT Simplification E uaii Sk Dell M1000e 25 25 SS Fabric Components e 16 Embedded Dual Port Mezz Cards lt 2 Pass Through Modules 36 FC Cables 36 SFPs 2 External 32 port Switches SAN CONNECTIVITY SIMPLIFIED Cable aggregation is a significant benefit of blade systems Servers have traditionally connected to a SAN one physical box at a time resulting in higher costs and increasing complexity as more switches cables and optics are added to the fabric Blade systems using Fibre Channel pass through modules simply continue this legacy approach with the same results The Brocade M5424 is an integrated Fibre Channel switch for the Dell M1000e chassis and the only solution providing Fibr
4. agement tracking EZSwitchSetup wizard Brocade Advanced Web Tools Brocade DCFM Professional Enterprise SMI S compliant SMI S scripting toolkit Administrative Domains 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 In band over Fibre Channel serial port RJ 45 call home integration enabled through Brocade DCFM POST and embedded online offline diagnostics including RAStrace logging environmental monitoring non disruptive daemon restart FCping and Pathinfo FC traceroute port mirroring SPAN port Size Width 272 75 mm Height 32 48 mm Depth 307 24 mm System Weight 4 65 Pounds without media Security Management access Diagnostics 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 DC Input 12V and 3 3V from chassis Power consumption About 32 Watts nor
5. e Channel port and cable aggregation The integrated design eliminates the space cooling and power requirements of an external switch In addition it consolidates I O from all of the blade servers in up to eight shared switch ports This eliminates up to 80 of the port optical and cabling components and more than 40 of the costs of a pass through solution See figure 1 External Switches Fabric Components e 16 Embedded Dual Port Mezz Cards e 2 Brocade M5424 Fibre Channel Switches e 4 FC Cables FUTURE READY TECHNOLOGY Next generation 8 Gbit sec technology powers the Brocade M5424 to handle the dynamic I O requirements for blade servers and virtualized environments At twice the speed of legacy 4 Gbit sec networks half of the number of ports and Inter Switch Links ISLs are required to Support current workloads with plenty of headroom for growth and expansion In addition to individual port performance the Brocade M5424 supports Inter Switch Link ISL Trunking an optional feature to optimize performance bandwidth utilization and availability ISL Trunking consolidates up to eight external ports into a single logical ISL with full duplex throughput of 128 Gbit sec DATA CENTER PROVEN RELIABILITY In a consolidated infrastructure any disruptions or failures will impact more applications and users With fewer SAN components and no additional fans or power supplies the Brocade M5424 reduces complexity and p
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7. mally 39 Watts maximum measured The information contained in this document including all instructions cautions and regu latory approvals and certifications is provided by Brocade and has not been independently verified or tested by Dell Dell cannot be responsible for damage caused as a result of either following or failing to follow these instructions All statements or claims regarding the pro perties capabilities soeeds or qualifications of the part referenced in this document are made by Brocade and not by Dell Dell specifically disclaims knowledge of the accuracy completeness or substantiation for any such statements All questions or comments relating to such statements or claims should be directed to Brocade Corporation 2008 Brocade Communications Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 12 08 DLDS 207 00 Brocade the B wing symbol DCX Fabric OS File Lifecycle Manager MyView and StoragexX are registered trademarks and DCFM and SAN Health are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems Inc in the United States and or in other countries All other brands products or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of and are used to identify products or services of their respective owners Notice This document is for informational purposes only and does not set forth any warranty expressed or implied concerning any equipment equipment feature or service offered or to be offered by Brocade Brocade reserves the rig
8. nd capabilities for up to 24 8 Gbit sec Fibre Channel ports It has a minimum of 12 ports enabled and is easily expandable to 24 through software license upgrade The Brocade M5424 provides a modular pay as you grow approach for dynamic and expanding environments ADVANCED FABRIC SERVICES FOR ENTERPRISES The Enterprise Performance Pack is optional software that adds robust SAN fabric services and value for 8 Gbit sec Brocade fabrics It is available bundled with the Brocade M5424 or as a Standalone option The software package includes e ISL Trunking Combines up to eight ISLs into a single logical 64 Gbit sec trunk to optimize performance bandwidth and availability Adaptive Networking Specify traffic flow control between individual hosts and targets using QoS priorities to improve overall SAN performance Advanced Performance Monitoring End to end performance visibility into the fabric for more effective design planning tuning and optimization Fabric Watch Health Monitoring and proactive notification of changes in fabric simplifies failure and disruption detection BROCADE ACCESS GATEWAY INNOVATIVE FLEXIBILITY The Brocade M5424 can be configured as a full fabric switch or Access Gateway mode Brocade Access Gateway is an innovative solution for blade systems to overcome heterogeneous network and fabric com plexity challenges Brocade Access Gateway leverages N_Port ID Virtualization NPIV switch standards t
9. o virtualize physical and logical devices connected to the SAN fabric Interoperability Simplified Brocade Access Gateway eliminates traditional heterogeneous switch to switch interoperability challenges It utilizes NPIV to present server Fibre Channel connections as logical devices directly to SAN fabrics This enables Brocade Access Gateway to connect Dell blades to heterogeneous NPIV enabled switches and directors for seamless interoperability with Brocade McDATA Cisco and other SAN fabrics Fabric Complexity Simplified Each Dell M1000e blade enclosure connected to a SAN in full fabric switch mode adds two switch domains to the fabric In large fabrics additional switch domains can create complexity and disrupt fabric operations during the deployment process To address this challenge Brocade Access Gateway simplifies server to SAN connectivity by presenting Fibre Channel connections rather than switch domains to the SAN fabric In this mode the Brocade M5424 is managed as a logical device eliminating switch configuration and fabric changes By increasing the number of logical device ports that can be connected to a single fabric port the Brocade Access Gateway enables a much larger fabric with a greater number of blade servers and enclosures Unlike Fibre Channel pass through solutions it can do so without substantially increasing the number of switches PRODUCT OPTIONS Brocade M5424 Product Configurations
10. otential points of failure In addition it leverages data center proven switch technology to proactively overcome network congestion or hardware failure Advanced SAN management hot pluggable design and redundant I O paths ensure the highest availability and resiliency for Dell M1000e enclosures SERVER VIRTUALIZATION SIMPLIFIED Blade servers and Fibre Channel SANs are an ideal infrastructure for server virtual ization combining high compute density and scalable networked storage However consolidating Virtual Machines VMs on blades intensifies O requirements for storage resources The Brocade M5424 delivers next generation performance and simplified management to address dynamic and growing server virtualization deployments This enhances server virtualization with opportunities for more aggressive consolidation and cost savings With 8 Gbit sec bandwidth each blade can host more virtual machines without degrading performance or availability This maximizes the number of physical and virtual servers that can connect to a SAN fabric utilizing fewer ports The Brocade M5424 and Dell FlexAddress virtualize storage I O to simplify storage management and improve agility for virtualized environments A persistent storage identity is created to provision upgrade or replace blades without disrupting the SAN fabric FLEXIBLE DEPLOYMENT The Brocade M5424 combines cost effective deployment with highly scalable Ports on Dema
11. xed port speed speed matching between 8 4 2 and 1 Gbit sec ports 128 Gbit sec end to end full duplex 700 ns with no contention cut through routing at 8 Gbit sec 2112 byte payload Class 2 Class 3 Class F inter switch frames 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 Fabric switches supporting unicast and broadcast 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 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 FDMI SFP media Ports on Demand 12 port upgrade Enterprise Performance Pack ISL Trunking Adaptive Networking Advanced Performance Monitoring and Fabric Watch Supported Mgmt Software Telnet HTTP SNMP v1 v3 FE MIB FC Management MIB Auditing Syslog Change Man
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