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DATA SHEETBrocade VDX 6740, 6740T,and 6740T-1G SwitchesAdvanced Features to Transform Data CentersHIGHLIGHTS Transforms networks to deliver cloudscale, agility, and operational efficiencywith Brocade data center fabrics Supports 1, 10, and 40 GbE optionsfor optimal flexibility and scale Meets today’s application demandswith high performance and low latency Delivers line-rate throughput for allports and packet sizes Fits into any data center design byleveraging 10 GbE/40 GbE uplinks,Ports on Demand (PoD), andCapacity on Demand (CoD) Maximizes network availabilitywith efficiency and resiliency Supports storage environmentswith advanced flexibilityData centers continue to evolve, creating a need for an infrastructurethat can support growth in Virtual Machines (VMs), distributedapplications, and data, as well as the transition to cloud-basedcomputing—without compromising performance. The Brocade VDX 6740 and the Brocade VDX family of switches deliver the performance,flexibility, and efficiency essential to modern data centers, includingcloud and highly virtualized environments.Brocade VDX 6740 SwitchThe Brocade VDX 6740 (Figure 1)offers 48 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) SFP ports and four 40 GbE QSFP ports.Each 40 GbE port can be broken outinto four independent 10 GbE SFP ports,providing an additional 16 10 GbE SFP ports. In addition, the switch featureslow power consumption, consuming1 watt per 10 GbE port.Brocade VDX 6740T SwitchThe Brocade VDX 6740T (Figure 2) offers48 10GBASE-T ports and four 40 GbEQSFP ports. Each 40 GbE port can bebroken out into four independent 10 GbESFP ports, providing an additional16 10 GbE SFP ports. The switchalso features low power consumption,consuming less than 5 watts per10 GbE port.Brocade VDX 6740T-1G SwitchThe Brocade VDX 6740T-1G (Figure 3)offers 48 1000BASE-T ports and two40 GbE QSFP ports. Each 40 GbE portcan be broken out into four independent10 GbE SFP ports, providing anadditional eight 10 GbE SFP ports foruplink. All 48 1000BASE-T ports can beupgraded to 48 10GBASE-T ports viathe Capacity on Demand (CoD) softwarelicense. Two 40 GbE ports are enabled aspart of the base license. The additional two40 GbE ports can be upgraded via thePorts on Demand (PoD) software license.The Brocade VDX 6740, 6740T, and6740T-1G are all Ethernet fabricTop-of-Rack (ToR) switches that supporta demanding data center environment.The Brocade VDX 6740 series ofswitches provides the advanced featureset that data centers require whiledelivering the high performance andlow latency virtualized environmentsdemand. Together with Brocade datacenter fabrics, these switches transformdata center networks to support the NewIP by enabling cloud-based architectures
that deliver new levels of scale, agility,and operational efficiency. Thesehighly automated, software-driven, andprogrammable data center fabric designsolutions support a breadth of networkvirtualization options and scale for datacenter environments ranging from tensto thousands of servers. Moreover, theymake it easy for organizations to architect,automate, and integrate current andfuture data center technologies while theytransition to a cloud model that addressestheir needs, on their own timetable and ontheir terms.Transforms Networks to DeliverNew Levels of Scale, Agility, andOperational EfficiencyBrocade VDX switches alloworganizations to evolve their data centernetworks at their own pace, with fullinvestment protection. As the foundationfor several data center architectures,Brocade VDX switches support BrocadeIP fabrics, Brocade VCS fabrics, aswell as network virtualization, includingcontroller-based network virtualizationarchitectures, such as VMware NSXV-certified, and standards-basedcontroller-less architectures with BrocadeBGP-EVPN Network Virtualization forarchitectural flexibility (see Figure 4).Brocade VDX switches with Brocadedata center fabrics accelerate time tovalue, providing dramatically reduceddeployment times through zero-touchprovisioning of network devices andnetwork virtualization. Automated serviceand resource upgrades further reduceongoing maintenance time and costs.Remediation, for example, is enabledthrough automated topology datacollection, visualization, and verificationshowing desired configurations and anydeviations. High availability is achievedthrough non-disruptive In-ServiceSoftware Upgrade (ISSU) and self-healingVCS fabrics.Open interfaces enable cloud agilityand innovation. Brocade VDX switchesdeliver open and extensible serverbased automation by enabling executionand customization of common industryautomation tools, such as Puppet,Ansible, VMware vRealize plugins, andYANG model-based REST and NetconfAPIs. Available PyNOS libraries, Pythonsupport, and pre-packaged Ansiblemodules help organizations quicklyFigure 1: The Brocade VDX 6740 Switch provides 48 10 GbE SFP ports and four40 GbE QSFP ports.Figure 2: The Brocade VDX 6740T Switch provides 48 1000BASE-T/10GBASE-T portsand four 40 GbE QSFP ports.Figure 3: The Brocade VDX 6740T-1G Switch provides 48 1000BASE-T/10GBASE-T portsand four 40 GbE QSFP ports.2achieve automation, while allowingcustomization if needed with BrocadeVDX switches. Cloud orchestrationand control through OpenStack andOpenDaylight-based SDN controllersupport enable full network integrationwith compute and storage resourceprovisioning and management for clouddata center operators.Read more aboutBrocade data center fabrics.Meets Today’s ApplicationDemands with High Performanceand Low LatencyAs data centers virtualize more of theirservers and VM density per serverincreases, organizations will requirehigher bandwidth connectivity to supportthe explosion of data and applicationprocessing. With 1/10 GbE connections,Brocade VDX 6740, 6740T, and6740T-1G Switches deliver the highperformance computing needed to keepup with the demands of a virtualized datacenter, allowing organizations to reducenetwork congestion, improve applicationperformance, and meet the capacityrequired by 1 GbE and 10 GbE servers.The 40 GbE uplinks can easilyaggregate high-bandwidth trafficand reduce bottlenecks that occurwhen aggregating multiple 10 GbEconnections, keeping data centernetworks working at peak performance.In a Brocade VCS fabric, BrocadeVDX 6740 Switches also help maximizenetwork utilization with hardware-basedBrocade ISL trunking. Organizationscan create an 80 GbE trunk by utilizingtwo 40 GbE ports, or a 160 GbE trunkwith 16 10 GbE ports. The Brocade ISLtrunk is automatically formed betweentwo Brocade VDX 6740, 6740T, and6740T-1G Switches when they arelinked together, allowing traffic to beequally distributed among all ports. Thisincreases link efficiency and limits trafficdisruptions, especially during high traffictimes. Also, 40 GbE and 10 GbE
VDXVDXAYUNDERLController-lessNetwork Virtualization OR(BGP-EVPN, VxLAN)VDXController-basedNetwork Virtualization(VMware NSX, VxLAN)VDXVDXAYVDXOVERLAYOPTController-based Network Virtualization(VMware NSX, VxLAN)VDXVDXVDXVDXLayer 2 Scale-Out: Up to 10,000 ServersUNDERLOVERLAYIONSBrocade Data Center Fabrics and Network Virtualization OptionsVDXVDXVDXVDXLayer 3 Scale-Out: Up to 500,000 ServersFigure 4: Multiple network architectures offer the flexibility that can help organizations rapidly adapt to changing business conditions and traffic patterns.trunking is supported between BrocadeVDX 6740, 6940, and 8770 Switches.Refer to the Brocade VDX 6740Hardware Reference Manual for details.While an increase in traffic can also createlatency issues, Brocade VDX 6740Switches deliver very low latency throughwire-speed ports with 850 ns (BrocadeVDX 6740) and 3 µs (Brocade VDX6740T/6740T-1G) any-port-to-any-portlatency. In addition, the switches deliveran industry-leading 24 MB deep bufferper switch. This provides the bufferingcapacity to handle increases in traffic,especially during peak times when portsare congested, allowing traffic to bedistributed across the ports. The BrocadeVDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G featurea single ASIC design, instead of multipleASIC designs commonly found on otherswitches, further improving performanceand reducing latency since all ports cancommunicate via one ASIC.Fits into Any Data Center DesignAccess ports are positioned to allow foreasy server connectivity and to simplifycabling. With a choice of front-to-back orback-to-front airflow, these switches areideal for ToR deployments connectingservers, storage, and other switches, aswell as for providing compatibility for eitherhot aisle or cold aisle data center designs.With dual-speed functionality, each 1 GbEport also supports 10 GbE connections,providing the flexibility needed to supporta mixed environment as data centerstransition to higher bandwidth.The switches are designed to connectdata centers with multiple options tomeet individual design requirements.This flexible design provides investmentprotection, giving organizations a singleswitch that can support varying datacenter requirements. The followingfeatures help organizations meet theirevolving needs: 10 GbE or 40 GbE uplinks:The 40 GbE SFP ports offer theflexibility to expand and interconnect thenetwork infrastructure intelligently andefficiently while reducing bottlenecks.The switches offer the option to separatethe 40 GbE uplinks into four 10 GbEuplinks via breakout cables. As capacityand need increase, organizations canrevert to 40 GbE when ready. Ports on Demand: Ports on Demand(PoD) enables organizations to activate24 to 64 ports. They can purchase thenumber of ports that they currentlyneed and seamlessly scale up later bysimply applying a software license.This flexible and cost-efficient “payas you grow” licensing model solvesscalability challenges by allocating ITresources as needed. Capacity on Demand: The Capacity onDemand (CoD) license for the BrocadeVDX 6740T-1G enables organizations3
to upgrade all 48 1000BASE-Tports to 48 10GBASE-T. This helpsorganizations migrate seamlesslyfrom 1 GbE to 10 GbE via a softwarelicense without ripping and replacing thephysical switch.Maximizes Network Availabilitywith Efficiency and ResiliencyBrocade data center fabrics create a moreefficient and resilient network, and deliverthe high performance and high reliabilityrequired by today’s data centers.Optimizing East-West TrafficTraditional data centers are architectedwith a rigid, three-tier tree topologyoptimized for the north-south traffic flowof client-server computing environments,compromising performance, increasinglatency, and creating bottlenecks. Withthe increased prevalence of virtualizationand distributed applications, data centernetwork traffic is now predominantlyeast-west, or server-server. Brocadedata center fabrics were designed andoptimized to address these traffic patternsby moving traffic through any of the activepaths and avoiding the multiple hopsrequired in other tiered topologiesIn-Service Software UpgradeThe Brocade VDX 6740 family ofswitches delivers a highly efficient ToRIn-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) byleveraging a software model that usesa dual-OS infrastructure on a multicore CPU. This enables data centeradministrators to deliver enterprise-classbusiness continuity on ToR switchesduring a software upgrade/downgradeprocess. This software change processis non-disruptive to Layer 2, Layer3, Fibre Channel, and FCoE traffic.Moreover, the ISSU implementation ishardware-optimized, thus reducing thetime it takes to complete the upgrade/downgrade process.4Supports Storage Environmentswith Advanced FlexibilityThe Brocade VDX 6740, 6740T, and6740T-1G offer advanced storage supportwith multiple storage connectivity options,including FCoE, Fibre Channel (BrocadeVDX 6740 only), iSCSI, and NASstorage. They also feature Data CenterBridging (DCB), which enables the reliableexchange of storage traffic over the LANnetwork, eliminating packet loss whennetwork congestion occurs and allocatingbandwidth as needed to keep the networkrunning efficiently. Moreover, the switchesoffer Network-Attached Storage (NAS)Auto QoS intelligence to prioritizedelay-sensitive IP storage traffic withinthe fabric and to help ensure consistentperformance while decreasing latency.The Brocade VDX 6740 features 32 FlexPorts, which can take either a 10 GbE or16 Gbps Fibre Channel personality. InFibre Channel mode, these Flex Ports canbe used to either directly connect FibreChannel storage to VCS fabrics or bridgeFCoE traffic to Fibre Channel SANs, thusprotecting existing SAN investments.The Flex Ports and FCoE features on theBrocade VDX 6740 can be turned on withan add-on software license.Brocade Global ServicesBrocade Global Services has theexpertise to help organizations buildscalable, efficient cloud infrastructures.Leveraging 20 years of expertise instorage, networking, and virtualization,Brocade Global Services delivers worldclass professional services, technicalsupport, and education services,enabling organizations to maximize theirBrocade investments, accelerate newtechnology deployments, and optimize theperformance of networking infrastructures.Affordable Acquisition OptionsBrocade Capital Solutions helpsorganizations easily address their ITrequirements by offering flexiblenetwork acquisition and supportalternatives. Organizations can selectfrom purchase, lease, Brocade NetworkSubscription, and Brocade SubscriptionPlus options to align network acquisitionwith their unique capital requirementsand risk profiles. To learn more, visitwww.Brocade.com/CapitalSolutions.Maximizing InvestmentsTo help optimize technology investments,Brocade and its partners offer completesolutions that include professionalservices, technical support, and education.For more information, contact a Brocadesales partner or visit www.brocade.com.
Brocade VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G Feature OverviewOverviewBrocade VDX 6740Brocade VDX 6740TBrocade VDX 6740T-1GForm factor1U1U1USwitching bandwidth (data rate, full duplex)1.28 Tbps1.28 Tbps1.28 TbpsSwitch performance960 Mpps960 Mpps960 MppsPort-to-port latency850 ns3 µs3 µsDimensions and weightWidth: 43.99 cm (17.32 in.)Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in.)Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in.)Height: 4.32 cm (1.75 in.)Height: 4.27 cm (1.68 in.)Height: 4.27 cm (1.68 in.)Depth: 40.99 cm (16.14 in.)Depth: 53.65 cm (21.12 in.)Depth: 53.65 cm (21.12 in.)Weight: 8.66 kg (19.1 lb)Weight: 10.82 kg (23.85 lb)Weight: 10.82 kg (23.85 lb)1/10 GbpsE SFP portsUp to 64Up to 16Up to 162/4/8/16 Gbps Fibre Channel Flex PortsUp to 32 (out of 64 10GbE ports)00Port types supported:E Port (connecting toEX Port only), F Port, N Port(Access Gateway mode)1/10 GBASE-T0484840 GbE QSFP (10 GbE breakout cable)44410 GbE Ports on Demand (PoD)24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 6424, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64N/A10 GbE Capacity on Demand (CoD)N/AN/A16, 32, 48Power suppliesTwo hot-swappable,load-sharingTwo hot-swappable,load-sharingTwo hot-swappable,load-sharingCooling fansN 1 redundant, integratedinto power suppliesN 1 redundant, fivehot-swappable fan unitsN 1 redundant, fivehot-swappable fan unitsAirflowFront to backFront to backFront to backBack to frontBack to frontBack to frontBrocade VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G SpecificationsScalability Information*Connector optionsOut-of-band Ethernet management: RJ45 (fixed)Console management: RJ45 to RS-232 (fixed)Firmware and diagnostic: USBMaximum VLANs4,096Maximum MAC addresses160,000Maximum port profiles (AMPP)1,024Maximum members in a standard LAG64Maximum per-port priority pause level8Maximum switches that a vLAG can span8Maximum members in a vLAG64Maximum jumbo frame size9,216 bytes* Please refer to the latest version of the release notes for the most up-to-date scalability numbers.5
Brocade VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G Specifications (continued)Scalability Information*Queues per port8DCB Priority Flow Control (PFC) classes8Maximum ACLs13,000Maximum ARP entries32,000Maximum IPv4 unicast routes12,000Maximum IPv6 unicast routes3,000†HA/ISSUISSU fully supportedMechanicalEnclosureFront-to-rear, rear-to-front airflow; 1U, 19-inch EIA-compliant; power from non-port sideEnvironmentalTemperatureOperating: 0 C to 40 C (32 F to 104 F)Non-operating and storage: -25 C to 70 C (-13 F to 158 F)HumidityOperating: 10% to 85% non-condensingNon-operating and storage: 10% to 90% non-condensingAltitudeOperating: Up to 3,048 meters (10,000 feet)Non-operating and storage: Up to 12 kilometers (39,370 feet)ShockOperating: 20 G, 11 ms half-sineNon-operating and storage: Square wave, 44 G, 15 msVibrationOperating: 0.5 G peak, 0.7 G ms random, 5 to 500 HzNon-operating and storage: 2.0 g sine, 1.4 G rms random, 5 to 500 HzAirflowBrocade VDX 6740T port-side-intake: Maximum: 49.3 CFM; Nominal: 26.3 CFMBrocade VDX 6740T port-side-exhaust: Maximum: 51.9 CFM; Nominal: 27.3 CFMBrocade VDX 6740 port-side-intake and port-side-exhaust: Maximum: 25.7 CFM;Nominal: 11.5 CFMHeat dissipation1,672.41 BTU/hrPowerPower suppliesTwo internal, redundant, field-replaceable, load-sharing AC power suppliesPower inletC13Input voltage85 to 264 VAC nominalInput line frequency50 to 60 HzInrush currentLimited to 30 A peak at 240 VAC during cold startup at 25 C ambientMaximum current6 A max at 100 VAC/60 HzMaximum power consumptionBrocade VDX 6740: 110 WBrocade VDX 6740T: 460 WBrocade VDX 6740T-1G: 276 W (Base SKU)Safety ComplianceC22.2 No. 60950-1-07 including EN 60950-1 Second Edition A1/A12 CAN/CSAA1 / UL 60950-1-07, Ed. 2 including A1 IEC 60950-1 Second Edition A1No. 60950-1 CAN/CSA-C22.2Second Edition* Please refer to the latest version of the release notes for the most up-to-date scalability numbers.† Hardware supported.6 GB 4943.1-2011 and GB9254-2008 CNS14336-1(99)
Brocade VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G Specifications (continued)EMC FCC Class A ICES-003 Class A VCCI-Class A CE C-Tick BSMI GOST KCC Class A CCC CISPR22 AS/NZS CISPR22 CNS 13438(95) 51318.22-99 and 51318.24-99 KN22 and KN24 GB17625.1-2003Immunity ANSI C63.4 ICES-003 Class A CISPR22 and JEIDA (Harmonics) EN55022 Class A and EN55024Environmental Regulatory ComplianceRoHS-6 (with lead exemption) Directive 2002/95/ECStandards ComplianceBrocade VDX 6740 products conform to the following Ethernet standards: IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree802.1w Rapid Reconfiguration of IEEESpanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802.3 Ethernet IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP IEEE 802.3ae 10G Ethernet IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging802.1p Class of Service Prioritization IEEEand Tagging802.1v VLAN Classification by Protocol IEEEand Port802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol IEEE(LLDP) IEEE 802.3x Flow Control (Pause Frames) IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-XThe following draft versions of the Data Center Bridging (DCB) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) standards are also supported on theBrocade VDX 6740:802.1 DCB Capability Exchange IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control IEEEProtocol (Proposed under the DCB TaskIEEE802.1QazEnhancedTransmission SelectionGroup of IEEE 802.1 Working Group) FC-BB-5 FCoE (Rev 2.0)The Brocade VDX 6740 products conform to the following Fibre Channel standards:ANSI INCITS 427:2007 (includes FC-GS-5the following)-- FC-GS-4 ANSI INCITS 387: 2004INCITS 496-2012 FC-SP-2(AUTH-A, AUTH-B1 only)INCITS TR-36: 2004 FC-DA(includes the following)-- FC-FLA INCITS TR-20: 1998-- FC-PLDA INCIT S TR-19: 1998 FC-MI-2 ANSI/INCITS TR-39-2005 FC-PI INCITS 352: 2002 FC-PI-2 INCITS 404: 2005INCITS 1647-D, revision 7.1 (under FC-PI-4development)ANSI/INCITS 424:2006 (includes FC-FS-2the following)-- FC-FS INCITS 373: 2003 FC-LS INCITS 433: 2007 MIB-FA INCITS TR-32: 2003RFC SupportRFC 768User Datagram Protocol (UDP)RFC 783TFTP Protocol (revision 2)RFC 791Internet Protocol (IP)RFC 792Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)RFC 793Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)RFC 826ARPRFC 854Telnet Protocol SpecificationRFC 894A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagram over Ethernet NetworksRFC 959FTPRFC 1027Using ARP to Implement Transparent Subnet Gateways (Proxy ARP)7
Brocade VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G Specifications (continued)RFC Support (continued)RFC 1112IGMP v1RFC 1157Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1 and v2RFC 1305Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 3RFC 1492TACACS RFC 1519Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)RFC 1584Multicast Extensions to OSPFRFC 1765OSPF Database OverflowRFC 1812Requirements for IP Version 4 RoutersRFC 1997BGP Communities AttributeRFC 2068HTTP ServerRFC 2131Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)RFC 2154OSPF with Digital Signatures (Password, MD-5)RFC 2236IGMP v2RFC 2267Network Ingress FilteringRFC 2328OSPF v2RFC 2370OSPF Opaque Link-State Advertisement (LSA) Option—Partial SupportRFC 2375IPv6 Multicast Address AssignmentsRFC 2385Protection of BGP Sessions with the TCP MD5 Signature OptionRFC 2439BGP Route Flap DampingRFC 2460Internet Protocol, Version 6 (v6) Specification (on management interface )RFC 2462IPv6 Stateless Address Auto-ConfigurationRFC 2464Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks (on management interface)RFC 2474Definition of the Differentiated Services Field in the IPv4 and IPv6 HeadersRFC 2571An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management FrameworksRFC 2711IPv6 Router Alert OptionRFC 2865Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)RFC 3101The OSPF Not-So-Stubby Area (NSSA) OptionRFC 3176sFlowRFC 3137OSPF Stub Router AdvertisementRFC 3392Capabilities Advertisement with BGPv4RFC 3411An Architecture for Describing SNMP FrameworksRFC 3412Message Processing and Dispatching for the SNMPRFC 3413Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) ApplicationsRFC 3587IPv6 Global Unicast Address FormatRFC 3623Graceful OSPF Restart - IETF ToolsRFC 3768VRRP8
Brocade VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G Specifications (continued)RFC Support (continued)RFC 4271BGPv4RFC 4291IPv6 Addressing ArchitectureRFC 4292IP Forwarding MIBRFC 4293Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP)RFC 4443ICMPv6 (replaces 2463)RFC 4456BGP Route ReflectionRFC 4510Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Technical Specification Road MapRFC 4601Protocol Independent Multicast—Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)RFC 4724Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGPRFC 4861/5942IPv6 Neighbor DiscoveryRFC 4893BGP Support for Four-Octet AS Number SpaceRFC 5880Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)RFC 5881Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)RFC 5882Generic Application of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)RFC 5883Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multihop PathsIPv6 RoutingRFC 2740OSPFv3 for IPv6RFC 2545Use of BGP-MP extensions for IPv6IPv6 MulticastRFC 2710Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6VRRP/VRRPeRFC 5798VRRP Version 3 for IPv4 and IPv6Brocade Network OS Software CapabilitiesSoftware scalabilityVCS FabricsIP FabricsMaximum switches in a fabric48UnlimitedMaximum ECMP paths in a fabric3232Maximum LAGs in a fabricLayer 2 switching2,00048Service Node Load Balancing BFD/ARP OptimizationsXXConversational MAC LearningXXVirtual Link Aggregation Group (vLAG) spanningXXLayer 2 Access Control Lists (ACLs)XXEdge Loop Detection (ELD)XXAddress Resolution Protocol (ARP) RFC 826XXPrivate VLANsXMaintenance Mode/Graceful Traffic DiversionXDistributed VXLAN GatewayXDiagnostic PortsXIP Maps SupportX9
Brocade Network OS Software Capabilities (continued)Layer 2 switching(continued)Layer 3 switchingVCS FabricsIP FabricsHigh availability/In-Service Software Upgrade—hardware-enabledXXIGMP v1/v2 SnoopingXXMAC Learning and AgingXXLink Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) IEEE 802.3ad/802.1AXXXVirtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)XXVLAN Encapsulation 802.1QXXPer-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST /PVRST )XXRapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) 802.1wXXMultiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) 802.1sXXSTP PortFast, BPDU Guard, BPDU FilterXXSTP Root GuardXXPause Frames 802.3xXXStatic MAC ConfigurationXXUni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD)XXTransparent LAN ServicesXBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP4 )XXDHCP HelperXXLayer 3 ACLsXXMulticast: PIM-SM, IGMPv2XXOSPF v2/v3XXStatic routesXXIPv4/v6 ACLXXPolicy-Based Routing (PBR)XXBidirectional Fault Detection (BFD)XX32-WAY ECMPXXVRF LiteXXVRF-aware OSPF, BGP, VRRP, static routesXXVRRP v2 and v3XXFabric Virtual GatewayXIPv4/IPv6 dual stackXXIPv6 ACL packet filteringXXBGP Additional-PathXXBGP-Allow ASXXBGP Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM)XXBGP Peer Auto ShutdownXXMulticast RefactoringXXIPv6 routingXXOSPF Type-3 LSA FilterXXWire-speed routing for IPv4 and IPv6 using any routing protocolXXBGP-EVPN Control Plane Signaling RFC 7432XBGP-EVPN VXLAN Standard-based OverlayMulti-VRF10XXXIP Unnumbered InterfaceXIntersubnet Routing (Symmetric and Assymetric)XIP over Port ChannelX
Brocade Network OS Software Capabilities (continued)Layer 3 switching(continued)Automation andprogrammabilityMultitenancy andvirtualizationVRRP-EVCS FabricsIP FabricsXXStatic Anycast GatewayXARP SuppressionXOpenFlow 1.3XXREST API with YANG data modelXXPuppetXXPythonXXPyNOS librariesXXAnsibleXXVMware vRealize pluginsXXDHCP automatic fabric provisioningXXNetconf APIXXTRILL FGL-based VCS Virtual Fabric featureXVirtual fabric extensionXVM-Aware Network AutomationXBFD for virtual fabric extensionXBrocade VCS Gateway for NSXXBrocade IP Fabric Gateway for NSXDCBFibre Channel/FCoEXAutomatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP)XPriority-based Flow Control (PFC) 802.1QbbXEnhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) 802.1QazXManual configuration of lossless queues for protocols other than FCoE and iSCSIXData Center Bridging eXchange (DCBX)XDCBX Application Type-Length-Value (TLV) for FCoE and iSCSIXMulti-hop Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE); requires Brocade VCS FabrictechnologyXFC-BB5 compliant Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF)XNative FCoE forwardingXFCoE to Fibre Channel BridgingXFCoE on Brocade VDX 6740 and Brocade VDX 6740TXFCoE on QSFP portXFlex Ports, allowing direct and SAN connectivity of Fibre Channel targetsXMulti-hop Access Gateway SupportXEnd-to-end FCoE (initiator to target)XFCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) v1 support for FCoE device loginand initializationXName Server-based zoningXSupports connectivity to FIP Snooping Bridge (FSB) deviceXFCoE traffic over standard LAGXInterface BindingX10 GbE CoD license needs to be activated in order to support FCoE on theBrocade VDX 6740T-1GXDual Personality PortsXLogical SANsXX11
Brocade Network OS Software Capabilities (continued)High availabilityQuality of Service (QoS)Management and monitoring12VCS FabricsIP FabricsISSU L2 and L3XXBFDXXOSPF3-NSRXXBGP4-GRXXACL-based QoSXXEight priority levels for QoSXXClass of Service (CoS) IEEE 802.1pXXDSCP TrustXXDSCP to Traffic Class MutationXXDSCP to CoS MutationXXDSCP to DSCP MutationXXRandom Early DiscardXXPer-port QoS configurationXXACL-based Rate LimitXXDual-rate, three-color token bucketXXACL-based remarking of CoS/DSCP/PrecedenceXXACL-based sFlowXXScheduling: Strict Priority (SP), Deficit Weighted Round-Robin (DWRR),Hybrid Scheduling (Hybrid)XXQueue-based ShapingXXFlow-based QoSXXLogical chassis managementXSwitch BeaconingXXIPv4/IPv6 managementXXIndustry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI)XXNetconf APIXXREST API with YANG data modelXXBrocade VDX Plugin for OpenStackXXLink Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) IEEE 802.1ABXXMIB II RFC 1213 MIBXXManagement VRFXXSwitched Port Analyzer (SPAN)XXTelnetXXSNMP v1, v2C, v3XXsFlow RFC 3176XXOut-of-band managementXXRemote SPAN (RSPAN)XXRMON-1, RMON-2XXNTPXXManagement Access Control Lists (ACLs)XXRole-Based Access Control (RBAC)XXRange CLI supportXXUDLDXXOpenStack Neutron ML2 pluginXXPythonXXPuppetXX
Brocade Network OS Software Capabilities (continued)VCS FabricsIP FabricsManagement and monitoring(continued)Distributed Configuration ManagementXMaps switch health monitoringXSecurityPort-based Network Access Control 802.1XXXRADIUS (AAA)XXTACACS XXSecure Shell (SSHv2)XXBPDU DropXXLightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)XXSecure Copy ProtocolXXPort SecurityXXBrocade VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G Hardware Ordering InformationHardware SKUDescriptionBR-VDX6740-24-FBrocade VDX 6740, 24P SFP ports only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740-24-RBrocade VDX 6740, 24P SFP ports only—no optics, AC, port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740-48-FBrocade VDX 6740, 48P SFP ports only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740-48-RBrocade VDX 6740, 48P SFP ports only—no optics, AC, port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740-64-FBrocade VDX 6740, 64P SFP ports only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740-64-RBrocade VDX 6740, 64P SFP ports only—no optics, AC, port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740-64-ALLSW-FBrocade VDX 6740, 64P SFP ports only—no optics, AC, FCoE, VCS fabric, non-port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740-64-ALLSW-RBrocade VDX 6740, 64P SFP ports only—no optics, AC, FCoE, VCS fabric, port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740T-24-FBrocade VDX 6740T, 24P 10GBASE-T ports only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740T-24-RBrocade VDX 6740T, 24P 10GBASE-T ports only—no optics, AC, port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740T-48-FBrocade VDX 6740T, 48P 10GBASE-T ports only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740T-48-RBrocade VDX 6740T, 48P 10GBASE-T ports only—no optics, AC, port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740T-64-FBrocade VDX 6740T, 48P 10GBASE-T and 4 SFP ports only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740T-64-RBrocade VDX 6740T, 48P 10GBASE-T and 4 SFP ports only—no optics, AC, port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740T-64-ALLSW-FBrocade VDX 6740T, 48P 10GBASE-T and 4 SFP ports only—no optics, AC, FCoE, VCS fabric,non-port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740T-64-ALLSW-RBrocade VDX 6740T, 48P 10GBASE-T and 4 SFP ports only—no optics, AC, FCoE, VCS fabric,port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740T-56-1G-FBrocade VDX 6740T-1G, 48P 1000BASE-T and 2 40 GbE QSFP ports, upgradable to 10GBASE-Tvia license only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflowBR-VDX6740T-56-1G-RBrocade VDX 6740T-1G, 48P 1000
In a Brocade VCS fabric, Brocade VDX 6740 Switches also help maximize network utilization with hardware-based Brocade ISL trunking. Organizations can create an 80 GbE trunk by utilizing two 40 GbE ports, or a 160 GbE trunk with 16 10 GbE ports. The Brocade ISL trunk is automatically formed between two Brocade VDX 6740, 6740T, and
