Multi Port Internet Network Switch Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone For Enterprise

Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone

Enhanced SAN connectivity
Get the network performance you need with the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone, a purpose-built, non-stop networking and scalable private cloud to support the next generation of workloads.
Uninterrupted networking
Experience uninterrupted connectivity designed to provide efficient, reliable end-to-end SAN communications.
Use dynamic fabric configuration to confirm that network services are uninterrupted.
Helps eliminate the need to reconfigure the structure when adding or replacing servers.
Reduce the need to modify partitions and mask logical unit numbers (LUNs).
Allows the device to be moved within the switch, such as simply using the move command to migrate the virtual World Wide Name (WWN).
Help ensure structural link level integrity with end-to-end fiber and link verification.
Discover and isolate fiber and cable issues faster.
Verification of transceiver and cable operation in an interference-free manner through electronic and fiber testing, cable health checks, and digital diagnostics.
Helps ensure stable application performance on the link with particle delay, distance measurement, and application-level I/O profile simulation.
Reliable connection
Meet dynamic business needs by effectively supporting dedicated cloud deployments and the proven scalability and reliability of virtualized data centers.
Improve horizontal scale, shared storage network design to meet cloud storage needs, including:
A flat network topology allows all chassis interconnects to be achieved without the use of a router.
To achieve interconnection at any end, that is, through a single interface, any node in the network can send/receive communications to/from any other node.
Provides low latency interconnects for fast communication while minimizing latency.
Simplify deployment and consolidate end-to-end SAN management with the following enhanced network management tools:
New inline port diagnostics and advanced monitoring accelerate deployment and help improve troubleshooting efficiency.
Network Advisor helps centralize server connectivity and resource management.
Power monitoring throughout the entire structure supports energy efficient operation.
There are two Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone models to choose from:
The DCX 8510-4 is equipped with up to 192 16 Gbps ports for large enterprise edge, mid-sized enterprise fabric cores or application engines.
The DCX 8510-8, with up to 384 16 Gbps ports, is ideal for large enterprise fabric cores.
Excellent performance
Deliver high-quality speed and reliability to your SAN infrastructure with the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone. The Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone is designed to maximize the application and storage performance of I/O-intensive and bandwidth-intensive applications.
Provides a total chassis bandwidth of up to 8.2 Tbps.
Offering up to 384 16 Gbps ports, each port delivers about 40% better performance than 10 GbE SAN1.
With 512 Gbps slot bandwidth, it helps to reduce oversubscription to a greater extent, increase the number of available wire-speed ports, and support higher levels of service level agreements (SLAs).
The Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone delivers exceptional performance to support the rapidly growing traffic and growing demands of virtualized environments. With the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone, you can consolidate, scale, and automate your IT resources, leveraging the benefits of virtualization to help organizations transition to a private cloud architecture.

Technical Parameters

Fibre Channel port
Single chassis: up to 384 (Brocade DCX 8510-8) or 192 (Brocade DCX 8510-4) 16 Gbps universal (E, F, D, M, and EX) Fibre Channel ports that use up to eight 32 ports or 48 port Fibre Channel blade. Up to 512 (Brocade DCX 8510-8) or 256 (Brocade DCX 8510-4) 8 Gbps universal (E, F, D, M, and EX) Fibre Channel ports that use 64-port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel blades.
Multi-chassis: up to 2304 (Brocade DCX 8510-8) or 960 (Brocade DCX 8510-4) 16 Gbps universal Fibre Channel ports; up to 3072 (Brocade DCX 8510-8) or 1280 (Brocade DCX 8510-4) 8 Gbps universal Fibre Channel ports; ICL ports (32 or 16 ICL ports per chassis, optional QSFP) can connect up to six Brocade DCX 8510 chassis.
performance
Fibre Channel: Automatically senses port speeds of 2, 4, 8, and 16 Gbps
DCB/CEE: 2.125 Gbps line rate, full duplex; 4.25 Gbps line rate, full duplex; 8.5 Gbps line rate, full duplex; 10.53 Gbps line rate, full duplex; 14.025 Gbps line rate, full duplex
Maximum frame size: 2112 bytes payload
ISL relay
Frame-based port aggregation, aggregates up to eight 16 Gbps ports per ISL port; aggregates up to 128 Gbps per ISL port; implements switch-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS (included in the Brocade Fabric operating system)
Service type
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frame)
Port type
D_Port (diagnostic port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, M_Port (mirrored port), automatic discovery (U_Port) according to switch type; optional port type control
Media type
16 Gbps: Brocade FC16-32 and -48 require Brocade hot-swappable SFP+, LC connector; 16 Gbps SWL, LWL
8 Gbps: Brocade FC16-32 and -48; Brocade FX8-24; Brocade FS8-18 blades require Brocade hot-swappable SFP+, LC connectors; 8 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL
8 Gbps: Brocade FC8-64 blades require Brocade hot-swappable mSFP, mSFP LC connectors; 8 Gbps SWL only
ICL QSFP: Brocade CR16-8 and CR16-4 require Brocade hot-swappable QSFP, MTP connector; 4 x 16 Gbps SWL
Fibre Channel distance depends on fiber optic cable and port speed
Structural service
Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) (including E_Port, F_Port, and fiber mode maximum usage); Brocade adaptive network (ingress rate limiting, traffic isolation, QoS); bottleneck detection; Brocade advanced partition (default partition, port/WWN partition) And broadcast partition); dynamic configuration (DFP); dynamic path selection (DPS); dynamic path selection (DPS); Brocade extension structure; enhanced BB credit recovery; Brocade Fabric Watch; FDMI; frame redirection; frame-based port aggregation ;FSPF; integrated routing; IPoFC; Brocade ISL port aggregation; management server; NPIV; NTP v3; port protection; registration status change notification (RSCN); reliable submission service (RCS); Brocade server application optimization (SAO); Server (SNS); virtual structure (logical switch, logical structure)
management
Management software
HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; audit, system log; Brocade advanced web tools, Brocade APM, Brocade Fabric Watch; Brocade Network Advisor SAN Enterprise (Brocade DCX 8510-8, Brocade DCX 8510- 4) or Brocade Network Advisor SAN Professional/Professional Plus (Brocade DCX 8510-4 only); Command Line Interface (CLI); SMI-S compliant; Administrative Domain; Trial License for Additional Features
Management access
10/100/1000 Ethernet (RJ-45) (per control processor), in-band Fibre Channel; serial port (RJ-45) and one USB (per control processor module); enabled via Brocade Network Advisor Automatic notification integration
Diagnosis
D_Port offline diagnostics, including electronic/fiberback, link traffic/delay/distance; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC route tracking), frame viewer, non-disruptive daemon Restart, port mirroring (SPAN port), fiber health monitoring, power monitoring (16 Gbps blades only), RAStrace logging, and rolling restart detection (RRD)
Chassis contains items
USB
Each control processor has 1 USB port for firmware download, support for saving and configuration upload/download
Mechanical specifications
Panel
Rear panel to door airflow; Brocade DCX 8510-4 comes with 1U exhaust frame
size
Brocade DCX 8510-8
Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 inches)
Height: 61.24 cm (24.11 inches, 14U)
Depth (without door): 61.19 cm (24.09 inches)
Depth (including door): 73.20 cm (28.82 inches)
Brocade DCX 8510-4
Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 inches)
Height: 35.00 cm (13.78 inches, 8U), plus 4.37 cm exhaust frame (1.72 inches, 1U)
Depth (without door): 61.19 cm (24.09 inches)
Depth (including door): 73.20 cm (28.82 inches)
System weight
Brocade DCX 8510-8
The 384-port configuration is 103.50 kg (228.20 lbs) when fully populated.
The weight of the chassis is 39.55 kg (82.20 lbs)
Brocade DCX 8510-4
When the 192 port configuration is fully populated, it is 68.04 kg (150.00 lbs)
The weight of the chassis is 25.76 kg (56.80 lbs)
working environment
temperature
Working condition: 0 to 40 °C (32 to 104 °F)
Non-operating state: –25 to 70 °C (–13 to 158 °F)
humidity
Working condition: relative humidity of 20% to 85% (non-condensing) at 40 °C (104 °F)
Non-operating state and storage humidity (non-condensing): 10% to 93% at 70 °C (158 °F)
Altitude
Up to 3000 meters (9842 feet)
Impact
Working status: 20 grams, 6 milliseconds, half sine
Non-working status: 33 grams, 11 milliseconds, half sine
shock
Working condition: 0.5 g p-p, 5 to 500 Hz
Non-working status: 2.0 g p-p, 5-500-5 Hz
carbon dioxide emissions
Brocade DCX 8510-8 7.8 metric tons per year (384 ports, 0.42 kg / kWh)
0.95 kg per Gbps per year
Brocade DCX 8510-4
4.3 metric tons per year (256 ports, 0.42 kg / kWh)
1.04 kg per Gbps per year
airflow
Maximum: 42 CFM
Nominal value (65% speed): 35 CFM
Heat dissipation
Brocade DCX 8510-8
Minimum: 32 port configuration (no QSFP), 873 W, 2982 BTU/hour
Maximum: 384 port configuration (full load with QSFP), 2242 W, 7654 BTU/hour
Brocade DCX 8510-4
Minimum: 32 port configuration (no QSFP), 618 W, 2111 BTU/hour
Maximum: 192 port configuration (full load with QSFP), 1195 W, 4078 BTU/hour
Power option 1
Maximum: 350 watts
Power consumption: 306 watts
Input voltage:
85 to 132 VAC: 1000 watts
180 to 264 VAC: 2000 watts
Input line frequency: 47 to 63 Hz (rated value: 50-60 HZ)
Inrush current: 60 A maximum