Systems Architecture

Fibre Channel ports

• Switch mode (default): 8-, 16-, and 24-port configurations (8-port increments through Ports on Demand [PoD] licenses); E_, F_, M_, FL_ Ports
• Brocade Access Gateway Default Port Mapping: 16 F_Ports, 8 N_Ports

Scalability

• Full fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum

Certified maximum

• Single Brocade FOS fabric: 56 domains, 19 hops
• Single Brocade M-Enterprise OS (M-EOS) fabric: 31 domains, 3 hops
• Larger fabrics certified as required; consult Brocade or OEM SAN design documents for configuration details

Performance

• 1.063 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 2.125 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 8.5 Gbps line speed, full duplex; auto-sensing of 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds; optionally programmable to fixed port speed; speed matching between 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps ports

ISL Trunking

• Brocade Frame-based Trunking with up to eight 8 Gbps ports per ISL trunk with optional license; up to 64 Gbps per ISL trunk (8 ports × 8 Gbps [data rate])
• Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade Fabric OS

Aggregate bandwidth

• 192 Gbps: 24 ports × 8 Gbps (data rate)

Maximum fabric latency

• 700 ns with no contention, cut-through routing at 8 Gbps

Maximum frame size

• 2112-byte payload

Frame buffers

• 700 dynamically allocated, 484 maximum per port

Classes of service

• Class 2, C lass 3, C lass F (inter-switch frames)

Port types

• FL_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port), and E_Port; optional port type control
• Brocade Access Gateway mode: F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port

Data traffic types

• Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups) and broadcast

Media types

• 8 Gbps: Brocade 300 requires Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL
• 4 Gbps: Brocade 300 requires Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 4 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL

USB

• 1 USB port for firmware download, supportSave, and configuration upload/download

Fabric services

• Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring (including Top Talkers); Adaptive Networking (Ingress Rate Limiting, Traffic Isolation, QoS); BB credit recovery; Brocade Advanced Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast zoning); Bottleneck Detection; Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); F_Port Trunking; Extended Fabrics; Fabric Watch; FDMI; Frame Redirection; FSPF; IPoFC; ISL Trunking; Management Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Fencing; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Simple Name Server (SNS)

Management

• HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), Telnet; Auditing, Change Management tracking, Syslog; Brocade Advanced Web Tools, Brocade Fabric Watch; EZSwitchSetup wizard, Brocade Network Advisor SAN Enterprise, or Brocade Network Advisor SAN Professional/Professional Plus;command line interface; SMI-S compliant; Administrative Domains; trial licenses for add-on capabilities

Security

• DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), FCAP switch authentication, FIPS 140-2 L2-compliant, HTTPS, IPsec, IP Filtering, LDAP with IPv6, OpenLDAP, Port Binding, RADIUS, TACACS+, User-defined Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure Copy (SCP), Secure RPC, SFTP, SSH v2, SSL, Switch Binding, Trusted Switch

Management access

• 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (RJ-45), in-band over Fibre Channel; serial port (RJ-45); USB

Diagnostics

• POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including RAStrace logging, environmental monitoring, non-disruptive daemon restart, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), port mirroring (SPAN port)

Enclosure

• Non-port to port side airflow; 1U, 19-inch EIA-compliant, power from port side

Size

• Width: 42.88 cm (16.88 in)
• Height: 4.29 cm (1.69 in)
• Depth: 30.66 cm (12.07 in)

System weight

• 4.2 kg (9.30 lb), without SFP/SFP+ media

Temperature

• Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
• Non-operating and storage: −25°C to 70°C (−13°F to 158°F)