Brocade SAN Switch DCX-42 BR-DCX4S-0001-A
| DCX-4S Backbone Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Systems Architecture | |
| Chassis |
Single chassis: Up to 512 (Brocade DCX) or 256 (Brocade DCX-4S) 8 Gbps universal (E, F, FL, M, EX) Fibre Channel ports using up to eight 16-, 32-, 48-, or 64-port Fibre Channel blades Dual-chassis: Up to 1024 (Brocade DCX) or 512 (Brocade DCX-4S) 8 Gbps universal Fibre Channel ports; ICL ports (four per chassis, copper pin) connect up to two Brocade DCX or Brocade DCX-4S chassis (same models or a mix) Three chassis: Up to 1536 (Brocade DCX) or 768 (Brocade DCX-4S) 8 Gbps universal Fibre Channel ports; ICL ports (four per chassis, copper pin) connect up to three Brocade DCX or Brocade DCX-4S chassis (same models or a mix) |
| Control processor | Redundant (active/standby) control processor modules |
| Scalability | Full fabric architecture of 239 switches |
| Certified maximum | 6000 active nodes; 56 switches, 19 hops in Brocade FOS fabrics; 31 switches, 3 hops in Brocade M-EOS fabrics; larger fabrics certified as required |
| Special-purpose blades | FCOE10-24 Blade provides CEE/FCoE connectivity for server I/O consolidation (24 10 GbE CEE ports; up to two blades) FS8-18 Encryption Blade provides plug-in encryption of data on disk or tape, supporting industry-standard AES-256 and DataFort-compatible encryption mode (16 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports; up to four blades; requires DCFM management) FX8-24 Blade provides SAN extension over IP networks (12 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports with license options providing up to 10 1 GbE ports and up to two 10 GbE ports per blade; up to four blades) FC10-6 Blade provides six 10 Gbps Fibre Channel ports (up to eight blades) FA4-18 Application Blade is integrated with EMC RecoverPoint to provide continuous data protection (16 4 Gbps Fibre Channel ports and two Gigabit Ethernet ports per blade; up to four blades) |
| Performance |
Fibre Channel: 1.063 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 2.125 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 8.50 Gbps line speed, full duplex; auto sensing of 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds; optionally programmable 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps ports; 10.5 Gbps line speed, full duplex. CEE: 10.0 Gbps line speed, full duplex. |
| ISL trunking | Frame-based trunking with up to eight 8 Gbps ports per ISL trunk; up to 64 Gbps per ISL trunk Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Fabric OS |
| Chassis bandwidth | 2.3 Tbps per chassis (256 ports X 8 Gbps data rate + 256 Gbps ICL bandwidth) |
| Slot bandwidth | 256 Gbps (data rate) |
| Local switching bandwidth | 128 Gbps for FC8-16: 16 ports X 8 Gbps (data rate) 256 Gbps for FC8-32: 32 ports X 8 Gbps (data rate) 384 Gbps for FC8-48: 48 ports X 8 Gbps (data rate) 512 Gbps for FC8-64: 64 ports X 8 Gbps (data rate) |
| ICL bandwidth | 256 Gbps; four ICLs provide the equivalent of 32 8 Gbps ports ICL bandwidth is load-balanced using eight 8-port frame-based trunks and DPS |
| Switch latency | Locally switched ports 700 ns; blade-to-blade latency is 2.1 μsec |
| Maximum frame size | 2112-byte payload |
| Frame buffers | 2048 per 16-port group on 16-, 32-, and 64-port blades and up to 2048 per 24-port group on 48-port blades, dynamically allocated |
| Classes of service | Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames) |
| Fibre Channel port types | FL_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port), E_Port, EX_Port (Fibre Channel Integrated Routing); self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port); optional port type control |
| Data traffic types | Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast |
| Media types |
4 Gbps: FC8-16, -32, and -48; FR4-18i; and FA4-18; blades require Brocade hot-pluggable, Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP), LC connector; 4 Gbps Short-Wavelength Laser (SWL); 4 Gbps Long-Wavelength Laser (LWL); 4 Gbps Extended Long-Wavelength Laser (ELWL) 8 Gbps: FC8-16, -32, and -48; FX8-24; and FS8-18 blades require Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL; 8 Gbps LWL 8 Gbps: FC8-64 blades require Brocade hot-pluggable mSFP, mSFP LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL only 10 Gbps: FC10-6 blades utilize non-Brocade hot-pluggable, 10 Gbps Small Form-Factor Pluggable (XFP), LC connector; 10 Gbps SWL; 10 Gbps LWL Fibre Channel distance subject to fiber-optic cable and port speed CEE media type: Hot-pluggable, Brocade 10 GbE SFP+ supports any combination of Short-Reach (SR) and Long-Reach (LR) optical transceivers; Brocade copper Twinax cables of one, three, or five meters |
| USB | 1 USB port per control processor for firmware download, support save, and configuration upload/download |
| Fabric services | Advanced Performance Monitoring (including Top Talkers); Adaptive Networking (Ingress Rate Limiting, Traffic Isolation, QoS); BB credit recovery; Bottleneck Detection; Brocade Advanced Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast zoning); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Extended Fabrics; Fabric Watch; FDMI; Frame Redirection; FSPF; Integrated Routing; IPoFC; ISL Trunking; Management Server; N_Port Trunking; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Fencing; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Simple Name Server (SNS); Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric) |
| Extension | Supports DWDM, CWDM, and FC-SONET devices; FCIP, data compression, Fast Write, read/write Tape Pipelining, QoS, BB credit recovery |
| FICON | FICON cascading (FOS: Brocade DCX, DCX-4S; and M-EOS: Brocade DCX only); support for lossless DLS with port-based and exchange-based routing; FICON CUP; Advanced Accelerator for FICON (FICON Global Mirror and XRC emulation and read/write Tape Pipelining). The FC8-64 blade does not support FICON. |
| High Availability | |
| Architecture | Passive backplane; separate and redundant control processor and core switching blades (two of each); redundant WWN cards |
| Chassis power | Two 2000 W AC power supply modules (100 to 240 V auto-sensing), 2N redundancy; Brocade DCX supports two additional power modules |
| Cooling | Two blower assembly modules (one required for operation) |
| Solution availability | Designed to provide 99.999 percent uptime capabilities; hot-pluggable redundant power supplies, fans, WWN cards, processors, core switching, port blades, and optics; online diagnostics; non-disruptive firmware download and activation |
| Management | |
| Management | HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), Telnet; Auditing, Syslog; Brocade Advanced Web Tools, Brocade Fabric Watch; Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) Enterprise (Brocade DCX, DCX-4S) or DCFM Professional/Professional Plus (Brocade DCX-4S only), Brocade Fabric Manager (optional, FOS environments only), Brocade EFCM 9.x (optional), command line interface; SMI-S compliant; Administrative Domains; trial licenses for add-on capabilities |
| Security | DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), FIPS 140-2 L2-compliant, HTTPS, IPsec, IP filtering, LDAP, Port Binding, RADIUS, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure Copy (SCP), Secure RPC, SSH v2, SSL, Switch Binding, Trusted Switch |
| Management access | 10/100/1000 Etherne t (RJ-45) per control processor, in-band over Fibre Channel; serial port (RJ-45) and one USB per control processor module; call-home integration enabled through Brocade DCFM, EFCM, and Fabric Manager |
| 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), and Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD) |
| Mechanical | |
| Enclosure | Rear panel-to-door airflow; Brocade DCX-4S ships with 1U exhaust shelf |
| Mounting | Rack-mountable in a standard 19-inch EIA cabinet |
| Size | Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in) Height: 35.00 cm (13.78 in, 8U) plus 4.37 cm exhaust shelf (1.72 in, 1U) Depth without door: 61.19 cm (24.09 in) Depth with door: 73.20 cm (28.82 in) |
| System weight | 68.04 kg (150.00 lb) for 256-port configuration fully populated; 25.76 kg (56.80 lb) for chassis |
| Environment | |
| Temperature | Operating: 0° C to 40° C (32° F to 104° F) Non-operating: –25° C to 70° C (–13° F to 158° F) |
| Humidity | Operating: 20% to 85% RH non-condensing at 40° C (104° F) Non-operating and storage (non-condensing): 10% to 93% at 70° C (158° F) |
| Altitude | Up to 3000 meters (9842 feet) |
| Shock | Operating: 20 g, 6 ms, half sine Non-operating: 33 g, 11 ms, half sine |
| Vibration | Operating: 0.5 g p-p, 5 to 500 to 5 Hz Non-operating: 2.0 g p-p, 5 to 500 to 5 Hz |
| Heat dissipation | Min: 16-port configuration of 383 W, 1306 BTU/hr Max: 256-port configuration of 862 W, 2943 BTU/hr |
| CO2 emissions | 3.2 metric tonnes per year (with 256 ports at 0.42 kg/kWh) 1.5 kg per Gbps per year |
| Power | |
| Supported power range |
Voltage Range: 85 to 264 VAC Auto-volt Nominal: 100 to 240 VAC Power 85 to 132 VAC: 1000 W 180 to 264 VAC: 2000 W |
| In-rush current | 20 Amps maximum, peak |
| Frequency | 47 to 63 Hz |