Brocade M5424 Fibre Channel Blade Switch
Brocade switching technology integrated with Dell M1000e blade architecture

Fibre Channel ports

• 24 ports universal ports (E_Port, F_Port, and N_Port) available in all three models:
  • 24-port Enterprise Performance Pack Edition (includes eight pre-installed 8Gb SFP+ transceivers) plus Enterprise software licenses for Adaptive Networking, ISL Trunking, Fabric Watch, and Advanced Performance Monitoring
  • 24-port model (includes four pre-installed 8Gb SFP+ transceivers)
  • 12-port model (includes two pre-installed 8Gb SFP+ transceivers) – upgradeable to 24-port model through optional 12-port upgrade license kit

Scalability

• Full fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum

Certified maximum

• 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

Interoperability

• Brocade 2XXX, 3XXX, 4XXX, 5XXX and Director family switches. AG Mode supports Brocade, McData and Cisco fabrics

Performance

• 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 fixed port speed; speed matching between 8, 4, 2, and 1 Gbit/sec ports

ISL Trunking

• Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking allows all eight external SAN ports to be combined to form a single, logical ISL with an aggregate bandwidth of 64Gb delivering scalable I/O bandwidth utilization and load balancing.

Aggregate bandwidth

• 384 Gbit/sec end-to-end (full duplex)

Fabric latency

• 700 ns with no contention, cut through routing at 8 Gbit/sec

Maximum frame size

• 2112-byte payload

Classes of Service

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

Port Types

• 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

Data Traffic Types

• Fabric switches supporting unicast

Media Types

• 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

Fabric Services

• 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, and FDMI
  NOTE: Some fabric services do not apply or are unavailable in Brocade Access Gateway mode

Options

• 4Gb SFP & 8Gb SFP+ transceivers (single pack)
• Ports on Demand (12-port license upgrade kit - for 12-port model only)
• Enterprise Performance Pack : Software option for 12-port and 24-port models that includes Adaptive Networking, ISL Trunking, Fabric Watch, and Advanced Performance Monitoring)
• ISL Trunking: Software option for 12-port and 24-port models

Management

• Supported Mgmt Software
  • Telnet, HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); Auditing, Syslog, Change Management tracking; EZSwitchSetup wizard;
  • Brocade Advanced Web Tools; Brocade DCFM Professional/Enterprise; SMI-S compliant, SMI-S scripting toolkit, Administrative Domains
• Security
  • 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
• Management access 
  • In-band over Fibre Channel; serial port (RJ-45); call-home integration enabled through Brocade DCFM
• 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)

Chassis

• Width: 272.75 mm
• Height: 32.48 mm
• Depth: 307.24 mm
• Weight: 4.65 Pounds— without media

Environmental Operating Conditions

• Temperature Operating: 0°C to 40°C(32°F to 104°F) 
• Temperature Non-operating: -20°C to 70°C(-4°F to 158°F)
• Humidity Operating: 10% to 90%, non-condensing at 29°C 
• Humidity 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 
• Vibration Non-operating: 0.5G at 2 Hz to 200 Hz for 15 minutes; 1.04 grms random for 15 minutes

Power

• DC input: 12V and 3.3V from chassis
• Power consumption: About 32 Watts