Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone
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Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone

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Overview:

Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones are the industry’s most reliable, scalable, and high-performance Gen 5 Fibre Channel switching infrastructure for mission-critical storage. They are designed to increase business agility while providing non-stop access to information and reducing infrastructure and administrative costs.

Networks need to evolve in order to support the growing demands of highly virtualized environments, new flash-based storage, and private cloud architectures. Fibre Channel, the de facto standard for storage networking, is evolving with the data center. Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones with Gen 5 Fibre Channel deliver a new level of scalability and advanced capabilities to this robust, reliable, and highperformance technology. This enables organizations to continue leveraging their existing IT investments as they grow their businesses. In addition, they can consolidate their Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructures to simplify management and reduce operating costs.

Maximum Flexibility and Reliability

Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones are available in two modular form factors. Built for large enterprise networks, the 14U Brocade DCX 8510-8 has eight vertical blade slots to provide up to 512 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports. Built for midsize networks, the 8U Brocade DCX 8510-4 has four horizontal blade slots to provide up to 256 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports. The Brocade DCX 8510 family supports 2, 4, 8, 10, and 16 Gbps Fibre Channel, FICON®, and 1/10 Gbps Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP).

To help minimize downtime costs, Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones build upon years of innovation and leverage the core technology of Brocade systems performing at greater than 99.999 percent uptime in the world’s most demanding data centers.

Features

Experience nonstop connectivity designed to provide efficient and reliable end-to-end SAN communications.Confirm uninterrupted network service with dynamic fabric provisioning.

Helps eliminate fabric reconfiguration when adding or replacing servers.
Reduces the need for zone modification and logical unit number (LUN) masking.
Allows devices to be moved within a switch, such as migrating virtual World Wide Names (WWNs), with a simple move command.

Help safeguard fabric link-level integrity with end-to-end optics and link validation.

Identify and isolate optics and cable problems faster.
Non-intrusively verify transceiver and cable health through electrical and optical tests, cable health checks, digital diagnostics and more.

Help ensure predictable application performance over links with granular latency and distance measurements and application-level I/O profile simulations.

Highlights

Maximizes performance for I/O and bandwidth-intensive applications with unmatched scalability, performance, and reliability
Utilizes Brocade UltraScale chassis connectivity for simpler, flatter, low-latency fabrics
Optimizes data center connectivity over distance with integrated highperformance metro and global connectivity
Leverages Brocade Fabric Vision technology’s powerful monitoring, management, and diagnostic tools to simplify administration, increase uptime, and reduce costs
Helps pinpoint problems faster and simplify SAN configuration and management with customizable Brocade Network Advisor health and performance dashboards

Specifications:

Legend: S — Standard, OA — Option Available, N — Not Available

Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone Specifications
Chassis USB 1 USB port per control processor for firmware download, support save, and configuration upload/download Mechanical Enclosure Rear panel-to-door airflow; Brocade DCX 8510-4 ships with 1U exhaust shelf Size Brocade DCX 8510-8 Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in.) Height: 61.24 cm (24.11 in., 14U) Depth (without door): 61.19 cm (24.09 in.) Depth (with door): 73.20 cm (28.82 in.) Brocade DCX 8510-4 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 Brocade DCX 8510-8 103.50 kg (228.20 lb) for 384-port configuration fully populated 39.55 kg (82.20 lb) for chassis Brocade DCX 8510-4 68.04 kg (150.00 lb) for 192-port configuration fully populated 25.76 kg (56.80 lb) for chassis Environmental Operating Conditions 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 Hz Non-operating: 2.0 g p-p, 5 to 500 Hz CO2 emissions Brocade DCX 8510-8 7.8 metric tonnes per year (with 384 ports at 0.42 kg/kWh) 0.95 kg per Gbps per year Brocade DCX 8510-4 4.3 metric tonnes per year (with 256 ports at 0.42 kg/kWh) 1.04 kg per Gbps per year Airflow Maximum: 42 CFM Nominal (65% speed): 35 CFM Heat dissipation Brocade DCX 8510-8 Min: 32-port configuration (no QSFP), 873 W, 2982 BTU/hr Max: 384-port configuration (fully-loaded w/QSFPs), 2242 W, 7654 BTU/hr Brocade DCX 8510-4 Min: 32-port configuration (no QSFP), 618 W, 2111 BTU/hr Max: 192-port configuration (fully-loaded w/QSFPs), 1195 W, 4078 BTU/hr Fabric Services Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) (including Top Talkers for E_Ports, F_Ports, and Fabric mode); Brocade Adaptive Networking (Ingress Rate Limiting, Traffic Isolation, QoS); Bottleneck Detection; Brocade Advanced Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast zoning); Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Brocade Extended Fabrics; Enhanced BB credit recovery; Brocade Fabric Watch; FDMI; Frame Redirection; Frame-based Trunking; FSPF; Integrated Routing; IPoFC; Brocade ISL Trunking; Management Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Fencing; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Brocade Server Application Optimization (SAO); Simple Name Server (SNS); Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric	Fibre Channel ports 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 using up to eight 32-, or 48-port Fibre Channel blades. 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 using 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 per chassis, optical QSFP) connect up to six Brocade DCX 8510 chassis. Frame-based trunking with up to eight 16 Gbps ports per ISL trunk; up to 128 Gbps per ISL trunkExchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade Fabric OS Media Types 16 Gbps: Brocade FC16-32 and -48 require Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 16 Gbps SWL, LWL 8 Gbps: Brocade FC16-32 and -48; Brocade FX8-24; and Brocade FS8-18 blades require Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL 8 Gbps: Brocade FC8-64 blades require Brocade hot-pluggable mSFP, mSFP LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL only ICL QSFP: Brocade CR16-8 and CR16-4 require Brocade hot-pluggable QSFP, MTP connector; 4×16 Gbps SWL Note: Fibre Channel distance subject to fiber-optic cable and port speed Management Management software HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; Auditing, Syslog; 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 Domains; trial licenses for add-on capabilities Management access 10/100/1000 Ethernet (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 Network Advisor Diagnostics D_Port offline diagnostics, including electrical/optical loopback, link traffic/latency/distance; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), frame viewer, non-disruptive daemon restart port mirroring (SPAN port), optics health monitoring, power monitoring (16 Gbps blades-only), RAStrace logging, and Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD) Performance Fibre Channel: Auto-sensing of 2, 4, 8, and 16 Gbps port speeds DCB/CEE: 2.125 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 8.5 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 10.53 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 14.025 Gbps line speed, full duplex Maximum frame size: 2112-byte payload D_Port (Diagnostic Port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port); self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port); optional port type control Power Maximum: 350 watts Consumption: 306 watts Input voltage: 85 to 132 VAC: 1000 W 180 to 264 VAC: 2000 W Input line frequency: 47 to 63 Hz (Nominal: 50-60 HZ) Inrush current: 60 Amps maximum, peak

Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone Specifications

Chassis

USB
1 USB port per control processor for firmware download, support save, and configuration upload/download

Mechanical
Enclosure
Rear panel-to-door airflow; Brocade DCX 8510-4 ships with 1U exhaust shelf

Size
Brocade DCX 8510-8
Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in.)
Height: 61.24 cm (24.11 in., 14U)
Depth (without door): 61.19 cm (24.09 in.)
Depth (with door): 73.20 cm (28.82 in.)

Brocade DCX 8510-4
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
Brocade DCX 8510-8
103.50 kg (228.20 lb) for 384-port configuration fully populated
39.55 kg (82.20 lb) for chassis Brocade DCX 8510-4
68.04 kg (150.00 lb) for 192-port configuration fully populated
25.76 kg (56.80 lb) for chassis

Environmental Operating Conditions

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 Hz
Non-operating: 2.0 g p-p, 5 to 500 Hz

CO2 emissions
Brocade DCX 8510-8
7.8 metric tonnes per year (with 384 ports at 0.42 kg/kWh)
0.95 kg per Gbps per year

Brocade DCX 8510-4
4.3 metric tonnes per year (with 256 ports at 0.42 kg/kWh)
1.04 kg per Gbps per year

Airflow
Maximum: 42 CFM
Nominal (65% speed): 35 CFM

Heat dissipation
Brocade DCX 8510-8
Min: 32-port configuration (no QSFP), 873 W, 2982 BTU/hr
Max: 384-port configuration (fully-loaded w/QSFPs), 2242 W, 7654 BTU/hr

Brocade DCX 8510-4
Min: 32-port configuration (no QSFP), 618 W, 2111 BTU/hr
Max: 192-port configuration (fully-loaded w/QSFPs), 1195 W, 4078 BTU/hr

Fabric Services

Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) (including Top Talkers for E_Ports, F_Ports, and Fabric mode); Brocade Adaptive Networking (Ingress Rate Limiting, Traffic Isolation, QoS); Bottleneck Detection; Brocade Advanced Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast zoning); Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Brocade Extended Fabrics; Enhanced BB credit recovery; Brocade Fabric Watch; FDMI; Frame Redirection; Frame-based Trunking; FSPF; Integrated Routing; IPoFC; Brocade ISL Trunking; Management Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Fencing; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Brocade Server Application Optimization (SAO); Simple Name Server (SNS); Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric

Fibre Channel ports

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 using up to eight 32-, or 48-port Fibre Channel blades. 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 using 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 per chassis, optical QSFP) connect up to six Brocade DCX 8510 chassis.

Frame-based trunking with up to eight 16 Gbps ports per ISL trunk; up to 128 Gbps per ISL trunkExchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade Fabric OS

Media Types

16 Gbps: Brocade FC16-32 and -48 require Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 16 Gbps SWL, LWL

8 Gbps: Brocade FC16-32 and -48; Brocade FX8-24; and Brocade FS8-18 blades require Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL

8 Gbps: Brocade FC8-64 blades require Brocade hot-pluggable mSFP, mSFP LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL only

ICL QSFP: Brocade CR16-8 and CR16-4 require Brocade hot-pluggable QSFP, MTP connector; 4×16 Gbps SWL

Note: Fibre Channel distance subject to fiber-optic cable and port speed

Management

Management software
HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; Auditing, Syslog; 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 Domains; trial licenses for add-on capabilities

Management access
10/100/1000 Ethernet (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 Network Advisor

Diagnostics
D_Port offline diagnostics, including electrical/optical loopback, link traffic/latency/distance; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), frame viewer, non-disruptive daemon restart port mirroring (SPAN port), optics health monitoring, power monitoring (16 Gbps blades-only), RAStrace logging, and Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD)

Performance

Fibre Channel: Auto-sensing of 2, 4, 8, and 16 Gbps port speeds
DCB/CEE:
2.125 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 8.5 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 10.53 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 14.025 Gbps line speed, full duplex

Maximum frame size: 2112-byte payload

D_Port (Diagnostic Port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port); self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port); optional port type control

Power

Maximum: 350 watts

Consumption: 306 watts

Input voltage:
85 to 132 VAC: 1000 W
180 to 264 VAC: 2000 W

Input line frequency: 47 to 63 Hz (Nominal: 50-60 HZ)

Inrush current: 60 Amps maximum, peak

Documentation:

Download the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone Spec Sheet (PDF).

Pricing Notes:

Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.

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