Not all networks are created equal. Brocade Ethernet Fabrics, as joined in the IBM Flex EN4023 embedded switch, revolutionizes by automating and optimizing your network, enabling you to reduce total cost of ownership, not just capital expenses. Lab tests have validated the Opex and Capex advantages of VCS Ethernet Fabrics over traditional networking. Learn how customers have reduced network infrastructure requirements by 25% and increases the networks performance by up to 30%. See how Dynamic Ports on Demand can save hardware costs. Learn the dramatic Operational impact VCS Fabric switches have on decreasing time to deploy the network by 79% and decreasing the time to implement network changes by 85%.

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Brocade Ethernet Fabrics
Not All Networks Are Created Equal
Steven Puzio – Sr. Manager OEM Systems Engineering
May 20th , 2014

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Public Cloud Provider Data Centers
Key IT imperatives
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Eliminate
Complexity
Speed Time to Deploy
New Applications
Automation and
Orchestration
Multitenancy

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Brocade Ethernet Fabrics
By the numbers
Link utilization compared to traditional IP Networking.100%
30%
Additional bandwidth to chassis.
Greater hardware consolidation.
5X Easier to deploy
$36K CapEx Savings for a Single IBM Flex Chassis
90% OpEx savings due VCS auto-configuring, auto-healing features

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What
Is an
Ethernet
Fabric?
 Optimized for server virtualization
and cloud architectures
 More efficient, higher throughput,
lower latency
 Scale-out vs. scale-up to
increase flexibility and reduce
cost
 Simplified deployment and
administration
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Ethernet Fabrics vs. Legacy Networks
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Conventional data centers
Classic, Hierarchical Architecture
CoreAggregationAccess
Complex
Inefficient
Expensive

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Ethernet Fabrics
Ideally suited for modern data centers
Ethernet Fabric Architecture
EdgeCore
Scalability
Automated
Efficient
Evolutionary

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Brocade VDX – TCO Analysis
Benefits Breakdown Cumulative 4 Rack Configuration
TCO savings with Brocade $4,520,981

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Redefining Total Cost of Ownership
–Competitors can drop price to reduce CapEx
–Brocade can reduce TCO (CapEx and
OpEx)
–Decreasing the time to deploy the network
by 79%
–Decreasing the time to implement changes
to the network by 85%
ELIMINATE
COMPLEXITY

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Automation
• Zero-touch VM discovery,
configuration, and
mobility
• Self-forming trunks
• Minimal configuration to
add links or switches
• Five times faster to
deploy additional network
capacity

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Brocade VCS Fabrics Are Self-Forming
 Automatic fabric creation and expansion (two steps, 1 to 2 minutes)
 Automatic trunk creation
30 GbE Data
Center Bridging
(DCB) trunk
(3×10 GbE)
10 GbE DCB
link
RBridge 1 RBridge 2
RBridge 3
GEHA reduced
basic network
management time
by 20 percent,
or over 1000
man-hours per year.
SunPower reduced
setup time by over 80
percent compared to its
three-tier network.

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10-Node Fabric Setup
 Brocade VCS Fabric technology, with 10
Brocade VDX 6720 Switches:
– Step 1: Turn switches on
– Step 2: Configure RBridge IDs
– Step 3: Connect cables
– Step 4: There’s no step 4
 Cisco FabricPath, 10 Nexus 7000 Switches:
– Step 1: Create two portchannels between a Nexus pair
– Step 2: Activate Virtual PortChannel (vPC) between
them
– Step 3: Activate FabricPath on the vPC pair
– Step 4: Activate vPC+ in the pair (~7 commands per
switch)
– […]
– Step 19: Configure Media Access Control (MAC)
learning mode for FabricPath Virtual LANs (FP
VLANs)
– Step 20: Activate FabricPath in the defined
portchannel
– Step 21: Repeat the previous 20 steps for the four
other vPC+ pairs
– […]
– Step 101: Configure two portchannels between each
edge vPC pair and the core vPC pair
– […]
– Step 106: Activate FabricPath on the eight defined
portchannels
– […]
– Step 114: On each Nexus 7000 in the core vPC,
define eight portchannels
– […]
Brocade VCS Fabric technology vs. competitor

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VCS DIFFERENTIATOR :
 Automatic Fabric Creation and Expansion
 Automatic Trunk Creation
30GbE DCB Trunk (3x10GbE)
10GbE DCB Link
20GbE DCB Trunk (2x10GbE)
AUTOMATED EFFICIENT BUILT FOR CLOUD

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Simplifying Operational Complexity
Logical Chassis Management
ADMINISTRATIVE COST &
COMPLEXITY INCREASES WITH
DATA CENTER SCALE
ADMINISTRATIVE COST REMAINS
RELATIVELY FLAT WITH DATA CENTER
SCALE
VCS
Traditional Management VCS Logical Chassis
Management
N points of management Single point of management

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VCS DIFFERENTIATOR :
VM-Aware Network Automation
• No need for manual
configuration of MAC
addresses and port profiles;
less error-prone
• Minimizes procedural delays
between the server and
network IT teams
• Eases integration of multiple
Brocade VCS fabrics with
VMware
• Protects against VM/MAC
spoofing via secure vCenter
communication
Brocade
Network
Advisor
NAS iSCSI FCoE FC iSCSIInfiniBand
vCenter
AUTOMATED EFFICIENT BUILT FOR CLOUD

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What is Auto NAS
NAS Traffic Prioritization
 Fabric is designed for versatile
storage technology: NAS, iSCSI,
Object, FCoE
 Multi-pathing, Low Latency,
Lossless, Highly Resilient
Architecture enables Scale Out
Storage
 All the nodes in the fabric will
auto prioritize NAS Storage
traffic over other traffic types
(NFS, SMB/CIFS)
 Ability to monitor IP Storage
traffic through ACL Counters
Compute Racks
Storage Racks
iSCSI FCoE NAS
Lossless Priority: FCoE TrafficLossless Priority: FCoE Traffic
Medium Priority: NAS TrafficMedium Priority: NAS Traffic
Other Priorities: Best Effort TrafficOther Priorities: Best Effort Traffic

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VCS DIFFERENTIATOR :
INCREASE LINK EFFICIENCY WITH BROCADE TRUNKING
70%
40%
40%
50% 50% 50%
Traditional algorithms cause imbalances Brocade Trunking increase link efficiency
AUTOMATED EFFICIENT BUILT FOR CLOUD
Upto
160GE
trunking

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Performance Drives Savings
–Significantly reduce network
infrastructure requirements by 25%
–Consolidate a virtualized environment
with 32% more traffic to the servers
–Increase the networks performance by up
to 30%
SPEED OF FABRICS

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Improve Network Utilization
Multipathing in multiple layers
How It Works
1. Layer 3 gateway multipathing (in red) is achieved
via multiple active Layer 3 gateways.
2. Layer 2 multipathing (in blue) is performed with
industry-standard Transparent Interconnect of
Lots of Links (TRILL).
3. Layer 1 multipathing (in green) is achieved
via Brocade ISL Trunking, providing the industry’s
best load balancing across a trunk group.
Layer 3 Gateway
Resiliency
Maximum Network
Utilization
Automated Load
Balancing
User Benefits
40%
40%
40%

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VCS - Evolutionary architecture:
CLASSIC TO FABRIC TRANSITION
• Intro VCS in a POD
• Flat layer 2
• Co-exist with legacy
access switches
• Scale Out VCS
• Co-exist with legacy
access/aggregation
• Fully deployed fabric
• Core-Edge Solution
• Legacy network
support
FCX
LAG
Other
vendor
switches
MLX
RX
VCS
MLX
(or
Cisco/Juniper)
FCX
Other
vendor
switches
ML
X
RX
VCS
VDX
FCX
Other
vendor
switches
RX
VCS
VDX
MLX
(or
Cisco/Juniper)
MLX
(or
Cisco/Juniper)
11 22 33
Redeplo
y

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IBM EN2740 - Blackbird Overview
• Brocade VCS Ethernet Fabric Switch
• Internal Ports (KR)
• 42 x 10GbE (with 1GbE/10GbE auto negotiation)
• External Ports
• 14 x 10GbE Ports
• 2 x 40GbE ports with breakout capability
• Single ASIC, 850 ns latency
• 128K MAC, 32K ARP, 12K ACL
• Support for low cost of entry base with POD upgrades
• Brocade features as supported in NOS 4.0
• IBM specific features:
• Feature on Demand (S/W upgrades)
• Monitoring with IBM FSM
2x40GbEPorts14x10GbEPorts
42x10GbEEthernetInternalports
FCoE, FlexPort , OpenFlow, & VxLAN Gateway
HW Capable

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VDX 6740 & 6740T: Next Generation TOR DC Switch
 Leading performance
– Fixed 48 X1/10Gbe SFP+ /Base-T ports and 4 X 40GbE
QSFP+
– 850ns / 3us any port to port latency ,
– 24MB Deep buffers with Dynamic Buffering
– 160K MAC, 32K ARP, 13K ACL, 1K port profiles
 Advanced capabilities
– 32 Flex Ports(FC/Ethernet/FCOE)*
– Advanced (IPv4, IPv6*) Layer 2/3 feature set
– Full IP storage support with DCB capabilities
– Cloud ID/Fine Grained Label/NVGRE capable
– VXLAN end point(VTEP) capable . Up to 2K VTEP *
– SDN Capable (Openflow support)*
– ISSU capable*
 Unparalleled Value
– Single ASIC, Non-blocking, Cut through Architecture
– Linear scalability options through POD license scheme
– Up to 160GbE Brocade Trunk support
 Leading performance
– Fixed 48 X1/10Gbe SFP+ /Base-T ports and 4 X 40GbE
QSFP+
– 850ns / 3us any port to port latency ,
– 24MB Deep buffers with Dynamic Buffering
– 160K MAC, 32K ARP, 13K ACL, 1K port profiles
 Advanced capabilities
– 32 Flex Ports(FC/Ethernet/FCOE)*
– Advanced (IPv4, IPv6*) Layer 2/3 feature set
– Full IP storage support with DCB capabilities
– Cloud ID/Fine Grained Label/NVGRE capable
– VXLAN end point(VTEP) capable . Up to 2K VTEP *
– SDN Capable (Openflow support)*
– ISSU capable*
 Unparalleled Value
– Single ASIC, Non-blocking, Cut through Architecture
– Linear scalability options through POD license scheme
– Up to 160GbE Brocade Trunk support
Ethernet Fabrics
Data Center Access

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VDX 8770: Next Generation DC Switch
 Leading performance
– Backplane scales to 4Tbps per slot
– Up to 384 x 10GbE or 96 x 40GbE ports in 8
slots
– 4-, and 8- slot chassis
 Advanced capabilities
– Scales to 8,000+ ports per fabric
– Advanced (IPv4, IPv6*) Layer 2/3 feature set
– Removable and load-sharing components
– Fully redundant management, fabric, and PSUs
– Hitless failover and software upgrade*
 Unparalleled Value
– Best-in-class power efficiency
– Linear scalability options
– NEBS Level 3 Certified
 Leading performance
– Backplane scales to 4Tbps per slot
– Up to 384 x 10GbE or 96 x 40GbE ports in 8
slots
– 4-, and 8- slot chassis
 Advanced capabilities
– Scales to 8,000+ ports per fabric
– Advanced (IPv4, IPv6*) Layer 2/3 feature set
– Removable and load-sharing components
– Fully redundant management, fabric, and PSUs
– Hitless failover and software upgrade*
 Unparalleled Value
– Best-in-class power efficiency
– Linear scalability options
– NEBS Level 3 Certified
Ethernet Fabrics
Data Center Access/Aggregation

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Brocade VDX – TCO Analysis
Benefits Breakdown Cumulative 4 Rack Configuration
TCO savings with Brocade $4,520,981

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Brocade VDX – TCO Analysis
Benefits Breakdown Cumulative (4 Rack Configuration)

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