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Brocade VDX 6746 switch module for Hitachi Cb500

Brocade VDX 6746 switch module for Hitachi Cb500. Presenter name date. Brocade VDX 6746 Switch. What is it?. State-of-the-art 10 Gigabit Ethernet with DCB/ FCoE embedded switch for the Hitachi CB500 blade server platform

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Brocade VDX 6746 switch module for Hitachi Cb500

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  1. Brocade VDX 6746 switch modulefor Hitachi Cb500 Presenter namedate

  2. Brocade VDX 6746 Switch What is it? • State-of-the-art 10 Gigabit Ethernet with DCB/FCoEembedded switch for the Hitachi CB500 blade server platform • Enables Hitachi CB500 to support flexible connectivity options for cloud architectures, including lossless Ethernet fabrics  • Provides CB500 customers the choice to enhance their hierarchical network architectures, deploy flatter scale-out fabrics or converge networks when deploying virtualization and cloud IT infrastructures.  • Designed to increase scalability and enhance VM mobility, further simplifying management and significantly reducing operational overhead of virtualized blade server environments • L3 features allow elimination of the second external aggregation layer

  3. VDX 6746: New 10GE DCB switch MODUle Brocade VDX 6746 • Industry’s 1st Ethernet Fabric enabled embedded 10Gb DCB switch module • flexible connectivity options for cloud architectures • Simplify and enhance hierarchical network architectures • deploy flatter scale-out fabrics *** • converge networks • Brocade VDX 6746 supports • 24 x 10GE ports (16 internal, 8 external) • Non-blocking, cut through architecture, wire speed • Dual speed (1GE/10GE) external ports • 1 Gb RJ-45 connectors and 10 Gbtwinax copper or optical connectors • Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) • DCB and multi hop FCoE • Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP) • Rich set of Layer 2 and Layer 3 features • Hitachi Chassis Management Support

  4. Benefits of VDX 6746 • Embedded design dramatically reduces cabling, power and cooling • Industry-leading performance and ultra-low latency • Simplifies network architectures and enables cloud computing by delivering Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) technology and enabling Ethernet fabrics • VCS technology deploys scale-out fabrics instead of a hierarchical network to flatten the network design, and manages the entire fabric as a single Logical Chassis to reduce complexity • Compared to classic Ethernet architectures, Ethernet fabrics allow all paths to be active, increasing network performance, utilization, and resiliency • Supports lossless unified storage connectivity, and storage and LAN traffic convergence to reduce connectivity cost • Simplifies virtualized server management by enabling seamless Virtual Machine (VM) mobility • Can be deployed into classic 1Gb and 10Gb architectures, preserving existing network designs and cabling • Enables end-to-end management of CB500

  5. Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) • Scale-out, multi-path, highly resilient layer 2 Ethernet Fabric • Self-forming and masterless through Distributed Intelligence • Manage fabric as a single Logical Chassis • LOGICAL • CHASSIS • ETHERNET • FABRIC DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENCE

  6. Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) • Scale-out, multi-path, highly resilient layer 2 Ethernet Fabric • Self-forming and masterless through Distributed Intelligence • Manage fabric as a single Logical Chassis

  7. VCS Multi-pathing at Multiple Layers DRAMATIC INCREASES IN NETWORK UTILIZATION AND RELIABILITY Layer 3 Core Near-perfect load balancing across all links in a trunk group L1: Trunking with frame striping 33% 33% • BENEFIT • FEATURE 33% All links utilized with flow-based load balancing L2: Equal Cost Multi-Pathing (ECMP) Brocade VCS Fabric L3: Fabric load balancing across multiple L3 gateways Improved scalability and resiliency

  8. FC SAN • VCS and FCoE FCoE storage (Multi hop) FC storage * NAS VDX 6720/6730 Top of Rack Switch FC storage * iSCSI DCB VCS license allows creation of a Ethernet Fabric that scales past two switches VCS Cluster Creation of a VCS fabric between 2 embedded switches is free vLAG FCoE license enables single and multi hop FCoE VDX 6746 Embedded Switch FC storage FCoE storage (Single Hop) Server Blade Logical Chassis CB500 * Future use case

  9. Virtual Machine Mobility Challenges Today • Limited sphere of mobility • STP limits flexibility to a minimized, defined tree of switches • L3 limits mobility to a single rack • VM migration can break network/application access • Port setting information must be identical at destination • Map services (VLANs, QoS, security, etc.) to all physical ports • Eases mobility, but undermines network and security best practices • Distributed Virtual Switch • Addresses configuration needs • Consumes server resources and still restricted by physical limits • Limited insight into where VMs are running • VMs exist anywhere in thecluster  Distributed vSwitch L3 to Agg. Layer L2 STP  ? ? ? ? ! ! ! !

  10. VM Mobility with VDX 6746 & VCS Automatic Migration of port profiles (AMPP) • Distributed intelligence of VM location throughout VCS fabric • Granular VLAN, ACL, and QoS policies assigned per VM • Zero network re-configuration required when a VM is moved across the VCS fabric MAC ID MAC ID MAC ID MAC ID MAC ID MAC ID VDX 6746 MAC ID MAC ID MAC ID VDX 6746

  11. FLEXIBLE I/O ARCHITECTURE= FC Fabric + • Ethernet fabric + converged network Single logical chassis of 12 VDX switches Brocade VDX 6746 - 10Gb Ethernet Fabric Switch Module Brocade 5460 – 8Gb FC Switch Module LAN Top of Rack VDX 6720s FC SAN (A) FC SAN (B) NAS/iSCSI/FCoE

  12. NOS 3.0: Native l3 support in vcs fabric Efficient Forwarding Benefits: • Inter VLAN (routed) traffic no longer has to go to core for routing. • Less hops, less latency • VRRP-E load balances L3 traffic between aggregation VDX routers • Better link utilization, Faster recovery Use Cases: • Services (firewall, SLB, etc) can hang off VDX router at aggregation. • Eliminate second external aggregation layer …… With L3 in Fabric Without L3 in Fabric

  13. Nos 3.0 fabric watch Monitor the system health of vdx switches - New in NOS3.0 Syslog Email Fabric Watch Architecture email alert syslog System Status Security Violations SFP Stats Resource Shortage Port Stats Benefit: Ability to monitor critical switch components and resources Use cases: • If CPU usage >90%, alert administrator with email or SMS • If port traffic exceeds certain threshold, create a report

  14. Questions and discussion

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  16. Nos 3.0 summary layer-3, ACL, QOS ACL/Rate Limiting/Policing Layer-3 Forwarding • L3 ACL: IPv4 Standard and Extended ACL • Static Routes, Static ARP, Line Rate L3 Forwarding • Gratuitous ARP • Switched Virtual Interface (SVI) • VRRP/VRRP-E Gateway Redundancy up to 4 virtual routers • Layer-3 Unicast Forwarding in VCS • Route Map Support Layer-3 Routing • OSPF: Base Specification (RFC 2328) • OSPF: MD5 (RFC 2154) NSSA (3101), Database Overflow (1765), • Stub Router (3137), Incremental SPF QoS • Configurable (Global) Egress Scheduling (Strict Priority, Deficit Weighted Round Robin (DWRR), Mixed)

  17. Nos 3.0 summary Management, security and other Management and Security • IP Based In-Band Management (In-Band Management for each R-Bridge in VCS) • Full IPv6 Host Management • TFTP Based Image Download • AAA • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for TACACS+ • MSCHAP for Radius • Authenticator Support (for authenticating a Peer Switch): All auth methods supported by Radius Server • Encryption • AES Encryption for SSHv2 and SNMP Other • Support for FCoE over vLAG Interfaces • FSB (FIP Snooping Bridge) Interworking • Support for 3500 VLANs in VDX67XX

  18. Thank you

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