Hardware Reference Manual (Supporting Fabric OS v6.1.1_enc) User guide

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• Integrated with industry leading key management systems, including Lifetime Key

Management (LKM) and RSA Key Manager (RKM).

• Full 1:1 subscription on all 32 ports at 8 Gbps.

• HA cluster, Data Encryption Key (DEK) cluster, and Encryption Group (EG) to enable

transparent failover, host MPIO failover, and centralized management of multiple encryption

switches.

• Support for automatic expiry or CLI manual based re-keying.

• Compliance with encryption standards: AES256-XTS 1619.1 (for disk); AES256-GCM IEEE

1619.2 (for tape).

• Smart Card

• Hardware-based key management and generation

• Integrated Routing Fabric Service (optional) to enable encryption capabilities across multiple

fabrics

• NPIV support

• Two hot-swappable, redundant power supply field-replaceable units (FRUs)

• Three hot-swappable fan FRUs in the N+1 configuration to provide hardware-redundant cooling

• One RJ45 1000/100/10 Ethernet management port

• Two RJ45 GE ports for clustering interconnection and re-key, and DEK synchronization within

cluster

• One RJ45 serial console port

• A USB port that facilitates firmware upgrades, serviceability, and system-log functionality.

• A switch subsytem and encryption subsystem which feature a CPU running at 1.3 GHz with

integrated peripherals that provide high performance with low power consumption

• Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking (licensable), allowing up to eight ports (at 1.0625 Gbps, 2.125

Gbps, 4.25 Gbps, or 8.5 Gbps data rate) between a pair of switches to be combined to form a

single, logical ISL with a speed of up to 64 Gbps (full duplex) for optimal bandwidth utilization

and load balancing.

• Dynamic Path Selection (DPS), optimizing fabric-wide performance and load balancing by

automatically routing data to the most efficient available path in the fabric.

• Rack mountable and compatible with Brocade fixed or sliding rail kits on a 19 in. EIA rack and

Brocade mid-mount rail kit on a telecommunications (Telco) rack.

• Brocade Small Form-Factor Plugable (SFP) or SFP+ optical transceivers, providing support for a

combination of Short Wavelength (SWL), Long Wavelength (LWL), or Extended Long

Wavelength (ELWL) optical media among the switch ports.

NOTE

The full range of 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps can only be achieved by a combination of 4 Gbps SFPs (1, 2,

and 4 Gbps) and 8 Gbps SFP+ (2, 4, and 8 Gbps).

• Brocade Fabric Operating System (Fabric OS) support, delivering distributed intelligence

throughout the network and enabling a wide range of applications including Brocade Web

Tools and Brocade Zoning. Optional fabric services include: Adaptive Networking with QoS,

Brocade Extended Fabrics, Brocade Enhanced Group Management, Brocade Fabric Watch, ISL

Trunking, Integrated Routing, and End-to-End Performance Monitoring (APM).

• Extensive diagnostics and system-monitoring capabilities to enhance high Reliability,

Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)