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Flexible Cooling Options
TheBrocadeFCX624andBrocadeFCX
648aretherstBrocadeEthernetswitches
withreversiblefront-to-backairowoptions.
Thisdesignimprovesmountingexibilityin
serverracks,whileadheringtothecooling
guidelinesofthedatacenter.Organizations
canspecifyairowdirectionatthetimeof
orderandcanreversethedirectionafter
deploymentbyswappingthepowersupplies
andthefanassembly.
REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION
Intoday’srapidlygrowingbusiness
environments,organizationsneedto
minimizepowerconsumptionthroughout
theentireITinfrastructure.TheBrocadeFCX
Seriesisdesignedtointelligentlymanage
powerusage,extending“green”initiatives
tothewiringcloset.
Powertoconnecteddevicesisautomatically
negotiatedusingtheLLDP-MEDprotocol,
providingthepowereddeviceswithexactly
theamountofpowertheyneed.Ifdevices
gointosleepmode,theycanrequestless
powerfromthenetwork,minimizingpower
usageinthecampusenvironment.Ataslow
as1.22watts/Gbpsfornon-PoEmodelsand
1.41watts/GbpsforPoEmodels,Brocade
FCXSeriesswitchesconsumeminimal
powerfortheperformanceandfunctionality
theyprovide.
HIGH RELIABILITY IN A
COMPACT FORM FACTOR
Inadditiontostack-levelhigh-availability
capabilitiessuchashitlessfailoverand
hotinsertionandremovalofstackedunits,
BrocadeFCXSeriesswitchesinclude
system-levelhigh-availabilityfeaturessuch
asoptionaldualhot-swappable,load-
sharing,redundantpowersupplies(see
Figures2and3).Themodulardesignalso
hasaremovablefanassembly.These
featuresprovideanotherlevelofavailability
forthecampuswiringclosetandthedata
centerinacompactformfactor.
Additionaldesignfeaturesincludeintake
andexhausttemperaturesensorsandfan
spindetectiontoaidinfastidenticationof
abnormalorfailedoperatingconditionsto
helpminimizemeantimetorepair.
COMPREHENSIVE ENTERPRISE-
CLASS SECURITY
TheBrocadeFCXSeriesutilizesthe
BrocadeFastIron
®
softwareoperating
system,providingarichsecuritysuitefor
Layer2andLayer3services,Network
AccessControl(NAC),andDenialofService
(DoS)protection.FastIronsoftwaresecurity
featuresincludeprotectionagainstTCPSYN
andICMPDoSattacks;SpanningTreeRoot
GuardandBPDUGuardtoprotectnetwork
spanningtreeoperations;andbroadcast
andmulticastpacketratelimiting.
Additionalsecurityfeaturesincludedynamic
ARPinspection,DHCPsnooping,andIP
sourceguardtoprotectagainstaddress
spoongandman-in-themiddleattacks.
Network Access Control (NAC)
Organizationscanrelyonkeyfeatures
suchasmulti-deviceportauthentication
and802.1Xauthenticationwithdynamic
policyassignmenttocontrolnetworkaccess
andperformtargetedauthorizationona
per-userlevel.Inaddition,theBrocadeFCX
SeriessupportsenhancedMediaAccess
Control(MAC)policieswiththeabilityto
denytrafctoandfromMACaddresseson
aper-VLANbasis.Thispowerfultoolhelps
organizationscontrolaccesspoliciesper
endpointdevice.
Standards-basedNACalsofacilitates
best-in-classsolutionsforauthenticating
networkusersandvalidatingthesecurity
postureofconnectingdevices.Supportfor
policy-controlledMAC-basedVLANsprovides
additionalcontrolofnetworkaccess,
enablingpolicy-controlledassignmentof
devicestoLayer2VLANs.
Trafc Monitoring and
Lawful Intercept
Organizationsmightneedtosetuplawful
trafcinterceptduetotoday’sheightened
securityenvironment.Forexample,inthe
UnitedStates,theCommunicationsAssistance
forLawEnforcementAct(CALEA)requires
organizationstobeabletointerceptand
replicatedatatrafcdirectedtoaparticular
user,subnet,port,andsoon.Thiscapability
isparticularlyessentialinnetworks
implementingVoIPphones.BrocadeFCX
Seriesswitchesprovidethecapabilitytomeet
thisrequirementthroughAccessControlList
(ACL)-basedmirroring,MAClter-based
mirroring,andVLAN-basedmirroring.
Figure 2.
BrocadeFCX624andBrocadeFCX648switchmodelsfeaturereversiblefront-to-backairow,
internalredundanthot-swappablepowersupplies,andaswappablefanassembly.
Figure 3.
BrocadeFCX-Sswitchmodelsfeatureinternalredundanthot-swappablepowersupplies
andaswappablefanassembly,inadditiontodedicatedstackingportsandarear-facing
out-of-bandmanagementport.