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Fiber to the Desktop for
Security-Sensitive Applications
TheBrocadeFCX624S-Fprovides24
SFP100/1000Mbpsber-opticportsfor
governmentandmilitarynetworkinitiatives
orforapplicationsrequiringadditional
securityandresiliency.Forthesetypes
ofnetworkenvironments,ber-opticcable
istheultimatetransmissionmedium,
becauseitdoesnotemitelectromagnetic
signalsthatcanbeintercepted.And,unlike
copperwires,opticalbercannotbetapped
withoutdetection.Fiber-opticnetwork
linksarealsoimmunetoRadioFrequency
Interference(RFI)andElectro-Magnetic
Interference(EMI).
Threat Detection and Mitigation
TheBrocadeFCXSeriesutilizesembedded
hardware-basedsFlowtrafcsamplingto
extendBrocadeIronShield360securityto
thenetworkedge.Thisuniqueandpowerful
closed-loopthreatmitigationsolutionuses
best-in-classintrusiondetectionsystemsto
inspecttrafcsamplesforpossiblenetwork
attacks.Inresponsetoadetectedattack,
BrocadeNetworkAdvisorcanautomatically
applyasecuritypolicytothecompromised
port,stoppingnetworkattacksinrealtime
withoutadministratorintervention.
Advanced Multicast Features
TheBrocadeFCXSeriessupportsarich
setofLayer2multicastsnoopingfeatures
thatenableadvancedmulticastservices
delivery.InternetGroupManagement
Protocol(IGMP)snoopingforIGMPversion
1,2,and3issupported.Supportfor
IGMPv3source-basedmulticastsnooping
improvesbandwidthutilizationandsecurity
formulticastservices.Toenablemulticast
servicesdeliveryinIPv6networks,the
BrocadeFCXSeriessupportsMulticast
ListenerDiscovery(MLD)version1and2
snooping—themulticastprotocolsusedin
IPv6environments.
NETWORK RESILIENCY THROUGH
FAULT DETECTION
SoftwarefeaturessuchasVirtualSwitch
RedundancyProtocol(VSRP),Brocade
Metro-RingProtocol(MRP)v1andv2,Rapid
SpanningTreeProtocol(RSTP),protected
linkgroups,802.3adLinkAggregation,
andtrunkgroupsprovidealternatepaths
fortrafcintheeventofalinkfailure.
Sub-secondfaultdetectionutilizingLink
FaultSignaling(LFS)andRemoteFault
Notication(RFN)helpsensurefastfault
detectionandrecovery.
Enhancedspanningtreefeaturessuch
asRootGuardandBPDUGuardprevent
roguehijackingofaspanningtreeroot
andmaintainacontention-andloop-free
environment,especiallyduringdynamic
networkdeployments.Inaddition,the
BrocadeFCXSeriessupportsport-loop
detectiononedgeportsthatdonothave
spanningtreeenabled.Thiscapability
protectsthenetworkfrombroadcaststorms
andotheranomaliesthatcanresultfrom
Layer1orLayer2loopbacksonEthernet
cablesorendpoints.
Protectedlinkgroupsminimizedisruption
tothenetworkbyprotectingcriticallinks
fromlossofdataandpower.Inaprotected
linkgroup,oneportinthegroupactsas
theprimaryoractivelink,andtheother
portsactassecondaryorstandbylinks.The
activelinkcarriesthetrafcand,ifitgoes
down,oneofthestandbylinkstakesover.
UniDirectionalLinkDetection(UDLD)
monitorsalinkbetweentwoBrocadeFCX
Seriesswitchesandbringsdowntheports
onbothendsofthelinkifthelinkfailsat
anypointbetweenthetwodevices.
TheBrocadeFCXSeriesalsosupports
stabilityfeaturessuchasportapdampening,
single-linkLinkAggregationControlProtocol
(LACP),andportloopdetection.
ADVANCED CAPABILITIES
Tomeetawiderangeofrequirements,the
BrocadeFCXSeriesprovidesfullLayer3
capabilities,alongwithmetrofeaturesfor
connectingbuildingsandcampuses.
Full Layer 3 Capabilities
AllBrocadeFCXswitchescomestandard
withpowerfulLayer3IPv4andIPv6
switchingcapabilities.Organizations
canuseLayer3featuressuchasOSPF
andRIProuting,policy-basedrouting,VRRP,
andProtocol-IndependentMulticast(PIM)
toreducecomplexityandenhancethe
reliabilityoflargeenterprisenetworks
bybringingLayer3capabilitiestothe
networkedge.
Advanced(-ADV)modelsincludeBGP
routingcapabilities,enablingremote
ofcestoconnectBrocadeFCXSeries
switchestoserviceprovidernetworks.
BGProutingcanalsobeaddedtoany
BrocadeFCXSeriesswitchmodelthrough
softwarekey-basedactivation.
Metro Features Connecting
Buildings and Campuses
BecauseBrocadeFCXSeriesswitches
includeMetropolitanAreaNetwork(MAN)
features,organizationscanusethemto
connectadistributedenterprise.Inthis
typeofenvironment,BrocadeFCXSeries
switchesproviderichservicesusingMRP
(v1andv2)forbuildingresilientring-
basedtopologies,VLANstacking(Q-in-Q),
andadvancedmulticastcapabilities—
includingIGMPv1/v2/v3andMulticast
ListenerDiscovery(MLD)v1/v2snooping
forcontrollingmulticasttrafcforhigh-
bandwidthcontentdelivery.