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SIMPLIFIED, SECURE MANAGEMENT
BASED ON OPEN STANDARDS
TheBrocadeFCXSeriesprovides
simplied,standards-basedmanagement
capabilitiesthathelporganizationsreduce
administrativetimeandeffortwhile
securingtheirnetworks.
Simplied Deployment with
Auto-Conguration
TheBrocadeFCXSeriessupportsauto-
conguration,simplifyingdeployment
withatrulyplug-and-playexperience.
Organizationscanusethisfeature
toautomateIPaddressandfeature
congurationoftheswitcheswithout
requiringahighlytrainednetworkengineer
onsite.Whentheswitchespowerup,they
automaticallyreceiveanIPaddressand
congurationfromDHCPandTrivialFile
TransportProtocol(TFTP)servers.Atthis
time,theswitchescanalsoautomatically
receiveasoftwareupdatetobeatthesame
coderevisionasalreadyinstalledswitches.
Open-Standards Management
TheBrocadeFCXSeriesincludesan
industry-standardCommandLineInterface
(CLI)andsupportsSecureShell(SSHv2),
SecureCopy(SCP),andSNMPv3torestrict
andencryptmanagementcommunications
tothesystem.Inaddition,supportfor
TerminalAccessControllerAccessControl
System(TACACS/TACACS+)andRADIUS
authenticationhelpsensuresecure
operatoraccess.
Out-of-BandManagementTheBrocade
FCXSeriesincludesa10/100/1000Mbps
RJ-45Ethernetportdedicatedtoout-of-
bandmanagement,providingaremotepath
tomanagetheswitches,regardlessofthe
statusorcongurationofthedataports.
UNIFIED WIRED/WIRELESS
NETWORK MANAGEMENT WITH
BROCADE NETWORK ADVISOR
Managingenterprisecampusnetworks
continuestobecomemorecomplexdue
tothegrowthinservicesthatrelyonwired
andwirelessnetworks.Servicessuch
asInternet,e-mail,videoconferencing,
real-timecollaboration,anddistance
learningallhavespeciccongurationand
managementrequirements.Atthesame
time,organizationsfaceincreasingdemand
toprovideuninterruptedservicesforhigh-
qualityvoiceandUC,wirelessmobility,and
multimediaapplications.
Toreducecomplexityandthetimespent
managingtheseenvironments,theeasy-
to-useBrocadeNetworkAdvisordiscovers,
manages,anddeployscongurationsto
groupsofIPdevices.ByusingtheBrocade
NetworkAdvisorDeviceConguration
Managertool,organizationscancongure
VLANswithinthenetwork,managewireless
APrealms,orexecuteCLIcommandson
specicIPdevicesorgroupsofIPdevices.
sFlow-basedproactivemonitoringisidealfor
performingnetwork-widetroubleshooting,
generatingtrafcreports,andgaining
visibilityintonetworkactivityfromthe
edgetothecore.BrocadeNetworkAdvisor
centralizesmanagementoftheentirefamily
ofBrocadewiredandwirelessproducts,
includingtheBrocadeFCXSeries.
BROCADE GLOBAL SERVICES
BrocadeGlobalServiceshastheexpertise
tohelporganizationsbuildscalable,
efcientcloudinfrastructures.Leveraging
15yearsofexpertiseinstorage,networking,
andvirtualization,BrocadeGlobalServices
deliversworld-classprofessionalservices,
technicalsupport,networkmonitoring
services,andeducation,enabling
organizationstomaximizetheirBrocade
investments,acceleratenewtechnology
deployments,andoptimizetheperformance
ofnetworkinginfrastructures.
MAXIMUM OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
AND INVESTMENT PROTECTION
Tofurtherimproveoperationalefciency,
BrocadeFCXSeriesSwitchescomewith
90daysoffreetechnicalsupportfrom
theBrocadeTechnicalAssistanceCenter
andfreesoftwareupdates.Withthese
capabilities,organizationsgainpeace
ofmindwhilefreeingupITbudgetand
resourcestogrowtheirbusinesses.
WARRANTY
TheBrocadeFCXSeriesiscoveredbythe
BrocadeAssuranceLimitedLifetimeWarranty.
Fordetails,visitwww.brocade.com/warranty.
CLOUD-OPTIMIZED NETWORK
ACQUISITION
Brocadehelpsorganizationseasily
addresstheirinformationtechnology
requirementsbyofferingexiblenetwork
acquisitionandsupportalternativesto
meettheirnancialneeds.Organizations
canselectfrompurchase,lease,and
BrocadeNetworkSubscriptionoptionsto
alignnetworkacquisitionwiththeirunique
capitalrequirementsandriskproles.
Tolearnmore,visitwww.Brocade.com/
CapitalSolutions.
MAXIMIZING INVESTMENTS
Tohelpoptimizetechnologyinvestments,
Brocadeanditspartnersoffercomplete
solutionsthatincludeprofessionalservices,
technicalsupport,andeducation.For
moreinformation,contactaBrocadesales
partnerorvisitwww.brocade.com.