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Brocade M5424 8 Gbit/Sec Fibre Channel Switch for M1000e-Series Blade Enclosures DATA SHEET BROCADE M5424 8 GBIT/SEC FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH FOR M1000E-SERIES BLADE ENCLOSURES STORAGE AREA Simplifying SAN Storage for NETWORK Dell PowerEdge Blade Solutions HIGHLIGHTS Enterprises are deploying high density • Simplifies SAN connectivity and leverages blade servers and leveraging virtualization next-generation 8 Gbit/sec technology technology in order to maximize the benefits to reduce costs, improve reliability and of consolidation: reduce capital and increase flexibility operational costs, simplify management complexity, lower power, cooling and • Easily integrates Dell PowerEdge M1000e space requirements and eliminate cable blade enclosures into any SAN fabric sprawl. As more applications and servers • Reduces up to 80% of the SAN compo- are virtualized and consolidated on fewer nents and more than 40% of the costs physical servers, IT organizations must of a pass-through solution deploy computing resources capable of • Eliminates the space, power and cooling keeping up with workload demands without requirements of an external switch impacting performance or service levels. • Leverages industry-proven switch tech - The Dell PowerEdge M1000e-Series nology to maximize reliability and resiliency Blade Enclosure and Brocade M5424 • Expands from 12 to 24 ports with flexible 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel Switch combine “pay-as-you-grow” port licensing next-generation blade server and Fibre Channel switch technology to simplify • Integrates next-generation Brocade Data IT complexity and eliminate data center Center Fabric technology for end-to-end sprawl. The Brocade M5424 simplifies performance, Quality of Service (QOS), SAN connectivity and delivers substantial and availability management cost-savings, improved reliability and better flexibility to address evolving storage requirements for enterprise data centers. Third-party information provided to you courtesy of Dell Figure 1. Brocade 5424 reduces the complexity of deploying a Dell PowerEdge M1000e to a SAN Fabric Networked Storage with Networked Storage with Pass-Through Module Brocade M5424 & Dell IT Simplification M1000e Dell M1000e Dell M1000e External Switches Storage Storage Fabric Components Fabric Components • 16 Embedded Dual Port Mezz Cards • 16 Embedded Dual Port Mezz Cards • 2 Pass-Through Modules • 2 Brocade M5424 Fibre Channel Switches • 36 FC Cables • 4 FC Cables • 36 SFPs • 2 External 32-port Switches SAN CONNECTIVITY SIMPLIFIED FUTURE-READY TECHNOLOGY SERVER VIRTUALIZATION SIMPLIFIED Cable aggregation is a significant benefit of Next-generation 8 Gbit/sec technology Blade servers and Fibre Channel SANs are blade systems. Servers have traditionally powers the Brocade M5424 to handle the an ideal infrastructure for server virtual- connected to a SAN one physical box dynamic I/O requirements for blade servers ization combining high compute density at a time, resulting in higher costs and and virtualized environments. At twice the and scalable networked storage. However, increasing complexity as more switches, speed of legacy 4 Gbit/sec networks, half consolidating Virtual Machines (VMs) on cables and optics are added to the fabric. of the number of ports and Inter-Switch blades intensifies I/O requirements for Blade systems using Fibre Channel pass- Links (ISLs) are required to support current storage resources. through modules simply continue this workloads with plenty of headroom for The Brocade M5424 delivers next- legacy approach with the same results. growth and expansion. generation performance and simplified The Brocade M5424 is an integrated In addition to individual port performance, management to address dynamic and Fibre Channel switch for the Dell M1000e the Brocade M5424 supports Inter-Switch growing server vir t ualization deployments. chassis and the only solution providing Link (ISL) Trunking, an optional feature, to This enhances server virtualization with Fibre Channel port and cable aggregation. optimize performance, bandwidth utilization opportunities for more aggressive The integrated design eliminates the space, and availability. ISL Trunking consolidates consolidation and cost savings. cooling and power requirements of an up to eight external ports into a single, With 8 Gbit/sec bandwidth, each blade can external switch. In addition, it consolidates logical ISL with full-duplex throughput of host more virtual machines without degrading I/O from all of the blade servers in up to 128 Gbit/sec. performance or availability. This maximizes eight shared switch ports. This eliminates the number of physical and virtual servers up to 80% of the port, optical and cabling DATA CENTER-PROVEN RELIABILITY that can connect to a SAN fabric utilizing components and more than 40% of the In a consolidated infrastructure, any fewer ports. costs of a pass-through solution (See disruptions or failures will impact more figure 1). applications and users. With fewer SAN The Brocade M5424 and Dell FlexAddress components and no additional fans or virtualize storage I/O to simplify storage power supplies, the Brocade M5424 management and improve agility for reduces complexity and potential points of vir t ualized environments. A persistent failure. In addition, it leverages data center- storage identity is created to provision, proven switch technology to proactively upgrade or replace blades without overcome network congestion or hardware disrupting the SAN fabric. failure. Advanced SAN management, hot-pluggable design and redundant I/O paths ensure the highest availability and resiliency for Dell M1000e enclosures. FLEXIBLE DEPLOYMENT Interoperability Simplified The Brocade M5424 combines cost- Brocade Access Gateway eliminates effective deployment with highly scalable traditional heterogeneous switch-to-switch Ports on Demand capabilities for up to 24 interoperability challenges. It utilizes NPIV 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports. It has a to present server Fibre Channel connections minimum of 12 ports enabled and is easily as logical devices directly to SAN fabrics. expandable to 24 through software license This enables Brocade Access Gateway upgrade. The Brocade M5424 provides a to connect Dell blades to heterogeneous modular “pay-as-you-grow” approach for NPIV-enabled switches and directors for dynamic and expanding environments. seamless interoperability with Brocade, McDATA, Cisco and other SAN fabrics. ADVANCED FABRIC SERVICES FOR ENTERPRISES Fabric Complexity Simplified The Enterprise Performance Pack is optional Each Dell M1000e blade enclosure software that adds robust SAN fabric services connected to a SAN in full-fabric switch and value for 8 Gbit/sec Brocade fabrics. It is mode adds two switch domains to the fabric. available bundled with the Brocade M5424 In large fabrics, additional switch domains or as a standalone option. The software can create complexity and disrupt fabric package includes: operations during the deployment process. • ISL Trunking: Combines up to eight ISLs To address this challenge, Brocade Access into a single, logical 64 Gbit/sec trunk Gateway simplifies server-to-SAN connec tivity to optimize performance, bandwidth by presenting Fibre Channel connections and availability (rather than switch domains) to the SAN • Adaptive Networking: Specify traffic flow fabric. In this mode, the Brocade M5424 control between individual hosts and is managed as a logical device, elimi nating targets using QoS priorities to improve switch configuration and fabric changes. overall SAN performance By increasing the number of logical device • Advanced Performance Monitoring: ports that can be connected to a single End-to-end performance visibility into the fabric port, the Brocade Access Gateway fabric for more effective design, planning, enables a much larger fabric with a greater tuning and optimization number of blade servers and enclosures. • Fabric Watch: Health Monitoring and Unlike Fibre Channel pass-through solutions, proactive notification of changes in fabric it can do so without substantially increasing simplifies failure and disruption detection the number of switches. BROCADE ACCESS GATEWAY, PRODUCT OPTIONS INNOVATIVE FLEXIBILITY Brocade M5424 Product Configurations The Brocade M5424 can be configured as a Enterprise 24-Port Mid-Level 24-Port Entry-Level 12-Port full-fabric switch or Access Gateway mode. Active Ports 24 24 12 (12-port upgrade) Brocade Access Gateway is an innovative Included Optics Eight 8 Gbit/sec SFP+ Four 8 Gbit/sec SFP+ Two 8 Gbit/sec SFP+ solution for blade systems to overcome heterogeneous network and fabric com- Adaptive Networking Included Optional Optional plexity challenges. Brocade Access Gateway ISL Trunking Included Optional Optional leverages N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) Advance Performance Monitoring Included Optional Optional switch standards to virtualize physical and logical devices connected to the SAN fabric. Fabric Watch Included Optional Optional DATA SHEET BROCADE M5424 FOR M1000E-SERIES BLADE ENCLOSURES SPECIFICATIONS System Architecture Management Fibre Channel ports 24 ports available in twelve port increments Supported Mgmt Software Telnet, HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC through Ports on Demand Management MIB); Auditing, Syslog, Change Management tracking; EZSwitchSetup wizard; Scalability Full fabric architecture with 239 switches max. Brocade Advanced Web Tools; Brocade DCFM Certified Maximum Single Brocade FOS fabric: 56 domains, 19 hops Professional/Enterprise; SMI-S compliant, Single Brocade M-EOS fabric: 31 domains, 3 hops SMI-S scripting toolkit, Administrative Larger fabrics
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