Brocade FastIron FGS624P-POE FGS624P-POE Data Sheet

BROCADE

FASTIRON GS

SERIES

EntErprisE 

LAn switching

HIGHLIGHTS

Compact 24-port and 48-port 10/100/1000 

Mbps access switch models 
Field upgradeable with Power over Ethernet (PoE), 

10 Gigabit Ethernet, and IronStack stacking for 

scalable and secure network access
Hot-swappable, load-sharing AC and DC power 

supply options
Industry leading IEEE 802.3af PoE Class 3 port 

capacity in a compact form factor delivers a 

scalable and cost-effective solution for unified 

communications at the network edge
Advanced IronWare

™

 Layer 2 Ethernet switching 

with robust suite of security capabilities
Base Layer 3 capabilities enable routed 

topologies to the network edge with  RIP v1/v2 

route announcement, static routes, and VRRP
IronStack technology scaling up to eight 

FastIron GS units in a logical chassis and 384 

PoE ports, with automatic healing in case of 

link or switch failures
Optional edge routing upgrade in non-stacking 

configuration adds OSPF and RIP dynamic 

routing for routed edge topologies*
Open and standards-based network access 

control features multi-host 802.1x access 

control, multi-device MAC authentication, and 

policy-controlled MAC-based VLANs
Low packet latency and advanced Quality of 

Service (QoS) with eight hardware-based priority 

queues and combined strict priority and weighted 

round robin scheduling
Embedded hardware-based sFlow for enhanced 

traffic visibility, accounting and security
IronShield

™

 360 intrusion protection delivers 

dynamic, real-time protection from network 

and host-based attacks 

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stackable, secure, high capacity 

poE switches

DATA SHEET

The Brocade

®

 FastIron

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 GS access switch 

series provides enterprise organizations 
with a flexible and feature-rich solution for 
building a secure and converged network 
edge. Upgradeable with 10-Gigabit Ethernet,  
PoE, and IronStack stacking technology,  
the FastIron GS Series gives enterprises  
the cost and operational benefits of a  
“pay-as-you-grow” architecture. 

The FastIron GS Series delivers the 
scalability, QoS assurance, resilience, and 
VoIP-readiness needed to implement a high-
value converged solution that can scale to 
meet future growth at the network edge. An 
enterprise may initially deploy a standalone 
FastIron GS switch and later upgrade to 
IronStack stacking to scale the installation 
from one to eight stacked units to meet 
growing user requirements. 

With its flexible architecture, the FastIron  
GS Series offers investment protection, 
while enabling vital network applications 
and capabilities such as IP telephony, 
wireless access, WebTV, video surveillance, 
building management systems, triple 
play—voice, video and data, and remote 
video kiosks in a cost-effective and high-
performance compact design.

Additionally, the FastIron GS Series may 
be deployed in metro area networks for 
connecting enterprise customers. In this 
environment, the FastIron GS enables rich 
and resilient services using the Brocade 
Metro Ring Protocol (version I and II) for 
building resilient ring-based topologies, 
VLAN stacking, and advanced multicast 
capabilities including IGMP v1/v2/v3 and 
MLD v1/v2 snooping for controlling multicast 
traffic for high-bandwidth content delivery.