Brocade VDX 6740 BR-VDX6740-64-F Data Sheet
Product codes
BR-VDX6740-64-F
UNMATCHED SIMPLICITY AND
AUTOMATION
Brocade VDX 6740, 6740T, 6740T-1G
Switches, in conjunction with Brocade VCS
Fabric technology, streamline configuration
and management, maximize efficiency, and
create a more automated and reliable
network, especially in highly virtualized data
centers. Brocade VCS Fabric technology
delivers unmatched automation, efficiency,
and resilience compared to traditional
architectures and competitive fabric
offerings. It delivers higher throughput and
lower latency for the server-to-server
(east-west) traffic patterns that are now
dominating virtualized data centers. In
changing how networks are architected,
VCS fabrics deliver many benefits that fit
the needs of evolving data centers.
Switches, in conjunction with Brocade VCS
Fabric technology, streamline configuration
and management, maximize efficiency, and
create a more automated and reliable
network, especially in highly virtualized data
centers. Brocade VCS Fabric technology
delivers unmatched automation, efficiency,
and resilience compared to traditional
architectures and competitive fabric
offerings. It delivers higher throughput and
lower latency for the server-to-server
(east-west) traffic patterns that are now
dominating virtualized data centers. In
changing how networks are architected,
VCS fabrics deliver many benefits that fit
the needs of evolving data centers.
Fast, Easy Deployment and
Configuration
Brocade VCS fabric helps streamline
network operations and speed deployment
with embedded features that enable
automatic configuration and management.
These features include:
network operations and speed deployment
with embedded features that enable
automatic configuration and management.
These features include:
• Brocade VCS Logical Chassis:
Brocade VCS Logical Chassis enables
organizations to manage an entire
VCS fabric as a single switch, upgrade
software across the fabric with one
command, and centralize monitoring
and troubleshooting to enhance the
overall availability and reliability of the
network. The single point of management
eliminates the need to manually configure
and manage each switch, simplifying
management, lowering operational
costs, and reducing configuration errors.
In addition, it offers the ability to push
software upgrades across the fabric
with a single command, accelerating
deployment. VCS Logical Chassis also
provides a single view of the fabric for
easy monitoring and troubleshooting
that minimizes time to repair network
issues. For more information about VCS
Logical Chassis, read the white paper
organizations to manage an entire
VCS fabric as a single switch, upgrade
software across the fabric with one
command, and centralize monitoring
and troubleshooting to enhance the
overall availability and reliability of the
network. The single point of management
eliminates the need to manually configure
and manage each switch, simplifying
management, lowering operational
costs, and reducing configuration errors.
In addition, it offers the ability to push
software upgrades across the fabric
with a single command, accelerating
deployment. VCS Logical Chassis also
provides a single view of the fabric for
easy monitoring and troubleshooting
that minimizes time to repair network
issues. For more information about VCS
Logical Chassis, read the white paper
• Self-forming and self-healing fabric:
Configuration is simplified with self-forming
fabrics. As additional switches are added,
they inherit the configuration of the fabric,
fabrics. As additional switches are added,
they inherit the configuration of the fabric,
allowing the network to scale out with ease.
Configuration and device information is
always shared among all switches, allowing
fabric nodes to be added or removed, and
physical or virtual servers to be relocated—
without the fabric requiring manual
reconfiguration. In addition, fabrics are
self-healing, increasing network resiliency.
The fabric redirects traffic in case a link
fails, helping to ensure uninterrupted
traffic flow and prevent data loss.
Configuration and device information is
always shared among all switches, allowing
fabric nodes to be added or removed, and
physical or virtual servers to be relocated—
without the fabric requiring manual
reconfiguration. In addition, fabrics are
self-healing, increasing network resiliency.
The fabric redirects traffic in case a link
fails, helping to ensure uninterrupted
traffic flow and prevent data loss.
• Auto Fabric Provisioning: This capability
allows organizations to automate the
configuration of new switches added
to the fabric. They can simply plug in a
switch to the fabric, and it automatically
downloads the right software image from
the server. No manual configuration
is required, reducing staging and
deployment time.
configuration of new switches added
to the fabric. They can simply plug in a
switch to the fabric, and it automatically
downloads the right software image from
the server. No manual configuration
is required, reducing staging and
deployment time.
• A reliable foundation for software-defined
networks:
The Brocade VDX 6740, 6740T,
and 6740T-1G are hardware-enabled with
the flexibility to support emerging
the flexibility to support emerging
protocols, including VXLAN/NVGRE.
Logical chassis technology and
northbound APIs can provide operationally
scalable management and access to
emerging management frameworks such
as OpenStack. For more information,
read the white paper
Logical chassis technology and
northbound APIs can provide operationally
scalable management and access to
emerging management frameworks such
as OpenStack. For more information,
read the white paper
MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY AND
RESILIENCY
Brocade VCS Fabric technology creates a
more efficient and resilient network with a
flat-meshed Layer 2 topology that delivers
the high performance and high reliability
required by data centers. Organizations gain
a more flexible network that helps them
rapidly adapt to changing business conditions
and traffic patterns (see Figure 4).
more efficient and resilient network with a
flat-meshed Layer 2 topology that delivers
the high performance and high reliability
required by data centers. Organizations gain
a more flexible network that helps them
rapidly adapt to changing business conditions
and traffic patterns (see Figure 4).
Optimized East-West Traffic
Traditional data centers are architected
with a rigid, three-tier tree topology
optimized for the north-south traffic flow of
client-server computing environments,
compromising performance, increasing
latency, and creating bottlenecks. With the
increased prevalence of virtualization and
distributed applications, data center
network traffic is now predominantly
east-west or server-server. The VCS fabric
was specifically designed and optimized to
address these traffic patterns by moving
traffic through any of the active paths and
avoiding the multiple hops required in other
tiered topologies.
with a rigid, three-tier tree topology
optimized for the north-south traffic flow of
client-server computing environments,
compromising performance, increasing
latency, and creating bottlenecks. With the
increased prevalence of virtualization and
distributed applications, data center
network traffic is now predominantly
east-west or server-server. The VCS fabric
was specifically designed and optimized to
address these traffic patterns by moving
traffic through any of the active paths and
avoiding the multiple hops required in other
tiered topologies.
Deliver Multitenant Cloud
Data Centers
In addition, public and private cloud
providers need to deploy and support
distributed virtualized workloads quickly,
securely, and in a scalable manner on a per-
tenant basis. Traditional VLANs can be used
providers need to deploy and support
distributed virtualized workloads quickly,
securely, and in a scalable manner on a per-
tenant basis. Traditional VLANs can be used
Figure 4.
Compared to classic Ethernet architectures, Ethernet fabrics allow all paths to be active
and provide greater scalability—while reducing management complexity.
and provide greater scalability—while reducing management complexity.
Servers with 10 Gbps Connections
Classic Hierarchical Ethernet Architecture
Servers with 10 Gbps Connections
Ethernet Fabric Architecture
Scalability
Core
Edge
Core
Aggrega
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Access