DELL Brocade M5424 210-39044 Data Sheet

DATA SHEET

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System Architecture

Fibre Channel ports

24 ports available in twelve port increments 

through Ports on Demand

Scalability 

Full fabric architecture with 239 switches max.

Certified Maximum

Single Brocade FOS fabric: 56 domains, 19 hops

Single Brocade M-EOS fabric: 31 domains, 3 hops

Larger fabrics certified as required; consult

Brocade or OEM SAN design documents for

configuration details

Interoperability

Brocade 2XXX, 3XXX, 4XXX, 5XXX and Director 

family switches
AG Mode supports Brocade, McDATA and Cisco 

fabrics

Performance 

8.5 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex;

4.25 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex;

2.125 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex 

1.063 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex;

auto-sensing of 8, 4, 2, and 1 Gbit/sec port

speeds; optionally programmable to fixed port

speed; speed matching between 8, 4, 2, and

1 Gbit/sec ports

Aggregate bandwidth

128 Gbit/sec end to end, full-duplex

Fabric latency 

700 ns with no contention, cut-through routing

at 8 Gbit/sec

Maximum frame size

2112-byte payload

Classes of service 

Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)

Port types 

FL_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port), and

E_Port; self-discovery based on switch type

(U_Port); optional port type control in Brocade 

Access Gateway mode: F_Port and  

NPIV-enabled N_Port

Data traffic types

Fabric switches supporting unicast and 

broadcast

Media types

8 Gbit/sec: Requires Brocade hot-pluggable

SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbit/sec Short-Wavelength

Laser (SWL); 8 Gbit/sec Long-Wavelength

Laser (LWL); distance depends on fiber-optic 

cable and port speed 
4 Gbit/sec: Requires Brocade hot-pluggable

Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP), LC 

connector; 4 Gbit/sec Short-Wavelength Laser

(SWL); 4 Gbit/sec Long-Wavelength Laser

(LWL); 4 Gbit/sec Extended Long-Wavelength

Laser (ELWL); distance depends on fiber-optic 

cable and port speed

Fabric services
Note: Some fabric services

Simple Name Server (SNS); Registered 

State Change Notification (RSCN), NTP v3, 

Reliable Commit Service (RCS), Dynamic Path 

Selection (DPS), Brocade Advanced Zoning  

(default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast 

zoning), NPIV, FDMI, 

Options

SFP media, Ports on Demand (12-port upgrade)
Enterprise Performance Pack: ISL Trunking, 

Adaptive Networking, Advanced Performance 

Monitoring, and Fabric Watch

BROCADE M5424 FOR M1000E-SERIES BLADE ENCLOSURES SPECIFICATIONS

Management

Supported Mgmt Software

Telnet, HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC 

Management MIB); Auditing, Syslog, Change 

Management tracking; EZSwitchSetup wizard;
Brocade Advanced Web Tools; Brocade DCFM 

Professional/Enterprise; SMI-S compliant, 

SMI-S scripting toolkit, Administrative 

Domains

Security

SSL, SSH v2, HTTPS, LDAP, RADIUS, Role-Based 

Access Control (RBAC), DH-CHAP (between 

switches and end devices), Port Binding, Switch 

Binding, Secure RPC, Secure Copy (SCP), Trusted 

Switch, IPSec, IP Filtering

Management access

In-band over Fibre Channel; serial port (RJ-45); 

call-home integration enabled through Brocade 

DCFM

Diagnostics

POST and embedded online/offline 

diagnostics, including RAStrace logging, 

environmental monitoring, non-disruptive 

daemon restart,
FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), port 

mirroring (SPAN port)

Mechanicals

Size

Width: 272.75 mm
Height: 32.48 mm
Depth: 307.24 mm

System Weight

4.65 Pounds – without media

environment

Temperature

Operating: 0°C to 40°C(32°F to 104°F)
Non-operating: -20°C to 70°C(-4°F to 158°F)

Humidity

Operating: 10% to 90%, non-condensing at 

29°C
Non-operating: 5% to 95%, non-condensing 

at 38°C

Operating altitude

Up to 3,048 m (10,000 ft)

Storage altitude

Up to 10.668km (35,000ft)

Operating Shock

20G for 6ms

Non-operating Shock

50G with a velocity change of 4216 mm/sec 

squared

Vibration

Operating: 0.4G at 5 Hz to 500 Hz for 60 minutes 
Non-operating: 0.5G at 2 Hz to 200 Hz for 15 

minutes; 1.04 grms random for 15 minutes

Power

DC Input

12V and 3.3V from chassis

Power consumption

About 32 Watts normally, 39 Watts maximum 

measured