Brocade VDX 6730 BR-VDX6730-24-R Hoja De Datos

Layer 2 switching features

•  MAC Learning and Aging
•  Static MAC Configuration
•  Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)  

IEEE 802.3ad/802.1AX

•  Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
•  VLAN Encapsulation IEEE 802.1Q
•  Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)  

IEEE 802.1w

•  Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)  

IEEE 802.1s

•  STP IEEE 802.1D

•  Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST+/PVRST+)
•  STP PortFast and PortFast BPDU Guard
•  STP Root Guard
•  Layer 2 Access Control Lists (ACLs)
•  IGMP v1/v2 Snooping
•  Pause Frames IEEE 802.3x

Layer 3 switching features

•  OSPF 
•  VRRP and VRRP-E support

•  Static routes

Brocade VCS Fabric technology features

•  Automatic Fabric Formation
•  Distributed Fabric Services
•  Transparent LAN Services
•  Virtual Link Aggregation Group (vLAG) spanning

multiple physical switches

•  Switch Beaconing
•  Distributed Configuration Management

•  Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links

(TRILL)

•  Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)
•  Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP)
•  VM-aware network automation

DCB features

•  Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) IEEE

802.1Qbb

•  Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)  

IEEE 802.1Qaz

•  Data Center Bridging eXchange (DCBX)
•  DCBX Application Type-Length-Value (TLV) for

FCoE and iSCSI 

FCoE features

•  Multihop Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE);

requires Brocade VCS Fabric technology

•  FC-BB5 compliant Fibre Channel Forwarder

(FCF)

•  Native FCoE forwarding
•  End-to-end FCoE (initiator to target)

•  FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) v1 support for

FCoE devices login and initialization

•  Name Server-based zoning
•  Supports connectivity to FIP Snooping Bridge

(FSB) device

Fibre Channel features

•  Name Server-based zoning
•  FC authentication

•  Bridging to Fibre Channel SANs

Quality of Service (QoS)

•  Eight priority levels for QoS
•  Class of Service (CoS) IEEE 802.1p
•  DSCP Trust
•  DSCP to Traffic Class Mutation
•  Random Early Discard

•  Per-port QoS configuration
•  Scheduling: Strict Priority (SP), Shaped Deficit

Weighted Round-Robin (SDWRR)

 - DSCP to CoS Mutation
 - DSCP to DSCP Mutation

Switch health monitoring

•  Fabric Watch monitoring and notification

Management

Management and control

•  IPv4/IPv6 management
•  Industry-standard Command Line Interface

(CLI)

•  Remote lights out management (future update)
•  In-band management (standalone mode)
•  Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)  

IEEE 802.1AB

•  MIB II RFC 1213 MIB
•  Switch Beaconing
•  Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN)

•  Telnet
•  SNMP v1, v2C, v3
•  sFlow RFC 3176
•  Out-of-band management
•  RMON-1, RMON-2
•  NTP
•  Management Access Control Lists (ACLs)
•  Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Security

•  Port-based Network Access Control IEEE 802.1X
•  RADIUS
•  TACACS+
•  Secure Shell (SSHv2)
•  BPDU Guard
•  BPDU Drop
•  Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
•  Secure Control Protocol

Mechanical

Enclosure 

Brocade VDX 6730-32

Front-to-rear airflow; power from back
Rear-to-front airflow; power from back
1U
System weight: 16.3 lb with two power supply FRUs, without transceivers

Enclosure 

Brocade VDX 6730-76

Front-to-rear airflow; power from back
Rear-to-front airflow; power from back
2U
System weight: 33.9 lb with two power supply FRUs, without transceivers