Brocade 340 BR-340-0008 Scheda Tecnica

Systems Architecture

Fibre Channel ports

Switch mode (default): 8-, 16-, and 24-port

configurations (8-port increments through

Ports on Demand [PoD] licenses); E_, F_, M_,

and FL_Ports
Brocade Access Gateway default port

mapping: 16 F_Ports, 8 N_Ports

Scalability

Full fabric architecture with 239 switches

maximum

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

Performance

1.063 Gbps line speed, full duplex;  

2.125 Gbps line speed, full duplex;  

4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex;  

8.5 Gbps line speed, full duplex;  

auto-sensing of 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port

speeds; optionally programmable to fixed port

speed; speed matching between 1, 2, 4, and

8 Gbps ports

ISL Trunking

Brocade Frame-based Trunking with up to

eight 8 Gbps ports per ISL trunk with optional

license; up to 64 Gbps per ISL trunk (8 ports ×

8 Gbps [data rate])
Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs

with DPS included in Brocade Fabric OS (FOS)

Aggregate bandwidth

192 Gbps: 24 ports × 8 Gbps (data rate)

Maximum fabric latency

700 ns with no contention, cut-through routing

at 8 Gbps

Maximum frame size

2112-byte payload

Figure 1.  
A Brocade SAN-based consolidation solution
can significantly improve data availability
and resource utilization.

BROCADE 300 SPECIFICATIONS

Frame buffers

700 dynamically allocated, 484 maximum

per port

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; optional port type control
Brocade Access Gateway mode: F_Port and

NPIV-enabled N_Port

Data traffic types

Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast

(255 groups) and broadcast

Media types

8 Gbps: Brocade 300 requires Brocade

hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbps

SWL, LWL, ELWL
4 Gbps: Brocade 300 requires Brocade

hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 4 Gbps

SWL, LWL, ELWL
Fibre Channel distance subject to fiber-optic

cable and port speed

USB

1 USB port for firmware download,

supportSave, and configuration upload/

download

Fabric services

Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring

(including Top Talkers); Adaptive Networking

(Ingress Rate Limiting, Traffic Isolation, QoS);

BB credit recovery; Brocade Advanced Zoning

(default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast

zoning); Bottleneck Detection; Dynamic

Path Selection (DPS); F_Port Trunking;

Extended Fabrics; Fabric Watch; FDMI; Frame

Redirection; FSPF; IPoFC; ISL Trunking;

Management Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Port

Fencing; Registered State Change Notification

(RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS);

Simple Name Server (SNS)

Options

Rack-mount rail kits (fixed, slide, mid-mount)

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Tape

Tape

Tape

LAN

UNIX

LAN

Linux

Brocade

SAN Fabric

BEFORE SAN

AFTER SAN 

Microsoft 

Windows

Tape

Disk

~40% 

utilization

Disk

~15% 

utilization

Disk

~30% 

utilization

Disk

>80%

utilization

UNIX

Linux

Microsoft 

Windows

High-Performance 

Shared Access