Brocade Communications Systems 5300 データシート

Figure 1.  
Simplified SAN deployments support
greater consolidation.

Storage

Storage

Servers

Servers

Total Switches: 

12

Ports for Devices:  

100

Ports for ISLs: 

56

Licensed Ports Free: 

4

Unlicensed Ports: 

32

Total Switches: 

2

Ports for Devices:  

100

Ports for ISLs: 

0

Licensed Ports Free:  28
Unlicensed Ports: 

32

16-port switches

16-port switches

16-port switches

80-port Brocade 5300 Switches

systems Architecture

Fibre Channel ports

80 ports, universal (E, F, M, EX, and FL)

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 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex;

2.125 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex;

4.25 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex;

8.5 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex;

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

optionally programmable to fixed port speed; speed

matching between 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/sec ports

ISL Trunking

Frame-based trunking with up to eight 8 Gbit/sec ports

per ISL trunk with optional license; up to 64 Gbit/sec

per ISL trunk (8 ports × 8 Gbit/sec [data rate])
Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with

DPS included in Fabric OS

Aggregate bandwidth

640 Gbit/sec: 80 ports × 8 Gbit/sec (data rate)

Fabric latency

Locally switched ports 700 ns, latency between port

groups less than 2.1 µsec with no contention,

cut-through routing at 8 Gbit/sec between locally

switched groups

Maximum frame size

2112-byte payload

Frame buffers

1460 dynamically allocated, 268 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), E_Port,

EX_Port (Fibre Channel Integrated Routing); self-

discovery based on switch type (U_Port); optional

port type control

Data traffic types

Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast

(255 groups) and broadcast

USB

1 USB port for firmware download, support save,

and configuration upload/download

Media types

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
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

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