Brocade VDX 6710 Switches - Revolutionizing the Way Data Center Networks Are Built0 pages

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DATA SHEET

BROCADE
VDX 6710
SWITCH

DATA CENTER

HIGHLIGHTS
•tDelivers high performance and ultra-low
latency through wire-speed ports with
600-nanosecond port-to-port latency and
automated hardware-based Inter-Switch
Link (ISL) trunking
•tSimplifies and automates network
architectures and enables elastic
cloud networking with Brocade VCS
Fabric technology
•tOptimizes network design by
eliminating STP and providing
multi-homed active-active server
connections for Ethernet networks
•tSimplifies virtualized server management
by providing Virtual Machine (VM) mobility
with dynamic server profile configuration
and migration

Revolutionizing the Way Data
Center Networks Are Built
Seeking better ways to build clouds
and virtualized data centers, today’s
IT organizations are turning to highperformance networking solutions that
increase flexibility through leading-edge
technologies. The Brocade® VDX® 6710
Switch is a 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
fixed configuration switch that provides a
reliable, scalable, and flexible foundation for
supporting the most demanding business
applications. It features 48 1 GbE copper
interfaces and six 10 GbE SFP+ interfaces
with low power consumption, making the
Brocade VDX 6710 with Brocade VCS®
Fabric technology an ideal platform for Topof-Rack (ToR) fabric deployments in existing
1 GbE server environments (see Figure 1).

•tProvides efficiently load-balanced
multipathing at Layers 1, 2, and 3,
and multiple Layer 3 gateways
•tManages an entire VCS fabric as a single
switch with Brocade VCS Logical Chassis

*

The 1 GbE ports do not support Data Center Bridging (DCB).

The Brocade VDX 6710 delivers high
performance for intra-rack traffic in
virtualized environments, providing ultra-low
latency of 600 nanoseconds for the same
ASIC on the switch. This helps organizations
design a network with no oversubscription
for deterministic network performance and
improved application response time. In
addition, the Brocade VDX 6710 connects
to iSCSI and NAS storage* and simplifies
virtualization server management, making
the Brocade VDX 6710 ideal for demanding
data centers.