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Brocade FCX Series

The Brocade FCX Series offers enterprise-class stackable Layer 2/3 edge switches with 24 or 48 GbE ports and optional 10 GbE uplinks, providing new levels of performance, scalability, and flexibility required for today’s enterprise campus and data center networks.

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High-Performance Enterprise-Class Stackable Switches for the Network Edge

The Brocade FCX Series of switches provides new levels of performance, scalability, and flexibility required for today's enterprise campus and data center networks. With advanced capabilities, these switches deliver performance and intelligence to the network edge in a flexible 1U form factor that helps reduce infrastructure and administrative costs.

Designed for wire-speed and non-blocking performance, Brocade FCX Series switches include 24- and 48-port models, in both Power over Ethernet (PoE) and non-PoE versions. Utilizing Brocade stacking technology, organizations can stack up to eight switches into a single logical switch with up to 384 ports, simplifying management in the network access layer. PoE models support the emerging Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) standard to deliver up to 30 watts of power to edge devices, enabling next-generation enterprise applications.

The Brocade FCX Series offers a comprehensive line of switches with specific models optimized for campus and data center deployments.

Additional highlights include:

  • Delivers enterprise-class Layer 2/3 switching in a compact, stackable form factor, combining chassis-like capabilities with an economical fixed-port solution
  • Includes IPv4 and IPv6 Layer 3 capabilities as a standard feature on all models
  • Provides non-stop availability with hitless stacking failover, hot insertion and removal of stacked units, and redundant internal hot-swappable power supplies and fans
  • Offers complete visibility into network activity with hardware-based sFlow traffic monitoring
  • Provides peace of mind with the Brocade Assurance Limited Lifetime Warranty

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Brocade sets the industry standard for resiliency and high availability by enabling non-stop networking in data center and campus environments. This enables organizations to achieve a competitive advantage in their network infrastructures.

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Step-by-step guide from unpacking Brocade Mobility controllers and access points to configuring these devices to work with FastIron CX Series and setting up wireless connectivity.

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Brocade is taking groundbreaking performance and reliability from the data center and extending it across the entire network all the way to the edge. Now, superior performance can be maximized across the entire campus network, giving you a more managed and efficient approach to growth.

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This guide provides configuration information for features for FCX, FSX, FWS, FESX, ICX, and TurboIron 24X devices running software release 07.4.00a.

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This guide describes how to configure and manage the Brocade FastIron SX, FCX, and ICX switches using the Web management interface. Screen displays and step-by-step procedures are included.

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This guide describes the diagnostic commands available in the IronWare Command Line Interface (CLI) for Brocade FCX, ICX, and TurboIron 24X switching devices.

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This guide describes the Brocade FCX Series stackable switches. It contains procedures for installing the hardware and configuring essential, basic parameters such as permanent passwords and IP addresses. This guide includes hardware specifications and information about managing and maintaining the FCX hardware.

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This document contains the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Information Base (MIB) objects that are supported on devices.

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Brocade solutions provide the flexibility, reliability, and ease of use for lower-cost Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Storage Area Networks (SANs). This whitepaper provides an overview of an iSCSI SAN, the challenges with iSCSI SANs, and the Brocade solutions that address those challenges.