DESIGNED FOR THE MOST DEMANDING DATA CENTER NETWORKS

The Brocade VDX 8770 is a high-performance Ethernet fabric switch that meets the most demanding data center networking needs. Key platform features include:

• Support for more than 8000 ports in a single VCS fabric, with efficient multipathing at Layers 1-3, enabling the switch to serve extremely large-scale deployments with the best-possible network utilization
• Support for 1, 10, and 40 GbE to satisfy current needs, with 100 GbE readiness to support future bandwidth requirements and technology
• 4 Tbps per slot line-rate design for substantial capacity and headroom
• 4-microsecond latency to assure rapid response for latency-sensitive applications
• Support for up to 384,000 MAC addresses per fabric for extensive virtualization scalability
• Hardware-enabled to flexibly support emerging Software-Defined Networking (SDN) protocols such as OpenFlow, VXLAN/NVGRE, and others. RESTful APIs provide openness to emerging management frameworks such as OpenStack.

ELASTIC SCALE-OUT
With Network OS 3.0, Brocade delivers intelligent, efficient routing to VCS fabrics. It enables highly elastic Layer 2 and Layer 3 domains with multiple active Layer 3 gateways and highly efficient load balancing at Layer 3, on top of Layer 2 ECMP and Brocade ISL Trunking. The results are more effective link utilization that reduces overall cost, more resilience that results in greater application uptime, and a more flexible, agile network that helps organizations rapidly adapt to changing business conditions.

SERVER VIRTUALIZATION AUTOMATION SUPPORT
Brocade VCS Fabric technology offers unique features to support virtualized server and storage environments. Brocade VM-aware network automation provides secure connectivity and full visibility to virtualized server resources with dynamic learning and activation of port profiles. By communicating directly with VMware vCenter, it eliminates manual configuration of port profiles and supports VM mobility across VCS fabrics within a data center.

During a VM migration, network switch ports must be dynamically configured to ensure that the VM traffic experiences consistent policies and configurations. The Brocade Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP) feature enables a seamless VM migration. Port profiles and MAC address mapping are created on any switch in the fabric. This mapping provides the logical flow for traffic from the source port to the destination port. As a VM migrates, the destination port in the fabric learns of the MAC move and automatically activates the port profile configuration.

In addition to providing protection against VM MAC spoofing, AMPP and VM-aware network automation enable organizations to fully align virtual server and network infrastructure resources, and realize the full benefits of server virtualization.

PROACTIVE MONITORING
Brocade Fabric Watch is an innovative switch health monitoring feature available on all Brocade VDX switches. Fabric Watch monitors the health of certain switch components and, based on the threshold set, declares each component as marginal or down.

ETHERNET STORAGE CONNECTIVITY
The Brocade VDX 8770 connects to FCoE, iSCSI, and NAS storage. The FCoE feature can be turned on with an add-on software license.