The Brocade® 7800 Extension Switch and the Brocade® FX8-24 Extension Blade, designed specifically for the Brocade CX® Backbone family, provide core components of a fast, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure for remote data eplication, backup and migration, which are ideally suited for Hitachi Data Resilience solutions. Leveraging next generation ibre Channel and advanced Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) technology, the Brocade 7800 provides a flexible and extensible platform to move data quickly and reliably. Whether configured for simple point-to-point or comprehensive multisite SAN extension, the Brocade 7800 addresses demanding business continuity, compliance and global data access requirements.
Product Features
Brocade FX8-24 Extension Blade for Brocade DCX Backbones
- Twelve 8 Gb/sec Fibre Channel ports, ten 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports
- Two optional 10 GbE ports
- Up to two Brocade FX8-24 blades can be installed in a Brocade DCX or DCX-4S Backbone
- Aggregate bandwidth of 96 Gb/sec for Fibre Channel and up to 20 Gb/sec for FCIP
Brocade 7800 Extension Switch
- Brocade 7800 16/6: sixteen 8 Gb/sec Fibre Channel and six 1 GbE ports
- Brocade 7800 4/2: four 8 Gb/sec Fibre Channel and two 1 GbE ports
- Aggregate bandwidth of up to 128 Gb/sec for Fibre Channel and 6Gb/sec for FCIP
- Dual redundant, hot swappable power supplies and fan units
New Platform Features:
- FCIP Trunking creates logical tunnels spanning multiple physical ports for load balancing and network failure resiliency
- Adaptive Rate Limiting dynamically adjusts bandwidth limits to ensure efficient utilization and sharing of available bandwidth
- FCIP QoS prioritizes handling of initiator-target flows within an FCIP tunnel to optimize bandwidth and performance by application
- Advanced compression architecture provides flexibility to optimize compression ratios and maximize throughput
- Up to 350 ms Round-Trip Time (RTT) of latency supports distances approaching 17,500 kilometers (nearly 11,000 miles)
- Brocade DCFM FCIP management unifies management of Fibre Channel and FCIP network infrastructures
Platform Features:
- FCIP Fast Write accelerates SCSI write processing, enabling synchronous and asynchronous disk replication over any distance
- Open Systems Tape Pipelining accelerates read and write tape processing, minimizing backup and restore windows
- Storage-Optimized TCP optimizes TCP window size and flow control, accelerating TCP transport for storage applications
- Brocade Advanced Accelerator for FICON accelerates disk and tape read and write operations, maximizing FICON performance
- Seamless interoperability with Brocade switches and management software simplifies deployment and administration
- Optional advanced extension and SAN fabric services address the most challenging requirements
