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Data Sheet

Brocade
5000
Switch

Storage Area
Network
Highlights
•	Delivers up to 32 ports in an optimized
form factor that does not require a rail	
kit for deployment in a 19-inch rack
•	Protects existing investments in	
Brocade Fabric OS and M-EOS*-based
environments through native E_Port
switch interoperability
•	Provides industry-leading power and
cooling efficiency to reduce Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO) and improve availability
•	Utilizes Brocade EFCM 9.x and Brocade
Fabric Manager for easy deployment
within new and existing fabrics
•	Features Ports on Demand capabilities
for fast, easy, and cost-effective
scalability from 16 to 32 ports in	
8-port increments
•	Protects existing device investments	
with auto-configuring 1, 2, and	
4 Gbit/sec capabilities
•	Meets high-availability requirements with
redundant, hot-pluggable components
and non-disruptive software upgrades
•	Utilizes the Brocade EZSwitchSetup
wizard, simplifying installation and
management

*	 Brocade M-EOS fabrics are McDATA switches and
directors running McDATA Enterprise OS

A Flexible, Easy-to-Use Switch for
a Variety of SAN Environments
The Brocade® 5000 Switch is a highperformance Fibre Channel Storage Area
Network (SAN) switch designed for rapidly
growing storage requirements in missioncritical environments. It combines 1, 2, and
4 Gbit/sec technology in configurations of
16, 24, or 32 ports in an efficiently designed
1U package. As a result, it provides low-cost
access to industry-leading SAN technology
as well as support for “pay-as-you-grow”
scalability through flexible Ports on	
Demand capabilities.
The Brocade 5000 features a flexible
architecture that supports native E_Port
interoperability for seamless connectivity
into Brocade Fabric OS® (FOS) or M-Enterprise
OS (M-EOS)* environments. It is the first
switch that can operate in SAN fabrics

running FOS native, FOS open, M-EOS
native, and M-EOS open modes. This
enables non-disruptive expansion of any
fabric using these operating modes.
To reduce deployment and maintenance
costs, IT organizations can manage the
Brocade 5000 with a variety of tools and
methods. For SAN users familiar with
Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity
Manager (EFCM), the Brocade 5000 is
designed to be an easy addition to M-EOS
fabrics since there is no steep learning
curve for new management tools or
interoperability settings. For SAN users
familiar with Brocade Fabric Manager, the
Brocade 5000 is designed to be an easy
addition to FOS fabrics.

Figure 1.
ISL Trunking with 2 and 4 Gbit/sec links.

Optimal bandwidth utilization using
1G
up to four 2 Gbit/sec links
1.5 G
0.5 G
1G
1G
Without Trunking

4 Gbit/sec with 8 trunks
2G
1.5 G
0.5 G
1G
2G

With Trunking

4G

With Trunking

3G

0.5 G
2G
4G
1G
...n

congestion

2G
1.5 G
0.5 G
1G
2G

The Brocade 5000 is designed to protect
both Brocade and McDATA technology
investments. It is fully compatible with
Brocade 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec devices and
provides native E_Port interoperability for
existing McDATA devices. The Brocade
5000 is also backed by FOS and M-EOS
engineering, test, and support expertise to
provide reliable operation in SAN fabrics
using any of the supported configurations.
In addition, the switch features lower
power dissipation as well as consolidated
power and fan assemblies to improve
environmental performance and reduce
ownership costs. These capabilities
help make the Brocade 5000 a costeffective solution for a wide range of SAN
environments, including the edge	
of enterprise core-to-edge networks.

INDUSTRY-LEADING PERFORMANCE
To support mission-critical environments,
the Brocade 5000 provides best-in-class
performance for midrange SAN switches. 	
It features a non-blocking architecture with
as many as 32 ports concurrently active
at 4 Gbit/sec full duplex to provide an
aggregate bandwidth of 256 Gbit/sec.
The Brocade 5000 utilizes ASIC technology
featuring four 8-port groups. Within these
groups, an Inter-Switch Link (ISL) trunk can
supply up to 32 Gbit/sec of data throughput
(see Figure 1). In addition to reducing
congestion and increasing bandwidth,
enhanced Brocade ISL Trunking utilizes	
ISLs more efficiently to free up the number	
of usable switch ports.
	

8 Gbit/sec

2G
1.5 G
0.5 G
1G
2G

ASIC Preserves
In-order Delivery

Additional performance capabilities include:
•	Eight virtual channels on each ISL
enhance Quality of Service traffic
prioritization and anti-starvation
capabilities at the port level to avoid
performance degradation.
•	Exchange-based Dynamic Path Selection
(DPS) optimizes fabric-wide performance
and load balancing by automatically
routing data to the most efficient
available path in the fabric (see Figure 2).
It augments ISL Trunking to provide more
effective load balancing in certain
configurations. In addition, DPS can
balance traffic between the Brocade
5000 and McDATA devices enabled with
Brocade Open Trunking.

ENTERPRISE-CLASS AVAILABILITY
FOR BUSINESS CONTINUANCE
The Brocade 5000 provides a reliable
foundation for disaster recovery and
business continuance by employing
enterprise-class availability features	
such as hot-swappable, redundant,
and integrated fan and power supply
assemblies. Moreover, hot code load	
and activation helps maximize application
uptime with faster system upgrades and
maintenance to reduce the dependency
on scheduled outages. Combined with a
wide range of diagnostic and monitoring
functions, these capabilities help provide	
a highly available SAN environment.
To support business continuance
operations, the Brocade 5000 enables
industry-leading distances between servers
and storage devices. Support for distances

4G

32 Gbit/sec

3G
0.5 G
2G
4G

ASIC Preserves
In-order Delivery
1 G ...n

up to 500 kilometers at 1 Gbit/sec and 	
125 kilometers at 4 Gbit/sec facilitates 	
the deployment of high-performance, 	
long-distance SAN initiatives such as 	
data center consolidation.

HIGH SCALABILITY WITH
PORTS ON DEMAND
Delivering up to 32 ports in a 1U form
factor, the Brocade 5000 combines costeffectiveness with highly scalable Ports on
Demand capabilities. It has a minimum of
16 ports enabled, and organizations can
easily expand to 24 or 32 ports by activating
a license as their requirements change.
As a result, the Brocade 5000 provides a
modular “pay-as-you-grow” approach to
business expansion.

SUPERIOR ROI AND
INVESTMENT PROTECTION
The Brocade 5000 combines performance,
availability, interoperability, and scalability
advantages with investment protection. 	
As a result, it is designed to enable rapid
installation in existing SAN environments—
reducing both deployment cost and complexity.
The Brocade 5000 utilizes the same Fabric
OS that supports the entire Brocade SAN
product family—from the 8-port Brocade
200E Switch to the 768-port Brocade DCX
Backbone. This helps ensure forward and
backward compatibility among Brocade SAN
switches while simplifying maintenance and
field upgrades. Moreover, organizations can
manage the Brocade 5000 with existing
management applications such as Brocade
EFCM 9.x and Brocade Fabric Manager.

OPEN SAN MANAGEMENT

HIGHER FABRIC SECURITY FOR
CRITICAL INFORMATION

By networking Fibre Channel switches
such as the Brocade 5000 under a
common platform, Fabric OS simplifies
SAN management through standard
management interfaces and support for
third-party management applications.
The Brocade 5000 supports switch
management through a command line
interface, Brocade Web Tools, EFCM, or
Fabric Manager.
To facilitate deployment, the Brocade
5000 integrates easily into heterogeneous
environments with operating systems such
as Windows NT, UNIX, Linux, Solaris, and
AIX. It is also designed to provide FICON®
support on a flexible port-by-port basis in
IBM mainframe environments. FICON-ready
capabilities include FICON intermix modes,
cascaded FICON fabrics (supported only in
FOS environments), and CUP support for
monitoring tools.

The Brocade 5000 is designed for the
highest level of SAN fabric security to
help organizations safeguard their critical
information. It utilizes Brocade Advanced
Zoning as well as advanced port and switch
Access Control Lists (ACLs) to simplify
administration and significantly increase
control over data access. To simplify
management access security, the Brocade
5000 supports Active Directory with LDAP.

MAXIMIZING SAN INVESTMENTS
Brocade and its partners offer complete
SAN solutions to meet a wide range of
technology and business requirements.
These solutions include education and
training, support, and services to help
optimize SAN investments. For more
information, contact an authorized Brocade
sales partner or visit www.brocade.com.

Figure 2.
Dynamic Path Selection augments ISL
Trunking to route data efficiently between
multiple trunk groups.

4G
Trunking
ASIC Preserves In-order Delivery

3G

Up to
0.5 G 32 Gbit/sec
2G
4G

Dynamic Path Selection (DPS)
Balancing data flow between
multiple trunk groups

Trunk group

Trunk group

DPS

1G
...n

4G
3G
0.5 G
2G
Up to
4G
32 Gbit/sec
1 G ...n

32 Gbit/sec

Trunk group

Trunk group

Data Sheet
Brocade 5000 SPECIFICATIONS
Systems Architecture

Mechanicals

Fibre Channel ports

32 ports, universal (E, F, M, 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); auto-sensing of 1 Gbit/sec,
2 Gbit/sec, and 4 Gbit/sec port speeds; optionally
programmable to fixed port speed; speed matching
between 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec ports

ISL Trunking

Up to eight 4.25 Gbit/sec ports per ISL trunk; up to
32 Gbit/sec per ISL trunk

Aggregate bandwidth	

256 Gbit/sec end to end

Fabric latency

0.8 microseconds, cut-through routing at 4 Gbit/sec

Maximum frame size	

2112-byte payload

Classes of service

Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)

Port types

FL_Port, F_Port, E_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port); 	
self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port)

Data traffic types

Fabric switches supporting unicast and broadcast

Media types

Hot-pluggable, industry-standard Small Form-factor
Pluggable (SFP), LC connector; Short-Wavelength
Laser (SWL) up to 500 meters (1640 feet); LongWavelength Laser (LWL) up to 10 km (6.2 mi);
Extended Long-Wavelength Laser (ELWL) up to 40
km (24.8 mi), and 80 km (49.6 mi) at 2 Gbit/sec;
distance depends on fiber-optic cable and port
speed, CWDM SFPs (8 lambdas)

Fabric services

Options

Simple Name Server, Registered State Change
Notification (RSCN), Brocade Advanced Zoning,
and Brocade Web Tools.
Optional fabric services include Brocade Fabric
Watch, Brocade Extended Fabrics, Brocade ISL
Trunking (available between devices running FOS),
Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring, and
FICON CUP (Advanced Performance Monitoring and
FICON CUP are not available in M-EOS environments).
SFP media

Management
Management software
supported

SSH, Telnet, HTTPS/SSL, RADIUS; SNMP v3 (FE
MIB, FC Management MIB); Brocade Advanced
Web Tools; Brocade EFCM Standard/Enterprise 9.x
(optional); Brocade Fabric Manager (optional: FOS
environments only); third-party applications utilizing
the Brocade SMI Agent

Management access

10/100 Ethernet port (RJ-45); serial port 	
(RS-232); in-band through Management Server

Diagnostics

POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics

Corporate Headquarters
San Jose, CA USA
T: (408) 333-8000
info@brocade.com

European Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland
T: +41 22 799 56 40	
emea-info@brocade.com

Enclosure

Back-to-front airflow (non-Fibre Channel port side
to Fibre Channel port side). Power from rear. 1.0U,
19-inch EIA compliant

Size

Width: 42.9 cm (16.9 in)	
Height: 4.4 cm (1.7 in)	
Depth: 26.4 cm (10.4 in)

System weight

4.9 kg (10.8 lbs) with dual power supplies, no SFP

Environmentals
Temperature

Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) 	
Non-operating: –25°C to 70°C (–13°F to 158°F)

Humidity

Operating: 10% to 85% non-condensing at 40°C
(104°F); Non-operating: 10% to 90%, noncondensing at 40° C (104° F)

Altitude

Operating: up to 3000 meters (9842 feet)	
Storage: up to 12 km (39,370 feet)

Shock

Operating: 20 g, 6 ms half-sine	
Non-operating: Half sine, 33G 11ms, 3/eg Axis

Vibration

Operating: 0.5 g sine, 0.4 grms random, 5 to 500 Hz
Non-operating: 2.0 g sine, 1.1 grms random, 5 to
500 Hz

Heat dissipation

60 W, 205 BTU/hr

CO2 emissions

221 kg per year (with 32 ports at 0.42 kg/kWh)
1.73 kg per Gbit/sec per year

Airflow

High speed: 9300 RPM: 20.8 CFM (cu. ft./min)	
Low speed: 7200 RPM: 15.4 CFM (cu. ft./min)

Power
Maximum output

70 Watts

System power consumption 70 Watts max, 60 Watts typical
Nominal input voltage

90 to 264 VAC, universal

Input line frequency

47 to 63 Hz

Input voltage

90 VAC minimum; 264 VAC maximum

Inrush current

Maximum of 15 amps for period between 	
10 to 150 ms at 50°C (122°F)

Safety
The Brocade 5000 complies with the following safety certifications:
•	CSA NRTL Certification to UL 60950-1: 2003, First Edition
•	CSA Certification to CSA 60950-1-03 (Canadian Standards Association)
•	CB Certification to IEC 60950-1 (2001) (including all National Deviations)
•	Nemko Certification to EN60950-1:2001
•	TUV Certification to EN60950-1+ A11	
•	GOST Certification (Russia)
•	TUV Argentina Certification to IEC60950-1(2001)
•	Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) for CE Marking in European Union
* Brocade M-EOS fabrics are McDATA switches and directors running McDATA Enterprise OS.

For information about supported SAN standards, visit www.brocade.com/sanstandards
For information about switch and device interoperability, visit www.brocade.com/interoperability

Asia Pacific Headquarters
Singapore
T: +65-6538-4700	
apac-info@brocade.com

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