Brocade Communications Systems 5000 Users Manual Switch
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2015-02-02
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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
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
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
A Flexible, Easy-to-Use Switch for
a Variety of SAN Environments
® 5000 Switch is a high-
growing storage requirements in mission-
as well as support for “pay-as-you-grow”
architecture that supports native E_Port
interoperability for seamless connectivity
into Brocade Fabric OS®
running FOS native, FOS open, M-EOS
enables non-disruptive expansion of any
Brocade 5000 with a variety of tools and
designed to be an easy addition to M-EOS
fabrics since there is no steep learning
curve for new management tools or
familiar with Brocade Fabric Manager, the
Brocade 5000 is designed to be an easy
5000
STORAGE AREA
NETWORK
* Brocade M-EOS fabrics are McDATA switches and
directors running McDATA Enterprise OS
Brocade 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec devices and
provides native E_Port interoperability for
5000 is also backed by FOS and M-EOS
engineering, test, and support expertise to
power dissipation as well as consolidated
power and fan assemblies to improve
environmental performance and reduce
help make the Brocade 5000 a cost-
environments, including the edge
INDUSTRY-LEADING PERFORMANCE
the Brocade 5000 provides best-in-class
as many as 32 ports concurrently active
at 4 Gbit/sec full duplex to provide an
supply up to 32 Gbit/sec of data throughput
congestion and increasing bandwidth,
prioritization and anti-starvation
capabilities at the port level to avoid
• Exchange-based Dynamic Path Selection
and load balancing by automatically
effective load balancing in certain
ENTERPRISE-CLASS AVAILABILITY
FOR BUSINESS CONTINUANCE
foundation for disaster recovery and
business continuance by employing
enterprise-class availability features
such as hot-swappable, redundant,
and integrated fan and power supply
and activation helps maximize application
uptime with faster system upgrades and
maintenance to reduce the dependency
wide range of diagnostic and monitoring
functions, these capabilities help provide
operations, the Brocade 5000 enables
industry-leading distances between servers
up to 500 kilometers at 1 Gbit/sec and
125 kilometers at 4 Gbit/sec facilitates
the deployment of high-performance,
HIGH SCALABILITY WITH
PORTS ON DEMAND
Delivering up to 32 ports in a 1U form
factor, the Brocade 5000 combines cost-
effectiveness with highly scalable Ports on
16 ports enabled, and organizations can
easily expand to 24 or 32 ports by activating
modular “pay-as-you-grow” approach to
SUPERIOR ROI AND
INVESTMENT PROTECTION
availability, interoperability, and scalability
switches while simplifying maintenance and
manage the Brocade 5000 with existing
management applications such as Brocade
Figure 1.
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up to four 2 Gbit/sec links
congestion
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OPEN SAN MANAGEMENT
such as the Brocade 5000 under a
management interfaces and support for
management through a command line
5000 integrates easily into heterogeneous
environments with operating systems such
®
HIGHER FABRIC SECURITY FOR
CRITICAL INFORMATION
help organizations safeguard their critical
Zoning as well as advanced port and switch
management access security, the Brocade
MAXIMIZING SAN INVESTMENTS
Brocade and its partners offer complete
training, support, and services to help
information, contact an authorized Brocade
Figure 2.
DPS
Dynamic Path Selection (DPS)
Balancing data flow between
multiple trunk groups
Up to
32 Gbit/sec
Up to
32 Gbit/sec
Trunk group
Trunk group
Trunk group
Trunk group
Trunking
ASIC Preserves In-order Delivery
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Corporate Headquarters
European Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland
Asia Pacic Headquarters
Singapore
Systems Architecture
Scalability Full fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum
Performance
between 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec ports
256 Gbit/sec end to end
Fabric latency
Maximum frame size 2112-byte payload
Port types
Fabric switches supporting unicast and broadcast
Media types
Fabric services
Optional fabric services include Brocade Fabric
Options SFP media
Management
Management software
supported
Management access
Diagnostics
BROCADE 5000 SPECIFICATIONS
Mechanicals
Enclosure
Size
System weight
Environmentals
Shock
2 emissions
Power
Maximum output 70 Watts
System power consumption 70 Watts max, 60 Watts typical
Nominal input voltage
Maximum of 15 amps for period between
Safety
* Brocade M-EOS fabrics are McDATA switches and directors running McDATA Enterprise OS.