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Brocade 7850 Extension Switch

The Brocade 7850 Extension Switch is a storage network switch from Lenovo, supporting 24 ports, 64G, universal (E, F, M, D, and EX ports).

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Product SKU

7850

Enclosure

Back-to-front airflow; non-port-side intake (NPI); 1U

Fibre Channel Ports

24 ports, 64G, universal (E, F, M, D, and EX ports):
• 8 physical SFP+ Fibre Channel ports
• 8 physical SFP-DD Fibre Channel ports (allow up to 16 connections)

Ethernet Ports

16 ports of 1GbE/10GE/25GbE for LAN and WAN connectivity 2 ports of 100GbE for WAN connectivity

Scalability

Full-fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches

Certified Maximum

Single fabric: 56 domains, 7 hops Multiprotocol routing fabric: 19 hops

Fibre Channel Performance

8.5Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 14.025Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 28.05Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 57.8Gb/s line speed, full duplex; auto-sensing of 8, 16, 32 and 64G port speeds

Ethernet Interfaces

1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE and 100GbE

Brocade Trunking

Up to eight 64Gb/s ports per Brocade Trunk; up to 512 Gb/s per trunk. There is no limit to how many trunk groups can be configured in the switch.

Fabric Latency

460 ns with no contention, cut-through routing at 64Gb/s

Maximum Fibre Channel Frame Size

2112-byte payload

Maximum IP MTU

Jumbo Frames at 9216 bytes

Classes Of Service

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

Port Types

F_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, FCR E_Port, D_Port (Diagnostic), M_Port (Mirror), and self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port); VE_Port (FCIP and IP)

Data Traffic Types

Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast

USB

One USB port for system log file downloads or firmware upgrades

Media Types

Fibre Channel:
• 64G FC SFP+ LC connector (supports 16/32/64G): SWL, LWL, ELWL
• 32G FC SFP+ LC connector (supports 8/16/32G): SWL, LWL
• 2x64G FC SFP-DD SN connector (supports 16/32/64G): SWL
Ethernet:
• 10GbE SFP/SFP+ LC connector (supports 1/10GbE): SR
• 25GbE SFP/SFP+ LC connector (supports 10/25GbE): SR, LR
• 100GbE QSFP MPO connector (supports 100GbE): SR4
• 40GbE connectivity can be supported through 4x10GbE breakout using four 10GbE ports on the Brocade 7850 platform
All Brocade transceivers are PC/UPC compatible

Fabric Services

Name Server; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); NTP; RADIUS; RCS (Reliable Commit Service); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Exchange-based routing; Device-based routing; Port-based routing; Lossless; Brocade Advanced Zoning; Web Tools; Brocade Trunking; Extended Fabrics; Fabric Vision; Traffic Optimizer; SDDQ; Integrated Routing (FCR); FICON CUP; FICON Management Server (FMS)

Extension Services

Extension Trunking, Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL), WAN Test Tool (Wtool), Open Systems Tape Pipelining (OSTP), FastWrite (FCIP-FW), QoS Marking, Bandwidth Enforcement, PerPriority TCP QoS, PTQ, Adaptive Networking with QoS, and Advanced Extension and Integrated Routing (FCR), and Advanced Accelerator for FICON

Supported Management Software

SSH v2, HTTP/HTTPS, SNMP v1/v3, Telnet; SNMP (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); Brocade Web Tools; Brocade SANnav Management Portal and SANnav Global View; Command Line Interface (CLI); LDAP

Security

AES-GCM-256 encryption on FC ISLs (E_Port), AES-GCM-256 IPsec encryption (VE_Port), PKI, IKEv2, DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), FCAP switch authentication; HTTPS, IP filter, AAA, Audit Logging, LDAP, Port Binding, RADIUS, TACACS+, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure Copy (SCP), Secure RPC, SFTP, SSH v2, TLS 1.3, Switch Binding, Trusted Switch, Login Banners, Secure Syslog

Management

1000Mb/s Ethernet (RJ-45); serial port (RJ-45) and one USB port

Diagnostics

POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics including D_Port, ping, traceroute, FCping, Pathinfo (FCtraceroute), Wtool, and Ftrace

Warranty

Three-year customer-replaceable unit limited warranty with 9×5 next business day parts delivered. Three-year software/firmware entitlement.

Overview

The Brocade 7850 Extension Switch is a storage network switch from Lenovo supporting 24 ports, 64G, universal (E, F, M, D, and EX ports).

It provides F_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, FCR E_Port, D_Port (Diagnostic), M_Port (Mirror), and self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port); VE_Port (FCIP and IP).

Key Features

  • Ports and port types: 24 ports, 64G, universal (E, F, M, D, and EX ports): / 8 physical SFP+ Fibre Channel ports / 8 physical SFP-DD Fibre Channel ports (allow up to 16 connections) F_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, FCR E_Port, D_Port (Diagnostic), M_Port (Mirror), and self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port); VE_Port (FCIP …
  • Management and software: SSH v2, HTTP/HTTPS, SNMP v1/v3, Telnet; SNMP (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); Brocade Web Tools; Brocade SANnav Management Portal and SANnav Global View; Command Line Interface (CLI); LDAP

Applications

  • Fibre Channel SAN fabric expansion
  • NVMe over Fibre Channel and all-flash storage networking
  • Data center consolidation and fabric modernization
  • Mission-critical storage networking with high availability

Configuration, availability and lead time depend on the required quantity, chassis and CPU platform, and delivery destination. Send your requirement to receive a quotation.

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