Brocade Communications Systems RX Series Switch User Manual


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HIGHLIGHTS
• System redundancy (switch, management and
power) across all BigIron RX chassis
• Interchangeable half-height line modules
reduce sparing costs and provide cost-effective
modular growth
• Compact chassis design supports very high-
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7-foot Telco rack
• Scalable hardware-based IP routing to
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and IPv6 protocol support
• Advanced virtual output queue (VoQ) design
eliminates head of line blocking and provides
scalable QoS
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based honoring and marking and congestion
management
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link aggregation supports high-bandwidth
inter-switch trunking
• High-availability design features redundant
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OSPF restart
• Advanced non-blocking Clos fabric features
adaptive self-routing with graceful system
degradation in the event of two or more
module failures
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switch ports without impacting performance
Modular Layer 2/3
Ethernet Switches
The role of data networks in our daily lives
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needs such as application convergence,
non-stop operation, scalability and IPv6-
readiness place new demands on the
network. Modern network solutions must
be assessed across a wider set of attributes
than earlier generation equipment. In
particular, the network must be evaluated on
merits that include performance, reliability,
scalability, quality of service, security and
total cost of ownership (TCO).
The Brocade
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BigIron
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areas, enabling network designers to deploy
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today’s requirements with a scalable
architecture designed to support network
growth and evolution. The BigIron RX Series
incorporates the latest advances in switch
architecture, system resilience, quality of
service and switch security in a family of
modular chassis setting leading industry
benchmarks for price-performance,
scalability and TCO.
Available in four chassis models, the
BigIron RX Series allows network designers
to standardize on a single product family
for aggregation and backbone switching.
In addition to its enterprise role, the BigIron
RX Series, with its high-density and compact
design, is an ideal IP solution for high-
performance computing environments and
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HIGH-
PERFORMANCE
ETHERNET
SWITCHING
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Providers (IXPs and ISPs) where non-
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are needed.
All four BigIron RX systems are designed
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Additionally, the BigIron RX Series supports
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restart routing for fast convergence in the
event of a management module failure.
At the heart of the BigIron RX architecture
is an adaptive self-routing Clos switch fabric
with a virtual output queue (VOQ) design.
This non-blocking architecture is optimized
for maximum throughput and low latency for
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