BROCADE MLX SERIES FOR THE DATA CENTER

Jeff Nydegger LAN Systems Engineer February 18th, 2011

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Building More Efficient Data Centers

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Brocade
Fiber Channel Networking
1st SAN Routing 1st NPIV for Virtual Servers 1st 2, 4 and 8 Gb FC Switches and Directors 1st 4 and 8 Gb Blade Server FC Switch 1st 10Gb Fibre Channel 1st Adaptive HBAs

Foundry Networks
Ethernet Networking
1st Gb Ethernet Switch 1st 10 Gb Ethernet Switch 1st Multi-Terabit MPLS and Internet Core Router 1st Two Billion Packet-per-Second Switch and Router Families 1st Application Delivery Switch

1st Encryption at-rest Switch/Blade Family

1st FCoE / DCB family (8000/DCX) 1st 1Gb and 10Gb FC over WAN (FCIP) 1st 150 Patents and Over 230 Patents 1st 200,000+ SANs in Production
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1st Layer 3 Switch

1st Layer 4-7 Switch 1st Billion PPS Switch & Routers

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Product Highlights
Leading performance and scalability
Up to 15.36 Tbps forwarding capacity; 4.8 Bpps throughput Up to 1536 1 GbE, 256 10 GbE and 32 100 GbE ports Wire-speed, non-blocking performance Rear Exhaust airflow on all models

Optimum flexibility
4-, 8-, 16-, and 32-slot chassis 20-, 48-port copper and 20-port fiber 1 GbE modules 4- and 8-port 10 GbE modules 2-port CFP 100 GbE module 4- and 8-port OC48 and 2-port OC192 modules DCB-ready Field-programmable packet processor

High availability
Management, fabric, and M+N power redundancy Removable and load-sharing components MCT, Hitless failover and upgrade; graceful restart

Data Center Core/Aggregation

Advanced functionality
Virtualization through multi-VRF Multi-service feature set (IPv4, IPv6, MPLS) sFlow for granular network traffic accounting
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USE CASE

Major Financial Services Company

Delivering radically simplified data center end-states
Competitive Proposal 87-Device Solution
Core Layer

Brocade MLX Solution 6-Device Solution

MLX-16 = 4 Production + backup

Aggregation Layer

Access Layer

10G optics = 24

MLX-16 = 10

Complexity
Footprint

Power
CapEx

Simplicity Footprint

Power
Blocking Latency
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Scalable Architecture
Highly distributed architecture for maximum scalability

Interface Module (half-slot) NP NP

Interface Module (half-slot) NP NP Management Data Switch Management Module CPU

Local DRAM

TM

TM

Local CPU
Local DRAM

TM

TM

Local CPU
Local DRAM

FE1

FE2 SFM

FE3

M +1 Switch Fabric Modules

Legend NP- Network Processor TM- Traffic Manager FE- Fabric Element SFM- Switch Fabric Module
FE(N-2) FE(N-1) SFM FEN

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N+1 Clos Fabric Design

No head-of-line blocking
Irrespective of traffic pattern, packet size or type of traffic

Optimal utilization of switch fabric

ultra-low latency within a tight bound

Distributed cross-fabric packet scheduling

line-rate forwarding for all packet sizes (including jumbo frames)

Dynamic self-routing capability

No centralized fabric control Provide fault-tolerance and graceful degradation in the events of fabric element failure, or link to fabric element failure Fairly utilize backplane capacity regardless of traffic pattern

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Virtual Output Queuing on MLX

Inbound slot 1 Outbound slot 1 Scheduler for port 1

Multiple priority queues for a destination port

Packet buffers

Slot 1, port 1

... ... ...

...
Scheduler for port 20

...
Inbound slot 32

...

...
Outbound slot 32 Scheduler for port 1

Packet buffers

... ... ...

Switch Fabric Modules

...
Scheduler for port 20

Multiple priority queues for a destination port

Slot 32, port 20

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NetIron MLX 48-T-A Overview

Product overview
Dense 1 GbE interface module Used in data center aggregation, HPC clusters Ideal for end-of-row and middle-of-row data center aggregation architectures Aggregates thousands of servers and reduces multiple layers in the data center

Key differentiators
Industry-leading 1 GbE capacity in a single router Lowest power draw per GbE port All the advanced capabilities of the NetIron MLX modules Advanced data center virtualization with multiVRFs, VLANs, and MPLS/VPLS

Highlights
48-port 1 GbE interface module
Eight MRJ21 connectors Each MRJ21 connector has six 1 GbE links

Advanced load balancing and resiliency at the data center access layer
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Requires high-speed fan upgrade on NetIron MLX-16

NetIron MLX 48-T-A Module Physical Attributes

48 1 GbE ports

Auto-sensing tri-speed support (10/100/1000 Mbps) Space-saving design with MiniRJ21 connectors Eight connectors per module Six 1 GbE links per connector Requires a patch panel and cable for MRJ21 connectors Available from third parties such as Tyco

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The Challenges Today:

Scaling Virtual Server Environments
Layer 2: only 1 active path
STP disables other paths Not virtualization optimized

Add Virtual Machines

Add additional GbE connections Move to 10 GbE for simplicity and more performance Uplinks are stressed; need more connections in LAG

Increase utilization using MSTP (spanning tree per VLAN)

Increases complexity Creates multiple single-path networks; limits sphere of mobility

Link failure
STP reconvergence network is down Broadcast storms stress network

Layer 3 as an alternative
Greater complexity; higher cost VM mobility limited to rack
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Efficient and Collapsed 1 GbE VToR Architecture

Brocade MLX-48T
ICL

Easy to configure and manage

Layer 3 Layer 2

Core

MCT 2
LAG Active-Active

Layer 2/3 LAG Topology with VRRP-E and MCT

Fewer network elements to manage No STP from server to core Single management for discovery, configuration, monitoring, managing, analyzing , and reporting

Five times improvement

Access End of Row
Over 30 Tbps Switching Capacity
ICL Brocade MLX MCT 1 Brocade MLX

Deterministic sub-200 ms link and node failover from server to core

Collapsed access/aggregation for lower device failure and higher Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)

48-T-A Blade

48-T-A Blade

Two times improvement

Active-active Layer 2/3 topology with VRRP-E and MCT from server to core Maximum VM mobility in IP hashing mode utilizing all links

LAG

LAG

Servers

Investment protection
Standby
Active

1/10/100 GbE scalable wire-speed connectivity options 2 million MAC entries supporting large VM environments
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Migrating to an Ethernet Fabric

Seamless integration into existing environments

Core

Aggregation

Combined Aggregation & Access

10 GbE & DCB

Access
1 Gb Ethernet

10 GbE or 10Gb DCB Servers

10 GbE iSCSI or FCoE Storage

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Ethernet Fabrics
A new network architecture
Classic Hierarchical Ethernet Architecture
Core

Ethernet Fabric Architecture

Core Core

Access Aggregation

Edge

Scalability

Servers with 10 Gbps Connections

Servers with 10 Gbps Connections

Classic architectures often require three tiers in the physical network STP disables links in the fabric to prevent loops, limiting network utilization Each switch has to be managed individually
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Fabric architectures flatten and seamlessly scale out the Layer 2 network at the edge All links in the VCS fabric are active and it is managed as one Switches in the VCS fabric are managed at one
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Simplified, Scalable, and Resilient 10 GbE Fabric

NetIron MLX and Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) Fabric
Core
Over 30 Tbps Switching Capacity
ICL

Easy to configure and manage

Layer 3 Layer 2

MCT

Simplified architecture and scalable multipath Layer 2 domain No Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) within Brocade VCS cloud or core VM-aware infrastructure

LAG

LAG

Five times improvement

Multipathing Layer 2 within Brocade VCS cloud and core

Access

Brocade VCS

Two times improvement

Full use of all network links

Investment protection
Future-proof and convergence-ready DCB/Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) architecture Pay-as-you-grow model for server access

Servers

Standby Active

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Demonstration Overview

Physical Configuration

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Brocade Network Advisor

One view to simplify and manage the entire network
Industrys only unified network management platform for IP, SAN, and converged networksenabling virtual, physical, and cloud infrastructures
Comprehensive management across Brocade IP, Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), FCoE, Fibre Channel, and wireless networks End-to-end network visibility from a single application Lower OpEx and greater investment protection through a unified, train-once user experience Provides seamless integration with partner orchestration frameworks
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Mobility
VM
APP OS

VM
APP OS

VM
APP OS

VM
APP OS

Compute Network Storage

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NetIron MLX 48-port 1 GbE vs. Competition

Best-in-class capacity and power efficiency
1 GbE System Capacity Power Consumption (Watts per Gbps)
19.53
20.0 18.0 16.0 14.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 14.41

1536
1600 1400 1200

13.02

12.88

1000
800 600 400 200 0 Brocade NetIron MLX-32 384

768

768 440

7.0

Cisco Cisco Nexus Juniper EX Juniper MX Catalyst 7018 8216 960 6509

Brocade NetIron MLX-16

Cisco Cisco Nexus Juniper EX Juniper MX Catalyst 7018 8216 960 6509

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NetIron MLX 48-T-A Competitive Advantage

NetIron MLX 48-T-A
1G density (wire speed) 1536

Cisco 6500 6748-GE

384

Cisco Nexus 7k 48-port module

768

Juniper EX8200 48-port module

768

Benefits

Massive consolidation with high-density core Reduced interconnect tax MPLS extended to the access layer OpEx savings Efficient aggregation of large numbers of GbE links across data center Field-upgradeable network processor architecture for investment protection

MPLS Power requirements Number of ports/LAG Fieldupgradeable architecture

Yes Low 32

No VPLS High 8

No High 8

No High 12

Yes

No

No

No

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Global Leaders Rely on Brocade Solutions

ISP and Transit Content Carriers, Metro, Cable MSO

APTG

IXP

Hosting/SP Data Center

(Asia, Japan, Australia)

GlobalConnect

Wireless
(City of Milan)

Federal Customers

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Brocade MLX Series Summary

Breakthrough performance with five times the throughput of competitive offerings

Reduced network complexity, simplified network management, and continuous operation for increased efficiency

Investment protection across multiple platforms: Brocade MLX, MLXe, and Brocade NetIron XMR
Flexible chassis options: 4, 8, 16, and 32 slots
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