Vdx 6720/6730-24 Features; Vdx 6720/6730-60 Features; Software Features - Brocade Communications Systems VDX6720 Hardware Reference Manual

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Brocade VDX 6720 overview
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VDX 6720/6730-24 features

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VDX 6720/6730-60 features

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Software features

The Brocade VDX 6720/6730 switches support the following features. For more details on these
features, refer to the Brocade Network OS Administrator's Guide.
Layer 2/Layer 3 security features
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Extensive diagnostics and system-monitoring capabilities for enhanced high Reliability,
Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)
Optimized airflow - a choice of front-to-back or back-to-front flow
A real-time clock (RTC) with battery
SEEPROM for switch identification
Voltage monitoring
Fan monitoring
Three temperature sensors
I2C interface to monitor and control environmental aspects
Supports both regular transceiver plus cable arrangements or direct-attach cables (copper or
optical fiber)
1U form factor enclosure
24 10GbE SFP+ ports (also configurable to 1 GbE)
One forwarding ASIC
600 nanosecond (ns) port-to-port latency
15-inch depth
Dual, hot-swappable 250W AC power supplies with three integrated cooling fans each
2U form factor enclosure
60 10GbE SFP+ ports (also configurable to 1 GbE)
Nine forwarding ASICs arranged in a 3/6, core/edge configuration
600ns port-to-port latency, 1.8μs across port groups
17-inch depth
Dual, redundant, hot-swappable 500W AC power supplies
Triple, hot-swappable cooling fans
VLANs
Spanning Tree Protocol(STP, RSTP, MSTP) PVST+/PVRST+
Support Unicast and multicast capabilities, IGMP snooping
Layer 2 multi-path based on Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL)
Layer 2 access control lists (ACLs)
Brocade VDX 6720/6730 Hardware Reference Manual
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