Maximize the demanding connectivity needs of today’s data center workloads while also lowering overall costs and network management complexity.
General Server Details:
Chassis: Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 chassis
Security: Yes
Management: CLI, SNMP, REST APIs
MX7116n Fabric Expander Module:
Optics:
Transceiver, 2x100/2x80GbE Multi-rate, 2SR4 QSFP28-DD
Transceiver, 2x100GbE, 2SR4 QSFP28-DD
Transceiver, 2x40GbE, 2SR4 QSFP28-DD
Cables:
2x 100GbE, QSFP28-DD to QSFP28-DD, active optical, passive DAC
2x 100GbE, QSFP28-DD to 2xQSFP28, active optical, passive DAC
2x 100GbE, QSFP28-DD to 8xSFP28 (8x10/25GbE), active optical, passive DAC
2x 100GbE, MPO12-DD to MPO12-DD optical
2x 100GbE, MPO12DD to 2xMPO12 optical breakout
2x 100GbE, MPO12DD to 8xLC optical breakout
2x 40GbE, QSFP28-DD to 2xQSFP+, active optical, passive DAC
2x 40GbE, QSFP28-DD to 8xSFP+ (8x10/10GbE), active optical, passive DAC
MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine:
Optics:
Transceiver, 2x100/2x80GbE Multi-rate, 2SR4 QSFP28-DD
Transceiver, 2x100GbE, 2SR4 QSFP28-DD
Transceiver, 2x40GbE, 2SR4 QSFP28-DD
Transceiver, 100GbE, SR4 QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, LR4 QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, ESR4 QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, PSM4 500m QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, CWDM4 2Km QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, SWDM4 100m QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, BIDI optic QSFP28
Transceiver, 40GbE, SR4 optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, eSR4 optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, LR4 optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, BIDI optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, PSM4 10Km QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, LM4 Duplex QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, SM4 Duplex QSFP+
Transceiver, 4x32G FC SW optic QSFP28
Transceiver, 4x16G FC SW optic QSFP+
Cables:
2x 100GbE, QSFP28-DD to QSFP28-DD, active optical, passive DAC
2x 100GbE, QSFP28-DD to 2xQSFP28, active optical, passive DAC
2x 100GbE, QSFP28-DD to 8xSFP28 (8x10/25GbE), active optical, passive DAC
2x 100GbE, MPO12-DD to MPO12-DD optical
2x 100GbE, MPO12DD to 2xMPO12 optical breakout
2x 100GbE, MPO12DD to 8xLC optical breakout
2x 40GbE, QSFP28-DD to 2xQSFP+, active optical, passive DAC
2x 40GbE, QSFP28-DD to 8xSFP+ (8x10/10GbE), active optical, passive DAC
100GbE, QSFP28 to QSFP28, active optical, passive DAC
100GbE, QSFP28 to 4xSFP28 (4x10/25GbE), active optical, passive DAC
100GbE, MTP to MTP optical
100GbE, MTP to 4xLC optical breakout
40GbE, QSFP+ to QSFP+, active optical & passive DAC
40GbE, QSFP+ to 4xSFP+ (4x10GbE), active optical & passive DAC
Software:
SmartFabric OS10
Select third-party operating system offerings (future)
MX5108n Ethernet Switch:
Optics:
Transceiver, 100GbE, SR4 QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, LR4 QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, ESR4 QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, PSM4 500m QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, CWDM4 2Km QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, SWDM4 100m QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, BIDI optic QSFP28
Transceiver, 40GbE, SR4 optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, eSR4 optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, LR4 optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, BIDI optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, PSM4 10Km QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, LM4 Duplex QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, SM4 Duplex QSFP+
Cables:
100GbE, QSFP28 to QSFP28, active optical, passive DAC
100GbE, QSFP28 to 4xSFP28 (4x10/25GbE), active optical, passive DAC
100GbE, MTP to MTP optical
100GbE, MTP to 4xLC optical breakout
40GbE, QSFP+ to QSFP+, active optical & passive DAC
40GbE, QSFP+ to 4xSFP+ (4x10GbE), active optical & passive DAC
Software:
SmartFabric OS10
Select third-party operating system offerings (future)
MXG610s Fibre Channel IO Module:
Total Fibre Channel Ports:
Up to 16 internal server facing and up to 16 external fabric facing ports 8-port increments through dynamic Ports on Demand (POD) license.
The 16 internal server facing ports operate at either 16 Gbps or 32 Gbps speed depending on the minimezzanine adapter, and do not require any optical transceivers.
The 16 external fabric facing ports are available in two different port types:
8 external SFP+ ports operate at 8Gbps, 16Gbps, or 32Gbps speed
2 external QSFP+ ports offer 4 ports each operate at 16Gbps or 32Gbps speed
Supported Optics:
Transceiver, 16Gbps FC, SWL SFP
Transceiver, 16Gbps FC, LWL SFP
Transceiver, 32Gbps FC, SWL SFP
Transceiver, 32Gbps FC, LWL SFP
Transceiver, 16Gbps FC, SW4 QSFP (supports 1x4 Breakout)
Transceiver, 32Gbps FC, SW4 QSFP (supports 1x4 Breakout)
ANSI Fibre Channel Protocol:
Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface standard (FC-PH)
Modes of Operation:
Fibre Channel Class 2 and Class 3
Fabric Initialization:
Complies with FC-SW-3 Rev. 6.6
Scalability:
Full-fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches
Certified Maximum:
6,000 active nodes, 56 switches, 19 hops in a Fabric OS®
ISL Trunking:
Frame-based trunking with up to eight ports per ISL trunk for an up to 256 Gbps per ISL; supporting trunk
Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Fabric OS®
Max. Switching Bandwidth:
1024 Gbps (32 * 32 Gbps) in Full Fabric Switch mode
Max. Throughput:
512 Gbps (16 * 32 Gbps) in Access Gateway mode
Maximum Port-to-Port Latency:
Latency for locally switched ports is ≤ 900 ns
Maximum Frame Size:
2,112-byte payload
Frame Buffers:
2,000 dynamically allocated
Classes of Services:
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
Port Types:
F_Port, E_Port, M_Port, D_Port (ClearLink Diagnostic Port), N_Port
Data Traffic Types:
Fabric switch supporting unicast
Fabric Services:
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS); Flow Vision; Brocade Adaptive Networking (Traffic Isolation, QoS); Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) Monitoring; Slow Drain Device Quarantine (SDDQ); Brocade Advanced Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast zoning, peer zoning, target-driven zoning); Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Brocade Extended Fabrics; Enhanced BB credit recovery; FDMI; Frame Redirection; Frame-based Trunking; FSPF; Brocade ISL Trunking; Management Server; NPIV; NTPv3; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Simple Name Server (SNS); Read Diagnostics Parameter (RDP), VM Insight
Supported Management Software:
HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; Auditing, Syslog; Brocade Advanced Web Tools; Command Line Interface (CLI); SMI-S compliant; Administrative Domains; trial licenses for add-on capabilities
Security:
DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), FCAP switch authentication; HTTPS, IPsec, IP filtering, LDAP with IPv6, OpenLDAP, Port Binding, RADIUS, TACACS+, User-defined Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure Copy (SCP), Secure RPC, Secure Syslog, SFTP, SSH v2, SSL, Switch Binding, Trusted Switch
Management Access:
1 micro USB type B port for console/management
Diagnostic
ClearLink optics and cable diagnostics, including electrical/optical loopback, link traffic/latency/distance; flow mirroring; built-in flow generator; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), frame viewer, non-disruptive daemon restart, optics health monitoring, power monitoring, RAStrace logging, and Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD)
