Brocade’s highest-density fixed form factor switch

The Brocade VDX 6940 delivers the industry’s highest port density in a fixed switch, making it the most efficient leaf and spine switch. Ideal for building Ethernet fabrics in demanding environments. With Brocade VCS Fabric technology, the Brocade VDX 6940 simplifies network design and operations for both cloud and Big Data network fabrics.

These switches are designed to simplify network architecture, help reduce operational and capital expenses, and deliver line-rate performance on all ports, for all packet sizes.

Key features include:

·         Zero-touch scale-out through auto-forming fabric based on Brocade Fabric VCS technology

·         The market’s highest 10 GbE and 40 GbE density in a fixed form factor

·         Optimised packet buffer and latency for better application performance

·         Improved capacity, with the ability to scale up to a 120 GbE uplink with Brocade ISL Trunking

·         Seamless, unified physical and virtual resources with Brocade VCS Gateway for NSX

·         Centralised, automated management and provisioning

·         Management of an entire multitenant Brocade VCS fabric as a single switch

·         Efficient load-balanced multipathing at Layers 1, 2, and 3; multiple Layer 3 gateways

·         The industry’s most open programmability and the ideal choice for SDN with a plugin for OpenStack, support for REST APIs, OpenFlow 1.3 and DevOps integration for Puppet and Python

Models

The Brocade VDX 6940 is available in two models. The Brocade VDX 6940-36Q offers 36 40GbE QSFP+ ports. Through a breakout cable, each 40 GbE port can be broken into four 10GbE ports for a total of 144 10GbE connections. This represents 40 percent more port capacity than any other network switch in its class. The Brocade VDX 6940-144S provides up to 96 10GbE ports, along with 12 40GbE or four 100GbE ports in a 2U form factor.

Availability and pricing

Brocade VDX 6940 switches will be available beginning in March, with a starting price of $27,995. Brocade networking solutions are available direct, through Brocade channel partners, and via Brocade Network Subscription.