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  • Page 1

    BR OCADE F AS TIR ON SUPERX F AMIL Y ENTERPRISE LAN SWIT CHING HIGHLIGHTS Indu stry-lead ing, chassi s-bas ed co nv erge nce solu tion pro vid es a scalab le, s ecure , lo w- lat ency and faul t-to leran t inf rastr uctur e f or cost -effe ctiv e de ploy ment of V oic e o ver IP (V oIP ), wi reles s, and high -capa city data services thr ough out t[...]

  • Page 2

    The Fa stIr on Supe rX/SX fam ily h as a n e xte nsiv e f eat ure set, maki ng it we ll su it ed f or r eal-t ime c olla borat ive app licat ions , IP t eleph ony , I P vid eo, e-lea rnin g, wi rele ss LAN s, an d rai sing the orga nizat ion’ s pr oduc tivi ty . Th e F astI ro n Sup erX/S X fa mily del ive rs wi re-sp eed perfor manc e and ult ra[...]

  • Page 3

    modular systems that use a common po wer supply for bo th the systems and the PoE equipment. In the F astIron SuperX/SX family , the power consumption of a line module’s PoE cir cuitr y does not impact the system po wer . Similarly, the po wer consumption of the line modules, switch modules, and management modules does not impact the P oE power .[...]

  • Page 4

    Flexible Bandwidth Management Th e F as tI r on S upe rX/ SX sw it che s s u pp ort a ri ch se t of b an dw id th ma n ag em en t f e at ur es , al lo wi ng g ra nul ar c on tr ol o f ba nd wi dt h ut ili za tio n. On in g re ss , e xt en de d A CL s can b e us ed in co mbi na tio n w it h t r af c p ol ic ie s t o co ntr ol b an dw idt h b y us[...]

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    System t o process sFlow data fr om the switches, IronShield 360 pr ovides closed loop threat detection and response. sFlo w packet sam ples are scanned for kno wn threat signatures. Upon a positive match, INM can automatically send a contr ol command to the F astIron SuperX/SX switch to thr ottle or disable the por t on which the threat has been d[...]

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    KEY FEA TURES AND BENEFIT S Robust V oIP and Pow er over Ethernet Standards-based IEEE 802.3af P oE suppor ting a wide variety of endpoints Choice of 1250W (70 Class 3) or 2500W (140 Class 3) per P oE power supply Independent system and P oE power subsyst ems allow the addition of PoE without affecting the system po wer High-av ailability power des[...]

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    Advanced Quality of Service Classication, reclassication, policing, and marking the trafc prior to deliv er y Identication, classication, and reclassication based on specic criteria (A CL -based) including por t, source/destination MA C address 802. 1p priority bit, source/destination IP address, T ype of Service (T oS), Dif fe[...]

  • Page 8

    IEEE Standards Compliance • 802.3 10Base- T • 802.3u 100Base- TX • 802.3u 100Base-FX • 802.3u 100Base-LX • 802.3z 1000Base-SX/LX • 802.3ab 1000Base- T • 802.3ae 10-Gigabit Etherne t • 802.3af Pow er over Ethernet • 802.3x Flow Contr ol • 802.3ad Link Aggregation • 802. 1d Ethernet Bridging • 802. 1D MAC Bridges • 802. 1p/q[...]

  • Page 9

    System Management • IronVie w Network Manager (INM) • Web-based Graphical User Int er face • Embedded Web Management • Industry Standard Command Line Interface (CLI) • RMON HP OpenView f or Sun Solaris • HP-UX, IBM’s AIX, and Windows NT • Vir tual Cable T ester • Repeat er MIB Element Security Options • Authentication, A uthoriz[...]

  • Page 10

    Feature F astIron SuperX F astIron SX 800 F astIron SX 1600 Interface Slots 8 8 1 6 Backplane Switching Capacity 5 10 Gb ps 600 Gbp s 1 080 Gbps Data Switching Capacity 408 Gbp s 464 Gbps 848 Gbps Packe t Forwarding Capacity 304 Mpp s 348 Mpp s 636 Mpp s Management Redundancy No Y es Y es Active 1 0-GbE Por ts with Redundant Management N/A 4 XFP 4 [...]

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    ORD ERIN G IN FORM A TION Part Number Description FI-SX1-4-AC FastIr on SuperX bundle with 8-slot chassis, fan tray , and 1 AC pow er supply FI-SX1-4-DC FastIron SuperX bundle with 8-slot chassis, f an tray , and 1 DC power supply FI-SX800-AC FastIr on SX 800 bundle with 8-slot chassis, fan tray , 2 switch fabrics, and 1 AC po wer supply FI-SX800-D[...]

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    DA T A SHEET © 2009 Brocade Communications Syst ems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 02/09 GA -DS-1268-00 Brocade, the B-wing symbol, BigIr on, DCX, Fabric OS, FastIr on, IronPoint, Ir onShield, IronView , IronW are, JetCore, NetIron, SecureIron, ServerIron, St orageX, and T urboIron are regist ered trademarks, and DCFM, Extraordinary Networks, and SAN [...]