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Product characteristics
Product numbers Brocade VDX 6730-32 Brocade VDX 6730-76
Rear-to-front airflow (System x) 8553-AF6 8553-BF8
Front-to-rear airflow (System x) 8553-AR5 8553-BR7
Rear-to-front airflow (Storage) 3759-C32 3759-C76
Form factor/height 1U 2U
1/10 GbE SFP+ ports 24 60
Dimensions and weight Width: 42.8 cm (16.9 in.)
Height: 4.37 cm (1.7 in.)
Depth: 38.4 cm (15.1 in.)
Weight: 7.3 kg (16.3 lb)		 Width: 43.0 cm (17.0 in.)
Height: 8.7 cm (3.5 in.)
Depth: 43.2 cm (17.0 in.)
Weight: 15.3 kg (33.9 lb)
Fibre Channel ports 8 (SWL transceivers shipped standard) 16 (SWL transceivers shipped standard)
Switching bandwidth (data rate, full duplex) 480 Gbps for Ethernet ports
128 Gbps for FC ports		 896 Gbps for Ethernet ports
256 Gbps for FC ports
Port-to-port latency 600 ns within 10-port group 600 ns within 10-port group
FCoE features
  • FCoE
  • Native FCoE forwarding
  • Multihop FCoE (available in 4Q 2012)
  • FC-BB5 compliant Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF)
  • End-to-end FCoE (initiator to target)
  • FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) v1 support for FCoE devices login and initialization
  • Name Server-based zoning
DCB features
  • Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) IEEE 802.1Qbb
  • Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) IEEE 802.1Qaz
  • Data Center Bridging eXchange (DCBX)
  • DCBX Application Type-Length-Value (TLV) for FCoE and iSCSI
Layer 2 features
  • Static MAC Configuration
  • Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) IEEE 802.3ad/802.1AX
  • VLAN Encapsulation IEEE 802.1Q
  • Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) IEEE 802.1D
  • Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) IEEE 802.1s
  • Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST+/PVRST+)
  • STP PortFast and PortFast BDPU Guard
  • STP Root Guard
  • Layer 2 Access Control Lists (ACLs)
  • IGMP v1/v2 Snooping
  • Pause Frames IEEE 802.3x
Management and control
  • IPv4/IPv6 management
  • Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) IEEE 802.1AB
  • MIB II RFC 1213 MIB
  • Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN)
  • Telnet
  • SNMP v1/v2C,v3
  • sFlow RFC 3176
  • Out of Band management (standalone mode)
  • RMON-1, RMON-2
  • Management Access Control Lists (ACLs)
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Security
  • Port-based Network Access Control IEEE 802.1X
  • RADIUS
  • TACACS+
  • Secure Shell (SSHv2)
Power
Power supplies Two hot-swappable, load-sharing
Cooling fans N+1 redundant, integrated into power supplies
Power inlet C13
Input voltage 100 V TO 240 V ~5 A – 2.5 A
Input line frequency 47 to 63 Hz
Inrush current 50 amps max
Maximum current 4 amps max (24-port switch); 7 amps max (60-port switch)
Maximum power consumption
Brocade VDX 6730-32		 131 W
Maximum power consumption
Brocade VDX 6730-76		 321 W

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