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Brocade VDX 6710-54 Introduction
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Brocade VDX 6710-54 overview
The Brocade VDX 6710-54 is a top-of-rack switch designed to accommodate traditional 1 Gigibit
Ethernet (GbE) server connections to the Brocade 10 GbE VCS™ technology. The Brocade VDX
6710-54 features Brocade’s CloudPlex™ architecture and runs on the Brocade Network Operating
System (Network OS) v2.1.0. For details about Network OS, refer to the Brocade Network OS
Administrator’s Guide.
The Brocade VDX 6710-54 switch offers 48 1 GbE, direct-attach copper ports along with 6 10 GbE
SFP+ optical ports.
A key feature of the Brocade VDX 6710-54 switch is Brocade VCS™ technology, which includes
virtual cluster switching, a new set of technologies that allows users to create flatter, virtualized,
and converged data center networks. VCS fabrics are scalable, permitting users to expand at their
own pace, and simplified, allowing users to manage the fabric as a single entity. VCS-based
Ethernet fabrics are convergence-capable, with technologies such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE) for storage.
Another feature of the Brocade VDX 6710-54 switch is reversible airflow. You can order fans that
move air either port side to nonport side or nonport side to port side depending on your needs.
Platform components and capabilities
The Brocade VDX 6710-54 switch offers the following features and capabilities:
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A system motherboard that features a Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) CPU running
at 1.3 GHz with integrated peripherals
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An RJ45 10/100/1000 Ethernet out-of-band management port
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An RJ45-fronted serial (RS-232) port for terminal access
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A USB port for firmware upgrades and system log downloads
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48 1 GbE direct-attach copper RJ45 ports
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6 10 GbE SFP+ ports (also configurable to 1 GbE)
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One forwarding ASIC
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600 nanosecond (ns) port-to-port latency