Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter IBM BladeCenter at-a-glance guide User Manual
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Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter
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The converged switch modules have the following features:
Eight external 10 Gb Converged Enhanced Ethernet ports
Eight external auto-negotiated Fibre Channel ports (2 Gbps, 4 Gbps, or 8 Gbps)
14 internal auto-negotiated 10 GbE ports (1 Gbps or 10 Gbps)
Two internal full-duplex 100 Mbps Ethernet interfaces for management purposes
One external RS232 console port with a mini-USB interface for serial console management
One external 10/100/1000 Mb RJ45 Ethernet copper port for management
CEE features
Priority-based Flow Control (PFC): IEEE 802.1Qbb
Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS): IEEE 802.1Qaz
Data Center Bridging eXchange (DCBX)
Layer 2 features
Layer 2 Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs): 4096
VLAN Encapsulation 802.1Q
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
Multiple Spanning Tree MSTP (802.1s): 16 instances
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) IEEE- 802.3ad
Brocade enhanced frame-based trunking
Advanced PortChannel hashing based on Layer 2, 3, and 4 information
Pause Frames (802.3x)
Storm Control (unicast, multicast, and broadcast)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) RFC 826
Layer 2 security
Ingress Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Standard and extended Layer 2 ACLs
VLAN-based ACLs (VACLs)
Port-based ACLs (PACLs)
ACL statistics
Port-based Network Access Control: IEEE 802.1X
Layer 2 Quality of Service (QoS)
Eight priority levels for QoS
IEEE 802.1p Class of Service (CoS)
Eight hardware queues per port
Per-port QoS configuration
CoS trust: IEEE 802.1p
Per-port Virtual Output Queuing
CoS-based egress queuing
Egress strict priority queuing
Egress port-based scheduling: Weighted Round-Robin (WRR)
Layer 3 features
Static IP routes
External Fibre Channel ports that can operate as F_ports (fabric ports), FL_ports (fabric loop ports),
or E_ports (expansion ports)