ICX7750-26Q

Stacking Technology for the Most Demanding Campus Network Environments

Chassis Experience in a 10/40 GbE Stackable Switch for Campus Core/Aggregation
The Brocade ICX 7750 Switch redefines the economics of enterprise networking by delivering a unique 10/40 GbE campus aggregation solution in a stackable form factor and new levels of performance, availability, and flexibility. It provides the capabilities of a chassis with the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of a stackable switch.

The Brocade ICX 7750 delivers wire-speed, non-blocking performance across all ports to support latency-sensitive applications such as real-time voice/video streaming and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Up to 12 Brocade ICX 7750 Switches can be stacked using up to six full-duplex 40 Gbps stacking standard QSFP+ ports that provide an unprecedented maximum of 480 Gbps of backplane stacking bandwidth with full redundancy, eliminating inter-switch bottlenecks. For even greater availability, two dedicated 1 Gbps ports on the backplane of each switch can be used to create an inter-CPU path for forwarding system health and control information across the stack, much like the keepalive link between management modules in a chassis.

High Availability with Hitless Failover

Organizations can count on Brocade ICX 7750 Switches to deliver continuous availability for an optimized user experience. Brocade stacking technology helps provide high availability, performing real-time state synchronization across the stack and enabling instantaneous hitless failover to a standby controller in the unlikely event of a failure of the master stack controller. Organizations also can use hot-insertion/removal of stack members to avoid interrupting service when adding a switch to increase the capacity of a stack or replacing a switch that needs servicing. These features provide another level of availability for the campus wiring closet in a compact form factor. Additional design features include intake and exhaust temperature sensors, and fan spin detection to quickly identify abnormal or failed operating conditions—helping to minimize mean time to repair.

Increased Reliability through Redudancy and Intelligence

The Brocade ICX 7750 includes dual-internal redundant power supplies. These power supplies are hot-swappable and load-sharing with auto-sensing and auto-switching capabilities, which are critical for power redundancy and deployment flexibility.

The hot-swappable power supplies (1+1) and fan assembly (3+1) allow organizations to replace components without service disruption. In addition, several high-availability and fault-detection features help in failover of critical data flows, enhancing overall system availability and reliability. Organizations can use Brocade Network Advisor and sFlow-based network monitoring and trending to proactively monitor risk areas and optimize network resources.

Brocade Multi-Chassis Trunking (MCT) supports dual homing of wiring closet access switches, or servers in a rack, to two Brocade ICX 7750 stacks in an MCT peer group, eliminating the risk of a single point of failure. In conjunction with MCT, VRRP-E (the Brocade extension to VRRP for MCT) provides redundancy and sub-second failover for both Layer 2 and Layer 3. For metro or campus deployments in a ring topology, the Brocade Metro Ring Protocol (MRP-I and MRP-II) prevents Layer 2 loops and enables faster re-convergence than Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) with sub-second failover.

Industry-Leading Advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 Features

To provide self-healing topologies in Layer 2 configurations, the Brocade ICX 7750 supports industry-standard Ethernet protocols, including multiple varieties of STP and link aggregation as well as optic-, link-, and switch-level fault detection and correction features. The advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 feature set is leveraged from Brocade FastIron switches that have been field-proven in enterprise and data center networks for more than a decade. With rich Layer 3 features enabled, organizations can utilize the Brocade ICX 7750 in multiple applications.

SDN-enabled Programmatic Control of the Network

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a powerful new network paradigm designed for the world’s most demanding networking environments and promises breakthrough levels of customization, scale, and efficiency. The Brocade ICX 7750 enables SDN by supporting‡ the OpenFlow 1.0 and 1.3 protocol, which allows communication between an OpenFlow controller and an OpenFlow-enabled switch. Using this approach, organizations can control their networks programmatically, transforming the network into a platform for innovation through new network applications and services. The Brocade ICX 7750 delivers OpenFlow in true hybrid-port mode. With Brocade hybrid-port mode, organizations can simultaneously deploy traditional Layer 2/3 forwarding with OpenFlow on the same port. This unique capability provides a pragmatic path to SDN by enabling network administrators to progressively integrate OpenFlow into existing networks, giving them the programmatic control offered by SDN for specific flows while the remaining traffic is forwarded as before. Brocade ICX 7750 hardware support for OpenFlow enables organizations to apply these capabilities at line rate in 10 GbE and 40 GbE networks.

Warranty

The Brocade ICX 7750 Switch is covered by the Brocade Assurance Limited Lifetime Warranty. For details, visit www.brocade.com/warranty

Brocade ICX 7750 Specifications