1. ICX 7750 Distributed Chassis for Campus Aggregation/Core
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ICX 7750 Distributed Chassis for Campus Aggregation/Core
November 13, 2013
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2. Campus Network Trends and Challenges
Enterprise, Public Sector, Education
IT Costs
Business Pace Up
Data Growth up
SLAs Up,
Patience Down
Gartner: 65% of IT spend needed to keep systems running
Apps deployed in days, not weeks
Maintenance in hours, not days
New Business Challenges
BYOD
Gartner: 78% BYOD only or mix by 2016
Core
Aggregation
Access
Wi-Fi Controller
Points
Gartner: 10x growth
VDI
Video
New Applications
Cloud
Reliability
Availability
Performance
By 2014: 91% of all Internet traffic will have video

3. Evolution of the Campus Network
Moving Away From Monolithic Chassis To Distributed, Scale-out Solutions
Benefits
Scale-out networking
Maximum flexibility: Capacity when you need it, where you need it
Flexible network topology
Low network operation cost
Highly scalable
True single point of management
SDN capable
MCT
ICX 7750
Aggregation/core
ICX 6xxx
Access

4. Evolution of the Campus Aggregation
Moving Away From Monolithic Chassis To Distributed, Scale-out Solutions
Aggregation/core
Distributed Chassis* “Ring Topology”
Benefits
Scale-out networking
Maximum flexibility: Capacity when you need it, where you need it
Flexible network topology
Low network operation cost
Highly scalable
True single point of management
SDN capable
ICX 7750
ICX 7750
ICX 7750
ICX 7750
ICX 7750
Access
ICX 6xxx
ICX 6xxx
ICX 6xxx
ICX 6xxx
*Distributed Chassis/Stacking to be available second half of 2014

5. Evolution of the Campus Aggregation
Moving Away From Monolithic Chassis To Distributed, Scale-out Solutions
ICX 7750
ICX 7750
Aggregation/core
Distributed Chassis* “Hub & Spoke Topology”
Benefits
Scale-out networking
Maximum flexibility: Capacity when you need it, where you need it
Flexible network topology
Low network operation cost
Highly scalable
True single point of management
SDN capable
ICX 7750
ICX 7750
ICX 7750
Access
ICX 6xxx
ICX 6xxx
ICX 6xxx
ICX 6xxx
*Distributed Chassis/Stacking to be available second half of 2014

6. Introducing the Brocade ICX 7750 Series
High Performance Distributed Chassis System
ICX F
48-Ports SFP+ 10GbE
6+6-Ports QSFP+/40GbE
ICX C
48-Ports RJ-45 10GbE
6+6-Ports QSFP+ (6 Optional)
ICX Q
26-40 GbE ports QSFP+
32-40 GbE with optional module
Key Highlights and Differentiators
Unprecedented port density, 104x 10GbE / 32x 40GbE per unit.
or 48x 10GbE with up to 12x 40GE uplinks/stacking ports
Market leading stacking scalability up to 3,000×10 GbE or 800×40 GbE ports in a single distributed chassis*
Longer stacking distance 10G/40G (Up to 80km)
Chassis performance ( ~ 1 Tbps stacking bandwidth)
ISSU and hitless failover within the device and the stack
SDN ready with hybrid mode OpenFlow 1.3
Full IPv4 and IPv6 routing support, includes BGP and VRF
Extended operating temp (up to 50C)
Common Criteria and FIPs certification (Day 1)
All ICX 7750 Models
Quad-core 1.5GHz CPU 8GB Sys Memory, 2G Flash, USB storage
Optional 6x40G QSFP
Redundant Power Supplies and Fans with F-B or B-F airflow
High performance inter-processor stacking ports
*Distributed Chassis/Stacking to be available second half of 2014

7. Brocade Campus Aggregation/Core Solutions
Product Portfolio
NetIron MLXe
Premium Agg./Core
7.68 Tbps backplane bandwidth
768 x GbE SFP ports
256 x10 GbE SFP+ ports
MCT, Redundant Management, Redundant Fabric
Hitless Failover, Hitless Software Upgrade
Nonstop routing
MPLS, VPLS
10/40GbE high density fixed form factor
48 x10 GbE & 6 x40GbE & 6x40G module
26x40 GbE & 6x40G module
Redundant power and cooling
Stacking with hitless failover and ISSU
ICX 7750
Campus LAN Agg./Small Core.
FastIron SX
Midmarket Agg./Core
1.06 Tbps backplane bandwidth
384 x GbE SFP ports
128 x10 GbE SFP+ ports
MCT, Redundant Management, Redundant Fabric
Hitless Failover, Hitless Software Upgrade
IPv4/IPv6 routing (512K routes)
64 x10 GbE & 4 x40GbE in 1U
Redundant power and cooling
Advanced L2/L3
Ports on Demand
IPv4/IPv6, MCT Included
ICX 6650
Small Campus High Density Agg/core.
320 Gbps backplane bandwidth
192 x GbE SFP ports
64 x10 GbE SFP+ ports
Hitless Failover, Redundant Stacking Links
IPv4/IPv6 routing (32K routes)
ICX 6610
Small Campus Agg.
Price/Performance
Function and Scalability
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8. “Dual Stack” Campus Aggregation Solution
ICX 7750 Campus solution
Brocade MLX
Brocade MLX
MCT
Core
Brocade
ICX 7750
Brocade
ICX 7750
MCT
Aggregation
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade HyperEge
Mixed Stack
Access
Mid-Size & Large Campus
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9. Distributed Campus Aggregation Solution
ICX 7750 Campus solution
Brocade ICX 7750
Brocade ICX 7750
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 7750
Brocade ICX 7750
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6450
Aggregation
Brocade ICX 6450
Aggregation
Access
Access
Brocade ICX 7750
Brocade ICX 7750
Brocade ICX 6450
Distributed Chassis* “Stacking Ring Topology”
Brocade ICX 6450
Aggregation
Access
* Distributed Chassis /Stacking to be available second half of 2014

10. High-Density 10 GbE ToR Solution
ICX 7750 Data Center Solution
10 GbE server
Data center
aggregation/core
Data center access
Brocade ICX 7750
Campus
network
10 GbE
40 GbE
Brocade MLXe

11. 10/40 GbE Aggregation Solution
ICX 7750 Data Center Solution
1 GbE
server
Data center
aggregation
Access
core
40 GbE
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6610
Brocade ICX 7750
MCT
40 GbE
10 GbE
1 GbE

12. Context-Aware SDN End-to-End
BUILDING ON BROCADE SDN SUCCESS
Problems
Solution
Key Requirements
Needed a high-performance networking platform for member Research and Education IP and peering services
Required 100/40 GbE from Internet2 network to Universities
End to end OpenFlow required for SDN implementation
Brocade MLXe running 40G/100G Ethernet Backbone
Brocade ICX switches in the campus for LAN connectivity
Aruba APs in the campus for wireless infrastructure
High performance scalable backbone with MLXe (100GbE density)
Cost effective campus architecture in universities
Interconnect with 40G between MLXe and ICX
End to end Open Exchange with SDN via OpenFlow on Wired and Wireless infrastructure
Firewall
MLXe
100G/40G
SDN Enabled VLANs
Legacy VLANs
Hybrid Mode (OpenFlow 1.3)
Best of Breed in Your Network
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13. Orderable ICX 7750 SKUs SKU Description ICX7750-48F ICX7750-48C
48 x10 GbE SFP+ & 6x 40 GbE QSFP+ no power supplies, no fan (order separately).
ICX C
48 x10 10Gbase-T & 6x 40 GbE QSFP+ no power supplies, no fan (order separately).
ICX Q
26x 40 GbE QSFP+ no power supplies, no fan (to be ordered separately).
ICX7750-6Q
Optional 6x 40 GbE QSFP+ module (can be added to any ICX 7750 model)
RPS9+E
AC power supply, power-supply-side exhaust (port-side intake) airflow (max 2 per unit)
RPS9+I
AC power supply, power-supply-side intake (port-side exhaust) airflow (max 2 per unit)
RPS9DC+E
DC power supply, power-supply-side exhaust (port-side intake) airflow (max 2 per unit)
RPS9DC+I
DC power supply, power-supply-side intake (port-side exhaust) airflow (max 2 per unit)
ICX7750-FAN-E
Set of 3 fan units, power-supply-side exhaust (port-side intake) airflow
ICX7750-FAN-I
Set of 3 fan units, power-supply-side intake (port-side exhaust) airflow
ICX7750-FAN-E-SINGLE
Fan unit, power-supply-side exhaust (port-side intake) airflow (max 3 per unit)
ICX7750-FAN-I-SINGLE
Fan unit, power-supply-side intake (port-side exhaust) airflow (max 3 per unit)
ICX7750-L3-RTU
L3 License (RIP, OSPF …)
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16. Broadcom Trident II based Competitors
Data Center IP – Martin McNealis
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Feature
Brocade ICX 7750
Arista 7050X
Cisco Nexus 3100
Cisco/Insieme Nexus 9300
Juniper QFX5100
Dell S6000 HP
5900
Ports
48 x 10G +12x40G 1RU, 32x40G 1RU
96x10G +
8x40G 2RU,
32x40G 1RU
48x10G + 6x40G 1RU,
48x10G + 12x40G 2RU
96x10G + 8x40G 3RU
48x10G +
4x40G 1RU,
10GBase-T
48 x 10G +12x40G No
MAC
288K
160K
Layer-3: IPv4
LPM:128K
ECMP: 8
Host:112K
LPM:16K-128K
ECMP: 1024
Host:26K-112K
LPM:16K
ECMP: 64
Host:88K
Layer-3: IPv6
LPM: 4K-8K
Host:8K-56K
LPM: 8K
Host: NA
Host:44K
Multicast
Grps: 16K
MC(S,G): 8K
Grps: 32K
MC(S,G): 32K
Latency/
Buffer
550ns/12MB
C: 3us/12MB
Stacking/ D-Chassis
Future: 8-32 units 960 Gbps stck BW
Health-Ctrl Link
Yes: 10 Unit
ISSU
Future: single unit Full ISSU
App ISSU
Future: L3 ISSU
Yes full ISSU
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