ExtremeSwitching VDX 6740

The ExtremeSwitching VDX 6740 series delivers innovative technology to enhance and simplify networks. In addition, it offers a rich set of advanced networking features, making the ExtremeSwitching VDX 6740 an ideal platform for traditional Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch deployments. Brocade VCS Fabric technology enables organizations to build data center Ethernet fabrics - revolutionizing the design of Layer 2 networks and providing an intelligent foundation for cloud-optimized data centers. The ExtremeSwitching VDX 6740 can be easily deployed in VCS fabric mode. The ExtremeSwitching VDX 6740 is available in two models - the 1U ExtremeSwitching VDX 6740 comes with up to 48 10 GbE LAN-and 4 40GbE LAN ports. The model provides Ethernet storage connectivity for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), iSCSI, and NAS. Alternatively the VDX6740T or VDX6740T-1G can be used for 10Gbase-T or 1Gbase-T deployments. The switches are available with a granular PoD (Port on Demand) or CoD (Capacity on Demand) which allows customers to pay only what they need currently on the one hand. On the other hand customers can enable more ports or move from 1GBase-T to 10GBase-T with additional licenses when needed.

Features	Benefits
Ethernet Fabric ready using the VCS (Virtual Cluster Switching) technology	Simplifies network architectures and enables cloud computing by delivering Brocade VCS Fabric technology
Server and Storage Virtualization Automation Support via Brocade Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP)	Simplifies virtualization server management by providing virtual machine mobility with dynamic server profile configuration
850 ns port-to-port latency (VDX6740)	Provides industry-leading performance and ultra-low latency through wire-speed ports with 850 nanosecond port-to-port latency and hardware-based Inter-Switch Link (ISL) trunking
Proactive Monitoring via embedded Fabric Watch tool	Proactive Health Monitoring of certain switch components
Provides Ethernet storage connectivity for NAS, iSCSI, FCoE	Enhanced flexibility (FCoE requires license. 10GbE CoD license needed for VDX6740T-1G in addition to activate FCoE)

Switch	Main Features
ExtremeSwitching VDX 6740 Data Center Switch	Available 1U form factor: providing 24x or 48x 10GbE SFP+ ports providing up to 4x 40GbE QSFP+ ports In total providing up to 64 10GbE SFP+ ports (48x 10GbE SFP+ + 16x 10 GbE via 40GbE QSFP+ breakout cable) Delivers innovative Virtual Cluster Switching technology to enhance and simplify networks Rich set of Layer 2/3 features makes it the ideal platform for traditional Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch deployments
ExtremeSwitching VDX6740T Data Center Switch	Available 1U form factor: providing 24x or 48x 10GBase-T ports providing up to 4x 40GbE QSFP+ ports In total providing up to 64 10GbE ports (48x 10GBase-T + 16x 10 GbE via 40GbE QSFP+ breakout cable) Delivers innovative Virtual Cluster Switching technology to enhance and simplify networks Rich set of Layer 2/3 features makes it the ideal platform for traditional Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch deployments
ExtremeSwitching VDX6740T-1G Data Center Switch	Available 1U form factor: providing 48x 1GBase-T ports, upgradable to 10GBase-T providing up to 4x 40GbE QSFP+ ports (two already enabled) In total providing up to 64 ports (48x 1GBase-T + 16x 10 GbE via 40GbE QSFP+ breakout cable) Delivers innovative Virtual Cluster Switching technology to enhance and simplify networks Rich set of Layer 2/3 features makes it the ideal platform for traditional Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch deployments

ExtremeSwitching VDX 6740

Feature overview

	VDX 6740	VDX 6740T	VDX 6740T-1G
Form factor	1U	1U	1U
Switching bandwidth (data rate, full duplex)	1.28 Tbps	1.28 Tbps	1.28 Tbps
Switch performance	960 Mpps	960 Mpps	960 Mpps
Port-to-port latency	850 ns	3 μs	3 μs
Dimensions and weight	Width: 43.99 cm (17.32 in.) Height: 4.32 cm (1.75 in.) Depth: 40.99 cm (16.14 in.) Weight: 8.66 kg (19.1 lb)	Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in.) Height: 4.27 cm (1.68 in.) Depth: 53.65 cm (21.12 in.) Weight: 10.82 kg (23.85 lb)	Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in.) Height: 4.27 cm (1.68 in.) Depth: 53.65 cm (21.12 in.) Weight: 10.82 kg (23.85 lb)
1/10 GbE SFP+ ports	Up to 64	Up to 16	Up to 16
1/10 GBASE-T	0	48	48
40 GbE QSFP+ (10 GbE break-out cable)	4	4	4
10 GbE Ports on Demand (PoD)	24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64	24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64	N/A
10 GbE Capacity on Demand (CoD)	N/A	N/A	16, 32, 48,
Power supplies	Two hot-swappable, load-sharing	Two hot-swappable, load-sharing	Two hot-swappable, load-sharing
Cooling fans	N+1 redundant, integrated into power supplies	N+1 redundant, five hot-swappable fan units	N+1 redundant, five hot-swappable fan units
Airflow	Front to back Back to front	Front to back Back to front	Front to back Back to front

Scalability Information (*Note 1)

Connector options	Out-of-band Ethernet management: RJ-45 (fixed) Console management: RJ-45 to RS-232 (fixed) Firmware and diagnostic: USB
Maximum VLANs	4,096
Maximum MAC addresses	160,000
Maximum port profiles (AMPP)	1,024
Maximum members in a standard LAG	64
Maximum per-port priority pause level	8
Maximum switches in a VCS fabric	32
Maximum ECMP paths in a VCS fabric	16
Maximum trunk members for VCS fabric ports	16
Maximum LAG groups in a VCS fabric	512
Maximum switches across which a vLAG can span	8
Maximum members in a vLAG	64
Maximum jumbo frame size	9,216 bytes
Queues per port	8
DCB Priority Flow Control (PFC) classes	8
Maximum ACLs	13,000
Maximum ARP entries	32,000
Maximum IPv4 unicast routes	12,000
Maximum IPv6 unicast routes	3,000 (*Note 2)

*Note 1: Please refer to the latest version of the release notes for the most up-to-date scalability numbers.
*Note 2: Hardware supported.

General

Operating system	Network OS 4.1.0
Layer 2 switching features	- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) RFC 826 - High availability/In-Service Software Upgrade—hardware-enabled - IGMP v1/v2 Snooping - MAC Learning and Aging - Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) IEEE 802.3ad/802.1AX - Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) - VLAN Encapsulation 802.1Q - Private VLANs - Edge loop detection (ELD) - Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST+/PVRST+) - Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) 802.1w - Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) 802.1s - STP PortFast, BPDU Guard, BPDU Filter - STP Root Guard - Layer 2 Access Control Lists (ACLs) - Pause Frames 802.3x - Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD)
Layer 3 switching features	- Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) - DHCP Helper - Layer 3 ACLs - Multicast: PIM-SM - OSPF - Static routes - VRF Lite - VRF-aware OSPF, VRRP, Static routes - VRRP-E
VCS Fabric technology features	- Automatic Fabric Formation - DHCP Option 66/67 (Auto Fabric Provisioning) - Distributed Configuration Management - Distributed Fabric Services - Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) - Switch Beaconing - Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) - Transparent LAN Services - Virtual Link Aggregation Group (vLAG) spanning - VRRP-E
Multi-tenancy and virtualization features	- TRILL FGL-based Virtual Fabric feature - VCS Gateway for NSX with VMware NSX Orchestration - Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP) - VM-Aware Network Automation
DCB features	- Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) 802.1Qbb - Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) 802.1Qaz - Data Center Bridging eXchange (DCBX) - DCBX Application Type-Length-Value (TLV) for FCoE and iSCSI
FCoE features (Requires FCoE license)	- Multihop Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE); requires VCS Fabric technology - FC-BB5 compliant Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF) - Native FCoE forwarding - FCoE to Fibre Channel Bridging - FCoE on VDX 6740 and VDX 6740T - FCoE on QSFP+ port - End-to-end FCoE (initiator to target) - FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) v1 support for FCoE device login and initialization - Name Server-based zoning - Supports connectivity to FIP Snooping Bridge (FSB) device - FCoE traffic over standard LAG - Interface Binding
IP storage	- Auto QoS (automatic prioritization of IP storage traffic)
Quality of Service (QoS)	- ACL-based QoS - Eight priority levels for QoS - Class of Service (CoS) IEEE 802.1p - DSCP Trust - DSCP to Traffic Class Mutation - DSCP to CoS Mutation - DSCP to DSCP Mutation - Random Early Discard - Per-port QoS configuration - ACL-based Rate Limit - Dual-rate three color token bucket - ACL-based remarking of CoS/DSCP/Precedence - ACL-based sFlow - Scheduling: Strict Priority (SP), Deficit Weighted Round-Robin (DWRR), Hybrid Scheduling (Hybrid) - Queue-based Shaping
Switch health monitoring	Fabric Watch monitoring and notification

Management

Management and control	- IPv4/IPv6 management - Industry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI) - Remote lights out management (future update) - Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) IEEE 802.1AB - Logical chassis management - MIB II RFC 1213 MIB - Switch Beaconing - Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) - Telnet - SNMP v1, v2C, v3 - sFlow RFC 3176 - Out-of-band management - Remote SPAN (RSPAN) - RMON-1, RMON-2 - NTP - Management Access Control Lists (ACLs) - Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) - Range CLI support - UDLD - Netconf API - VCS Plugin for OpenStack
Security	- Port-based Network Access Control 802.1X - RADIUS - TACACS+ - Secure Shell (SSHv2) - BPDU Drop - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) - Secure Copy Protocol

Management and control

- IPv4/IPv6 management
- Industry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Remote lights out management (future update)
- Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) IEEE 802.1AB
- Logical chassis management
- MIB II RFC 1213 MIB
- Switch Beaconing
- Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN)
- Telnet
- SNMP v1, v2C, v3
- sFlow RFC 3176
- Out-of-band management
- Remote SPAN (RSPAN)
- RMON-1, RMON-2
- NTP
- Management Access Control Lists (ACLs)
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Range CLI support
- UDLD
- Netconf API
- VCS Plugin for OpenStack

Security

- Port-based Network Access Control 802.1X
- RADIUS
- TACACS+
- Secure Shell (SSHv2)
- BPDU Drop
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
- Secure Copy Protocol

Mechanical

Enclosure	Front-to-rear, rear-to-front airflow; 1U, 19-inch EIA-compliant; power from non-port side

Environmental

Temperature	Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) Non-operating and storage: −25°C to 70°C (−13°F to 158°F)
Humidity	Operating: 10% to 85% non-condensing Non-operating and storage: 10% to 90% non-condensing
Altitude	Operating: Up to 3,048 meters (10,000 feet) Non-operating and storage: Up to 12 kilometers (39,370 feet)
Shock	Operating: 20 G, 11 ms half-sine Non-operating and storage: Square wave, 44 G, 15 ms
Vibration	Operating: 0.5 G peak, 0.7 G ms random, 5 to 500 Hz Non-operating and storage: 2.0 g sine, 1.4 G rms random, 5 to 500 Hz
Airflow	VDX 6740 port-side-intake and port-side-exhaust: - Maximum: 25.7 CFM - Nominal: 11.5 CFM VDX 6740T port-side-intake: - Maximum: 49.3 CFM - Nominal: 26.3 CFM VDX 6740T port-side-exhaust: - Maximum: 51.9 CFM - Nominal: 27.3 CFM
Heat dissipation	1672.41 BTU/hr

Power

Power supplies	Two internal, redundant, field-replaceable, load-sharing AC power supplies
Power inlet	C13
Input voltage	85 to 264 VAC nominal
Input line frequency	50 to 60 Hz
Inrush current	Limited to 30 A peak at 240 VAC during cold startup at 25°C ambient
Maximum current	6 A max at 100 VAC/60 Hz
Maximum power consumption	VDX 6740: 110 W VDX 6740T: 490 W VDX 6740T-1G: 490 W

Safety Compliance

- CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1-07 including
A1 / UL 60950-1-07, Ed. 2 including A1
- CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1 Second Edition
- EN 60950-1 Second Edition +A1/A12
- IEC 60950-1 Second Edition +A1
- GB 4943.1-2011 and GB9254-2008
- CNS14336-1(99)

EMC

- FCC Class A
- ICES-003 Class A
- VCCI-Class A
- CE
- C-Tick
- BSMI
- GOST
- KCC Class A
- CCC

Immunity

- ANSI C63.4
- ICES-003 Class A
- CISPR22 and JEIDA (Harmonics)
- EN55022 Class A and EN55024
- CISPR22
- AS/NZS CISPR22
- CNS 13438(95)
- 51318.22-99 and 51318.24-99
- KN22 and KN24
- GB17625.1-2003

Environmental Regulatory Compliance

RoHS-6 (with lead exemption) Directive 2002/95/EC

Standard Compliance

VDX 6740 products conform to the following Ethernet standards:
  - IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol
  - IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree
  - IEEE 802.1w Rapid Reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol
  - IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
  - IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP
  - IEEE 802.3ae 10G Ethernet
  - IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging
  - IEEE 802.1p Class of Service Prioritization and Tagging
  - IEEE 802.1v VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port
  - IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
  - IEEE 802.3x Flow Control (Pause Frames)
  - IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T
  - IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-X

The following draft versions of the Data Center Bridging (DCB) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) standards
are also supported on the VDX 6740:
  - IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control
  - IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection
  - IEEE 802.1 DCB Capability Exchange Protocol (Proposed under the DCB Task Group of IEEE 802.1 Working Group)
  - FC-BB-5 FCoE (Rev 2.0)

RFC Support

RFC 768	User Datagram Protocol (UDP)	RFC 2328	OSPF v2 (edge mode)
RFC 783	TFTP Protocol (revision 2)	RFC 2460	Internet Protocol, Version 6 (v6) Specification (on management interface)
RFC 791	Internet Protocol (IP)	RFC 2370	OSPF Opaque Link-State Advertisement (LSA)Option-Partial Support
RFC 792	Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)	RFC 2385	Protection of BGP Sessions with the TCP MD5 SignatureOption
RFC 793	Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)	RFC 2439	BGP Route Flap Damping
RFC 826	ARP	RFC 2464	Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks (on management interface)
RFC 854	Telnet Protocol Specification	RFC 2474	Definition of the Differentiated Services Field in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
RFC 894	A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagram over Ethernet Networks	RFC 2571	An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks
RFC 1027	Using ARP to Implement Transparent Subnet Gateways (Proxy ARP)	RFC 2865	Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)
RFC 959	FTP	RFC 3101	The OSPF Not-So-Stubby Area (NSSA) Option
RFC 1112	IGMP v1	RFC 3176	sFlow
RFC 1157	Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1 and v2	RFC 3137	OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
RFC 1305	Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 3	RFC 3392	Capabilities Advertisement with BGPv4
RFC 1492	TACACS+	RFC 3768	VRRP
RFC 1519	Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)	RFC 4510	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Technical Specification Road Map
RFC 1584	Multicast Extensions to OSPF	RFC 4271	BGPv4
RFC 1765	OSPF Database Overflow	RFC 4292	IP Forwarding MIB
RFC 1812	Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers	RFC 4293	Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP)
RFC 1997	BGP Communities Attribute	RFC 3411	An Architecture for Describing SNMP Frameworks
RFC 2068	HTTP Server	RFC 3412	Message Processing and Dispatching for the SNMP
RFC 2131	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)	RFC 3413	Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)Applications
RFC 2154	OSPF with Digital Signatures (Password, MD-5)	RFC 4456	BGP Route Reflection
RFC 2236	IGMP v2	RFC 4601	Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
RFC 2267	Network Ingress Filtering	RFC 4893	BGP Support for Four-Octet AS Number Space

ExtremeSwitching VDX 6740

Advanced Features to Transform Data Centers

The ExtremeSwitching VDX 6740, 6740T and 6740T-1G are Ethernet fabric Top of Rack (ToR) switches featuring 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports with 40 GbE uplinks. Together with Extreme VCS fabric technology, these switches deliver the high performance and low latency needed to support demanding virtualized data center environments.