DELL MXG610 User Manual

MXG610s SPEC SHEET

DELL EMC MXG610S FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH

Fibre Channel IO Module for MX7000 chassis deployments

The Dell EMC Networking MXG610s 32G Fibre Channel IO Module
for the PowerEdge MX7000 is the right choice for mission-critical
applications accessing data on external storage. The MXG610s
provides industry-leading performance with the latest generation
of Fibre Channel. It empowers enterprises to dynamically scale
connectivity and bandwidth with Ports-on-Demand (PoD), provides
consolidated management for an agile management structure and
simplied server and storage connectivity, and employs a responsive
design which protects enterprise’s infrastructure with inherent
security and with non-disruptive upgrades to NVMe over Fibre
Channel.

The MXG610s is a high-throughput, high-density, low-latency Fibre
Channel IO Module purpose-built for the PowerEdge MX7000,
optimized for ash storage and highly virtualized server environments.
MXG610s enables enterprise and mid-market companies to cost­eectively integrate Dell EMC’s latest MX7000 chassis into industry
leading 32 and 16 Gbps Fibre Channel networks. Organizations gain
the best of both worlds: cost eective connectivity while leveraging
the industry’s highest-performance storage networking technology.

The MXG610s enables seamless integration of Dell EMC MX7000
chassis into existing Dell EMC Connectrix or Brocade storage
networking environments, allowing customers to leverage Brocade’s
advanced fabric services, benetting from the improved storage
network performance, visibility and reliability.

The MXG610s comes in three models to meet the specic needs of
organizations: 8-port, 16-port, and 16-port enterprise licensed models.

Dynamically scale, accelerate operations, and protect
infrastructure

The Dell EMC Networking MXG610s has a exible architecture which
enables enterprises to dynamically scale connectivity and bandwidth
with the latest generation of Fibre Channel for the PowerEdge
MX7000. The MXG610s features up to 32 Fibre Channel ports, which
auto-negotiate to 32, 16, or 8 Gbps speed. The MXG610s oers 16
internal server facing ports which auto-negotiate between 32 Gbps
and 16 Gbps, allowing customers to implement the right bandwidth
for their needs today, with the ability to increase that bandwidth in
the future with Ports-on-Demand capability. There are 8 external
SFP+ ports that operate at 8Gbps, 16Gbps, or 32Gbps speed, and
2 external QSFP+ ports oer 4 ports each operate at 16Gbps or
32Gbps speed. The QSFP ports enable aggregation of Fibre Channel
trac, resulting in a lower cost with fewer SFPs, less cabling, and
lower power consumption. Additionally, the QSFP ports can be used
for connectivity between MX7000 chassis as well as to aggregate
trac via Inter-Switch Links (ISL) between Connectrix or Brocade
storage networking products that support QSFP ports.

Administrators can achieve optimal bandwidth utilization, high
availability, and load balancing by combining up to eight ISLs to
form a single 256 Gbps logical trunk. Moreover, exchange- based
Dynamic Path Selection (DPS) optimizes fabric-wide performance
and load balancing by automatically routing data to the most ecient,
available path in the fabric. Access Gateway mode simplies server
and storage connectivity in blade environments by enabling increased
fabric connectivity, greater scalability and reduced management
complexity.

The MXG610s provides agile management to accelerate an
organization’s operations with simple, seamless integration into
enterprise’s existing storage network infrastructures. The network
analytics capabilities included in Brocade™ Fabric Vision™ technology
and VMware integrations provide the foundational network analytics
to intelligently manage today’s dynamic and ever evolving data center
environments.

The MXG610s has a responsive design which protects enterprises’
infrastructure with inherent Fibre Channel security and is ready for
NVMe over Fibre Channel when organizations choose to implement
that next generation storage protocol.

The Dell EMC Networking MXG610s combines market leading
Gen 6 throughput, high-density, and low latency with an aordable
form factor, making it ideal choice for enterprises incorporating the
MX7000 into their data center infrastructure.

Flash-ready performance optimized for high-density VM
environments

The expanded use of high-performance Flash storage and increased
VM densities are taxing legacy storage networks. In contrast, Gen 6
(32 Gbps) Fibre Channel technology is purpose-built for ash storage
and is designed to support the demanding network environments
driven by the combination of ash storage and high-density VM
environments.

The latest generation of Fibre Channel leverages a rich heritage
of innovation to deliver industry-leading reliability for the world’s
most demanding data centers. Fibre Channel delivers ash-ready
performance, with up to 4X better performance with Gen 6 (32
Gbps), and is the storage network of choice because it provides:

• Operational stability: Always-on architecture with industry­leading availability.

• Seamless scalability: Capable of supporting tens of thousands of
servers and storage connections.

• Security by design: With managed access on isolated networks.

Key Fabric Vision features include: Three models for maximum exibility

The Dell EMC MXG610s Fibre Channel I/O module is available in three

Product Description

Automatically detect degraded

IO Insight

storage IO performance with
integrated device latency and
IOPS monitoring

VM Insight*

Seamlessly monitors end-to­end VM performance through
standards-based VM tagging

Customizable health and

Dashboards

performance dashboards, with
critical information on a single
screen

MAPS

Automation that simplies policy­based monitoring and alerting

models: 8-port, 16-port, and 16-port enterprise licensed models.

All models provide the exibility of connection to installed Connectrix
and other Brocade Fibre Channel networks in native Full Fabric Switch
mode, as well as to third-party fabrics such as Cisco with Access
Gateway (NPIV) mode.

The 16-port enterprise model is the best t for enterprise customers
that deploy the MX7000 into densely populated blade servers or
installed Connectrix or Brocade storage network environments. It
includes eight SWL optical transceivers (SFP+) which auto-negotiate
to 32/16/8 Gbps FC, and includes Inter-Switch Links (ISL) Trunking,
Fabric Vision and Extended Fabric licenses pre-installed.

• Seamless ISL Trunking provides the ability to aggregate
multiple physical links into on logical link for enhanced network
performance and fault tolerance. ISL Trunking also operates in
Brocade Access Gateway mode.

• Extended Fabric provides switched fabric connectivity to move

Fabric Performance

Monitoring

Quickly detects and clearly alerts
admins to high levels of latency,
helping to identify/
quarantine slow-drain devices

more data over longer distances at a lower cost. It extends all the
scalability, reliability, and performance benets of Fibre Channel
storage networks beyond traditional distance limitations, and
enables innovative business continuity and disaster recovery
solutions for fast, reliable data replication and backup across

COMPASS

Flow Vision

Simplies SAN conguration and
maintains operational consistency

Identies, monitors, and analyzes
the performance of various
storage trac

metropolitan distances.

• Fabric Vision technology (described above)

The 16-port model is the best t for deployment with third party
storage networks with densely populated blade servers. It includes
four SWL optical transceivers (SFP+) which auto-negotiate to
32/16/8 Gbps FC. The 16-port model does not include the enterprise

Clearlink Diagnostics

Cable and optic diagnostics to
accelerate SAN deployments

software bundle.

The 8-port model is a good t to directly attach an external storage
array, especially in branch oces or deployments where a sparsely
populated chassis will be utilized. It includes two SWL optical

* Not yet supported on Dell EMC Storage

transceivers (SFP+) which auto-negotiate to 32/16/8 Gbps FC. The
8-port model does not include the enterprise software bundle.

Both the 8-port and 16-port models can be upgraded to the optional
enterprise software bundle which includes ISL Trunking, Fabric Vision
and Extended Fabric licenses.