Fujitsu BROCADE 5100 User Manual

Brocade 5100
Fibre Channel switch
Up to 40 ports

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The Brocade® 5100 is ideal for organizations requiring a flexible solution that will meet rapidly evolving storage
requirements, either as a building-block sw itch for a small SAN or as a high-performance edge switch in larger core-to­edge SAN configurations. With a flexible architecture that supports 1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbit/sec technology with 24, 32, or 40
ports, the Brocade 5100 provides an affordable high-port-count, single-domain solution.

A Flexible, Easy-to-Use Switch for a Variety of SAN
Environments

As the value and volume of business data continue to rise,
organizations need technology solutions that are easy to
implement and manage, and that can grow and change with
minimal disruption. The Brocade
rapidly growing storage requirements in mission-critical
environments—combining 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/sec Fibre
Channel technology in configurations of 24, 32, or 40 ports in
an efficiently designed 1U package. As a result, it provides
low-cost access to industry-leading SAN technology as well
as “pay-as-you-grow” scalability for consolidating storage and
maximizing the value of virtual server deployments. With the
highest port density of any midrange enterprise switch, the
Brocade 5100 is designed for a broad range of SAN
architectures. The evolutionary design consumes less than

2.5 watts of power per port for exceptional power and cooling
efficiency, and features consolidated power and fan
assemblies to improve environmental performance and
reduce ownership costs. These capabilities help make the
Brocade 5100 a cost-effective building block for standalone
networks or the edge of enterprise core-to-edge fabrics.

INDUSTRY-LEADING PERFORMANCE

To support mission-critical environments, the Brocade 5100
provides best-in-class performance for midrange SAN
switches. It features a non-blocking architecture with as many
as 40 ports concurrently active at 8 Gbit/sec full duplex to
provide an aggregate bandwidth of 680 Gbit/sec. The
Brocade 5100 also enables organizations to use 4 Gbit/sec
SFPs today and upgrade to 8 Gbit/sec SFPs when required.
The Brocade 5100 utilizes ASIC technology featuring five 8­port groups.

Main features Benefits

®

5100 Switch is designed for

ENTERPRISE-CLASS AVAILABILITY FOR BUSINESS
CONTINUANCE

The Brocade 5100 provides a reliable foundation for disaster
recovery and business continuance by employing enterprise­class availability features such as hot-swappable, redundant,
and integrated fan and power supply assemblies. Moreover,
hot code load and activation help maximize application uptime
with faster system upgrades and maintenance to reduce the
dependency on scheduled outages. Combined with a wide
range of diagnostic and monitoring functions, these
capabilities help provide a highly available SAN environment.

SUPERIOR ROI AND INVESTMENT PROTECTION

The Brocade 5100 utilizes the same Fabric OS that supports
the entire Brocade product family—from the 8-port Brocade
300 Switch to the 768-port Brocade DCX™ Backbone. This
helps ensure forward and backward compatibilit y among
Brocade solutions while simplifying maintenance and field
upgrades. Moreover, organizations can manage the Brocade
5100 with existing management applications such as Brocade
Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) and Brocade
Fabric Manager.

Issue June 2009

 Flexible ports on demand  “Pay-as-you-grow” scalability

 The delivered 24 ports can easily upgrade to 32 or 40 by

activating the port license

 Enterprise-class availability features as hot-plug

redundant fans and power supplies

 Enterprise-Class availability for disaster recovery and

business continuance

Data Sheet ⏐ Issue: June 2009 ⏐ Brocade 5100 Switch Seite 2 / 3

TECHNICAL DETAILS

BROCADE 5100 SWITCH

Systems Architecture

Fibre Channel ports
Scalability
Certified maximum
Performance

ISL Trunking
Aggregate bandwidth
Fabric latency
Maximum frame size
Classes of service

Port types

Data traffic types
Media types

Fabric services

Management

Management software supported

Management access

Diagnostics

Mechanicals

Enclosure

Size

System weight

40 ports, universal (E, F, and FL)
Full fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum
56 switches, 7 hops; larger fabrics may be certified as required
1,2,4 and 8 Gbit/s line speed full duplex and auto-sensing of 1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbit/sec

port speeds;
optionally programmable to fixed port speed; speed matching between 1, 2, 4 and
8 Gbit/sec ports

Up to eight 8 Gbit/sec ports per ISL trunk; up to 68 Gbit/sec per ISL trunk
680 Gbit/sec end to end
~700 nanoseconds, cut-through routing at 8 Gbit/sec
2112-byte payload
Class 2, Class 3, Class F

(inter-switch frames)
FL_Port, F_Port, E_Port, M-Port

(Mirror Port); self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port)
Fabric switches supporting unicast and broadcast
4 Gbit/s: Hot-plug, Brocade Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP), LCAnschluss;

Short-Wavelength Laser (SWL) up to 500 Meter;
Long-Wavelength Laser (LWL) up to 10 km;
Extended Long-Wavelength Laser (ELWL) up to 30 km;
Distance depends on fibre channel cable and port speed
8GBit/s: Hot-plug, Brocade Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP),
LC-Connection
Short-Wavelength Laser (SWL) up to 100 Meter;
Long-Wavelength Laser (LWL) up to 10 km;
Extended Long-Wavelength Laser (ELWL) up to 25 km

Simple Name Server, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Brocade
Advanced Zoning, and Brocade Web Tools; optional fabric services include the
Brocade FCIP Tunneling Service Brocade Advanced ISL Trunking,
FC Routing and Adaptive Networking

SSH,Telnet; HTTPS/SSL,RADIUS; SNMP v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); Web
Tools; Fabric Manager; EFCM Standard/Enterprise 9.x
third-party applications utilizing the Brocade SMI Agent

10/100 Ethernet port (RJ-45);
serial port (RJ-45); USB Port;
In-band through Management Server

POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics

Non-port side to port side (port side exhaust); back-to-front airflow; power from rear;

1.0U, 19-in. EIA-compliant
Width: 42.88 cm

Height: 4.29 cm
Depth: 61.05 cm

9.34 kg – dual Power supplies no SFP