Fujitsu BROCADE 5300 User Manual

Brocade 5300
Fibre Channel switch
Up to 80 ports

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The Brocade® 5300 is an 8 Gb/sec fibre channel switch which provides the highest performance, highest availability,
scalability and best investment protection to meet the needs of today´s consolidated virtual data center. With a flexible
architecture that supports 1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbit/sec technology with 48, 64, or 80 ports, the Brocade 5300 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® 5300 Switch is designed to
consolidate connectivity in rapidly growing mission-critical
environments - combining 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/sec technology
in configurations of 48, 64, or 80 ports in an efficiently
designed 2U package. The combination of density,
performance, and “pay-as-you-grow” scalability increases
server and storage utilization while reducing complexity for
virtualized servers and storage.

INDUSTRY-LEADING PERFORMANCE SUPERIOR
PERFORMANCE AND DENSITY

To support mission-critical environments, the Brocade 5300
features a non-blocking architecture with as many as 80 ports
concurrently active at 8 Gbit/sec full duplex with no over­subscription. It also supports new virtualization technologies
that are driving efficiency and flexibility benefits. For example,
organizations that have deployed virtual server environments
require higher levels of connectivity for consolidation and
higher levels of performance to cost-effectively meet the
demands of virtual data centers.

The density of the Brocade 5300 uniquely enables fan-o ut
from the core of the data center fabric with less than half the
number of switch devices to manage compared to traditional
32- or 40-port edge switches.

When deployed as a core SAN fabric switch, the 80-port
Brocade 5300 provides a single-switch core footprint that is
ideal for SAN fan-out using lower-density Brocade switches.
This single-domain solution enables highly efficient server and
storage consolidation, reducing the total number of domains
to manage in the fabric.

ENTERPRISE-CLASS AVAILABILITY FOR BUSINESS
CONTINUANCE

The Brocade 5300 provides a reliable SAN foundation by
employing enterprise-class availability features such as hot­swappable, 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 5300 enables organizations to use 4 Gbit/sec
SFPs today and upgrade to 8 Gbit/sec SFPs, so they can fully
leverage their existing IT resources and seamlessly
incorporate new capabilities as necessary. To protect
investments in operational training and management,
organizations can manage the Brocade 5300 with existing
applications such as Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity
Manager (EFCM) and Brocade Fabric Manager.

Issue June 2009

Main features Benefits

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

 The delivered 48 ports can easily upgrade to 64 or 80 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 5300 Switch Seite 2 / 3

TECHNICAL DETAILS

BROCADE 5300 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 Non-port side to port side (port side exhaust); back-to-front airflow; power from rear;

Size Width: 42.88 cm

System weight 15.6 kg – dual Power supplies no SFP

80 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
1360 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), LC-Connection;

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

2.0U, 19-in. EIA-compliant

Height: 8.60 cm
Depth: 61.05 cm