Brocade BR-X78-0002 Gen7 X7-8 Chassis (0PSU, 0FAN, 2CP, 2CORE, 0P, 0SFP, EB)
Meet ever-increasing demands for quicker, more reliable data access with the Brocade X7 Director family. With ultra-low latency and 64G links, these directors provide the highest level of performance needed for next-generation data centers. Combined with autonomous SAN technology, Brocade X7 Directors harness the power of analytics and the simplicity of automation to optimize performance, ensure reliability and simplify management. Leveraging these capabilities enables organizations to realize a self-learning, self-optimizing, and self-healing SAN, making the Brocade X7 Director a highly efficient and resilient solution.
Features
Modernize the SAN to meet the requirements of an on-demand data center
- Maximize NVMe and high-transaction workloads with 50 percent lower latency
- Scale more devices, applications and workloads with 64G links
- Increase visibility and simplify operations with a modern SAN management tool
- Eliminate third party tools with integrated analytics
Transform telemetry data into actionable insights to optimize performance and ensure reliability
- Collect and transform millions of data points into actionable intelligence
- Visualize application and device-based performance and health metrics
- Detect abnormal traffic behaviors and degraded performance
- Simplify troubleshooting by identifying and isolating issues
Automate actions to simplify management and resolve issues without intervention
- Instantly notify end-devices of congestion for automatic resolution
- Guarantee application performance by proactively monitoring and load balancing traffic
- Ensure data delivery with automatic failover from physical or congestion issues
- Reduce human error and streamline processes by automating repetitive daily tasks through open DevOps automation technology
Specifications
- Lifecycle: Active
- Brocade SAN Automation and Fabric Vision: Available
- Fabric-Based Analytics: Available
- FICON Support: Supports
- Local Switching Latency with FEC: 460ns
- Maximum Supported Speed: 64G
- Mix and match Gen 6 and Gen 7 blades: Available
- Traffic Optimizer and Congestion Management: Available
