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www.brocade.com HIGHLIGHTS • Ideal for demanding content delivery and streaming media applications, providing up to 70 Gbps of Layer 4-7 application throughput • Industry-leading performance with up to 14 million DNS queries per second, 1.6 million Layer 4 connections per second, 16 million Layer 4 transactions per second, and hardware-based DoS attack protection at up to 120 million SYN/sec • Intelligent content analysis engine that accelerates the performance of Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, IBM, FIX, and SIP applications • Advanced functions such as global server load balancing, transparent cache switching, and firewall load balancing • Investment protection with a future-ready chassis featuring interchangeable modules with up to 16 10 Gbps fiber ports and the industry’s highest core density at up to 32 dedicated application processor cores • Industry’s only 1U ADC with upgradable application processors and 10 GbE support • Industry-leading price/performance value per rack unit and per watt of power Application Delivery Controllers for Next-Generation Data Centers Brocade ® ServerIron ® intelligent application delivery and traffic management solutions have led the industry for over a decade, helping to mitigate costs and prevent losses by optimizing business-critical enterprise and service provider applications with high availability, security, multisite redundancy, acceleration, and scalability—in more than 3000 of the world’s most demanding organizations. Now, Brocade introduces a new generation of Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) designed to meet growing demand for application connectivity, virtualization, and operating efficiency. These new solutions include: • ServerIron ADX 1000 Switches • ServerIron ADX 4000 Switches • ServerIron ADX 10000 Switches BROCADE SERVERIRON ADX SERIES 1000, 4000, AND 10000 SWITCHES DATA SHEET ServerIron ADX switches provide industry- leading Layer 2 through 7 switching performance, enabling highly secure and scalable application service infrastructures. The switches efficiently distribute unified application services by measuring server utilization and connection load in real time, providing visibility and manageability of application performance, security, and service delivery. As a result, applications run more efficiently and with higher availability—streamlining operations, increasing business agility, and significantly reducing costs. APPLICATION DELIVERY

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HIGHLIGHTS•Idealfordemandingcontentdeliveryandstreamingmediaapplications,providingupto70GbpsofLayer4-7applicationthroughput

•Industry-leadingperformancewithupto14millionDNSqueriespersecond,1.6millionLayer4connectionspersecond,16millionLayer4transactionspersecond,andhardware-basedDoSattackprotectionatupto120millionSYN/sec

•IntelligentcontentanalysisenginethatacceleratestheperformanceofMicrosoft,SAP,Oracle,IBM,FIX,andSIPapplications

•Advancedfunctionssuchasglobalserverloadbalancing,transparentcacheswitching,andfirewallloadbalancing

•Investmentprotectionwithafuture-readychassisfeaturinginterchangeablemoduleswithupto1610Gbpsfiberportsandtheindustry’shighestcoredensityatupto32dedicatedapplicationprocessorcores

•Industry’sonly1UADCwithupgradableapplicationprocessorsand10GbEsupport

•Industry-leadingprice/performancevalueperrackunitandperwattofpower

Application Delivery Controllers for Next-Generation Data Centers

Brocade®ServerIron®intelligentapplicationdeliveryandtrafficmanagementsolutionshaveledtheindustryforoveradecade,helpingtomitigatecostsandpreventlossesbyoptimizingbusiness-criticalenterpriseandserviceproviderapplicationswithhighavailability,security,multisiteredundancy,acceleration,andscalability—inmorethan3000oftheworld’smostdemandingorganizations.

Now,BrocadeintroducesanewgenerationofApplicationDeliveryControllers(ADCs)designedtomeetgrowingdemandforapplicationconnectivity,virtualization,andoperatingefficiency.Thesenewsolutionsinclude:

•ServerIronADX1000Switches

•ServerIronADX4000Switches

•ServerIronADX10000Switches

BROCADESERVERIRONADXSERIES1000,4000,AND10000SWITCHES

DATASHEET

ServerIronADXswitchesprovideindustry-leadingLayer2through7switchingperformance,enablinghighlysecureandscalableapplicationserviceinfrastructures.Theswitchesefficientlydistributeunifiedapplicationservicesbymeasuringserverutilizationandconnectionloadinrealtime,providingvisibilityandmanageabilityofapplicationperformance,security,andservicedelivery.

Asaresult,applicationsrunmoreefficientlyandwithhigheravailability—streamliningoperations,increasingbusinessagility,andsignificantlyreducingcosts.

APPLICATION DELIVERY

performanceLayer4-7packetprocessingarchitecturewiththehighestavailablethroughputvia1GigabitEthernetand10GigabitEthernet(GbE)connectivity.

Inaddition,ServerIronADXswitchesprovidehardware-assisted,standards-basednetworkmonitoringforallapplicationtrafficflows,improvingmanageabilityandsecurityfornetworkandserverresources.Toenablereal-timeproblemdetection,extensiveandcustomizableservicehealthcheckcapabilitiesmonitorLayer2,3,4,and7connectivityalongwithserviceavailabilityandserverresponse.Ifaproblemarises,clientrequestsareautomaticallyredistributedtootherserverscapableofdeliveringoptimumservice.Thisapproachhelpskeepapplicationsupandrunningsmoothly.

Tooptimizeapplicationavailability,ServerIronADXswitchessupportmanyhigh-availabilityoptions,withreal-timesessionsynchronizationbetweentwoServerIronADXswitchesavailabletoprotectagainstsessionlossduringoutages.Asonedeviceshutsdown,theseconddevicetransparentlyresumescontrolofclienttrafficwithnolosstoexistingsessionsorconnectivity.OrganizationscanuseadvancedsynchronizationcapabilitiestosimplifythemanagementoftwoServerIronADXswitchesdeployedinhigh-availabilitymode,minimizingnetworkdowntimecausedbyconfigurationerrors.

ServerIronADXswitchesaresimpletoconfigureandmanageusingtheBrocadeCommandLineInterface(CLI)orbrowser-basedGraphicalUserInterface(GUI).The

CLIuseswell-knownindustry-standardsyntaxforfast,error-freeconfiguration.TheswitchessupportSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)toallowdevicemanagementthroughapplicationssuchasHPOpenView.Moreover,organizationscanuseBrocadeIronView®NetworkManager(INM)tomonitortraffic,charttraffic,andperformcomprehensiveconfigurationmanagement.

ADVANCED ARCHITECTUREComparedtotheleadingcompetitiveoffering,ServerIronADXswitchesprovidetwicethethroughputbasedonanadvanceddesignthatfeaturescompletephysicalandlogicalseparationoftheapplication,data,andmanagementplanes.Infact,themultichip,multicore,high-densityapplicationprocessingplaneisdesignedfortheindustry’shighestcoredensityandperformanceupgradability.

Thisdesignutilizesmodularhardwaretoaccelerateapplicationprocessingandtooptimizethedistributionandflowofinternaltraffictoalargenumberofprocessorcores.Thehigh-speedswitchingfabricuniquelysupportsapplicationprocessing,I/O,andmanagementmodulestomaximizeflexibility.Thedataplaneprovideshigh-density10Gbpssupportwithhardwareassistforlinearsessiondistributionacrossmultipleapplicationcores.Inaddition,themanagementmodulesfeaturefield-upgradablemezzaninecardsforSecureSocketsLayer(SSL),compression,andplannedfunctionsinthefuture.

HIGHEST-PERFORMANCE LAYER 4-7 SWITCHINGServerIronADXswitchesusedetailedapplicationmessageinformationbeyondthetraditionalLayer2and3packetheaders,directingclientrequeststothemostavailableservers.

TheseintelligentLayer4-7applicationswitchestransparentlysupportanyTCP-orUDP-basedapplicationbyprovidingspecializedacceleration,contentcaching,firewallloadbalancing,networkoptimization,andhostoffloadfeaturesforWebservices.ServerIronADXswitchesalsoprovideareliablelineofdefensebysecuringserversandapplicationsagainstmanytypesofintrusionandattackwithoutsacrificingperformance.

AllServerIronADXswitchesforwardtrafficflowsbasedonLayer4-7definitions,andprovideindustry-leadingperformanceforhigher-layerapplicationswitchingfunctions.SuperiorcontentswitchingcapabilitiesincludecustomizablerulesbasedonURL,HOST,andotherHTTPheaders,aswellascookies,XML,andapplicationcontent.

REDUCED OWNERSHIP COSTSServerIronADXswitchessimplifyserverfarmmanagementandapplicationupgradesbyenablingorganizationstoeasilyremoveresourcesandinsertthemintothepool—helpingtominimizeTotalCostofOwnership(TCO).Theswitchesuniquelyprovideasingleplatformthatcanreducenetworkloadandextendserverfarmnetworkdesignandscalability.Theyaccomplishthisbycombiningahigh-

CONFIGURATION FLEXIBILITYTheServerIronADX1000providesahigh-densityfixed1Uformfactorwithoptionalexpansionlicensingforthreeconfigurations:

•Sixteen1GbEportswithtwoapplicationcores

•Sixteen1GbEportswithfourapplicationcores

•Sixteen1GbEportswithfourapplicationcoresandtwo10GbEports

Whenreconfiguration,scaling,orexpansionisrequired,theuniquechassisdesignoftheServerIronADX4000and10000switchesprovidesadedicatedbackplanetosupportapplication,data,andmanagementfunctionalitythroughspecializedmodules.Thefollowingmodel-interchangeableFieldReplaceableUnits(FRUs)areavailable(seesidebar).

SERVERIRON ADX PLATFORM BENEFITSServerIronADXswitchesarebasedonauniquearchitecturethatsupportsscalabilityandexpansiontomeetgrowingapplicationtrafficswitchingrequirements:

•High-performance, modular design:Achoiceofmodelsstartingwiththecompact1UServerIronADX1000tothehighlyscalableServerIronADX4000and10000with320Gbpsofswitchingbandwidth

•Redundant power supplies:Supportforredundant,hot-swappablepowersuppliesonallmodels—front-serviceableontheServerIronADX4000and10000

•Hot-swappable modules:Expansionslotsformanagement,applicationswitching,switchfabric,lineinterface,andfanmodulestoincreaseperformanceandportdensity

Management ModuleServerIronADXmanagementmoduleshaveadual-coreprocessor,oneconsoleport,andoneUSBport,alongwithspaceforanoptionalmezzaninedaughtercard.

SERVERIRON ADX MODULES

Application Switch ModuleEachServerIronADXApplicationSwitchModule(ASM8)hasfourdual-coreprocessorsdedicatedtoprocessingapplicationtraffic.UptofourASM8modulescanresideintheServerIronADX10000foratotalof32availablecores.

Switch Fabric ModuleServerIronADXswitchfabricmodulesprovideupto320Gbpsofswitchingcapacity,providingscalabilityasI/Omodulesrequiremorebandwidth.

Interface ModulesThreeconfigurationsofServerIronADXlinecardsareavailable:

AlllinecardpacketprocessorssupportLayer2-3virtualization,andtheServerIronADXchassiscanscaletosupportevenhigherI/Ointhefutureasmodular40Gbpsand100Gbpslinecardinterfacesbecomeavailable.

12×1Gbpscopper(RJ45)

12×1Gbpsfiber(SFP)

4×10Gbpsfiber(XFP)

•Active/active and active/standby management modules:Optionallyredundantmodulesforhigheravailabilityandperformance

•Upgradable to hardware-assisted SSL acceleration and compression:OptionalmezzanineservicemodulestoaddintegratedandscalablehardwareSSLaccelerationanddatacompression(availableinaplannedupgrade)

•Reliability:AresilientswitchingandroutingfoundationwithadvancedsupportforRIP2,OSPF2and3(IPv6),VRRP,andVRRP-E

•Flexible connectivity options:Expansionfrom12to48GbEportsinmixedcopper/fibercombinations,orupto1610GbEXFPports

APPLICATION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ServerIronADXswitchessupportawiderangeofIPandWebtrafficmanagementapplications(seeFigure1)byprovidingthefollowingcapabilities:

•Efficient Server Load Balancing (SLB):DistributesIP-basedapplicationflowsandtransparentlybalancestrafficamongmultipleserverswhilecontinuouslymonitoringserver,application,andcontenthealthtoincreasereliabilityandavailability.

•Intelligent application content inspection and switching:Avoidsreplicatingapplicationcontentandfunctionsonallservers,whilescalingandoptimizingperformance.Italsohelpsdefeatapplication-levelattacksbyusingdeepLayer7contentinspectionandfilteringofapplicationmessages.

•Disaster recovery and Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB):Distributesservicestransparentlyacrossmultiplesitesandserverfarmlocations,balancingtrafficonaglobalbasiswhilemonitoringsite,server,andapplicationhealth.Bydirectingclientstothebestsiteforthefastestcontentdelivery,ServerIronADXswitchesincreaseapplicationavailabilityandreducebandwidthcosts.Moreover,site-levelredundancyandfasttransparentfailoverfacilitatedisasterrecovery.

•Robust application security:Shieldsserverfarmsandapplicationsfromwire-speedmulti-Gigabit-rateDenialofService(DoS),DistributedDoS(DDoS),virus,andwormattackswhileservinglegitimateapplicationtrafficatpeakperformance.

•Enterprise applications:SupportsenterpriseenvironmentsrunningIP-andWeb-basedapplications,includingpopularapplicationssuchasOracle,BEAWebLogic,IBMWebSphere,PeopleSoft,SAP,MicrosoftSharePoint,andSiebel.ServerIronADXswitchesenableloadbalancingandpersistencetoimproveavailability,security,andperformance.

•SYN-Guard:ProtectsserverfarmsagainstmultipleformsofDoSattacks,suchasTCPSYNandACKattacks,bymonitoringandtrackingsessionflows.Onlyvalidconnectionrequestsaresenttotheserver.ServerIronADXswitchesarecapableofdefeatingDoSattacksattheindustry’shighestrate(upto120millionSYN/sec).

•High-availability application switching:Utilizesactive-standbymode,wherebythestandbyServerIronADXswitchassumescontrolandpreservesthestateofexistingsessionsintheeventtheprimaryload-balancingdevicefails.Inactive-activemode,bothServerIronADXswitchesworksimultaneouslyandprovideabackupforeachotherwhilesupportingstatefulfailover.

•HTTP multiplexing (server connection offload):Increasesserverperformance,availability,responsetime,andsecuritybyoffloadingconnectionmanagementfromtheservers.UsingpersistentHTTP1.0and1.1connectionstotheserver,ServerIronADXswitchesstreamalargenumberofclientconnectionstoveryfewserverconnections.Connectionoffloadenablestheserverstodedicateresourcesforhigh-performanceapplicationcontentdelivery.

•Application rate limiting:ProtectsserverfarmsbycontrollingtherateofTCPandUDPconnectionsonanapplication-portbasis,therebyguardingagainstmaliciousattacksfromhigh-bandwidthusers.

•High-performance access control:UsesextendedAccessControlLists(ACLs)torestrictaccesstospecificapplicationsfromagivenaddressorsubnet.

•Application redirection:UsesHTTPredirecttosendtraffictoremoteserversiftherequestedserviceorcontentisnotavailableonthelocalserverfarm.

•Hardware SSL acceleration and compression (planned upgrade):Utilizesmezzaninedaughter-cardservicemoduleupgradestoaccelerateSSLandcompressionforServerIronADX4000and10000managementmodules.

•Advanced firewall and security device load balancing:IncreasesfirewallandperimetersecurityperformancebydistributingInternettrafficloadsacrossmultiplefirewallandotherperimetersecurityappliances.Thisapproachovercomesscalabilitylimitations,increasesthroughput,andimprovesresiliencybyeliminatingperimetersecuritydevices—suchasfirewalls,anti-virusgateways,VPNdevices,andintrusionappliances—assinglepointsoffailure.

•Transparent Cache Switching (TCS):BalancesWebtrafficacrossmultiplecaches,eliminatingtheneedtoconfigureeachclientbrowser,improvingInternetresponsetime,decreasingWANaccesscosts,andincreasingoverallWebcachingsolutionresiliency.ServerIronADXswitchesimproveserviceavailabilitybyimplementingcachehealthchecking,redirectingclientrequeststothenextavailablecacheserverordirectlytotheoriginserverintheeventofacacheorserverfarmfailure.

Web

ERP

Servers

ServerIron ADX Switch

ServerIron ADX Switch

BigIron RX

BigIron RX

BigIron MLX

Router

VoIP

E-mail

Business-Critical Server and Application Clusters

WAN

Figure 1. ServerIronADXswitchesprovide

high-availability,high-performanceapplicationservices.

Figure 2. ServerIronADXswitchessupportawiderangeofdeploymentscenarios.

SERVER HEALTH MONITORINGTheuniqueServerIronADXarchitectureincludesadedicatedprocessorforhealthmonitoringanddevicemanagement.Thisdesignsignificantlyincreasesserverreliabilityandefficiencytoimproveoverallserviceavailability.ServerIronADXswitchesprovidecustomizableapplication-specifichealthmonitoringtohelporganizationsdetermineanydegradationorfailureofSessionInitiationProtocol(SIP)serversandapplicationfunctions—andtoredirectclientstoalternativeresources.

Thehealthmonitoringmessagesareuser-configurableperserverandperapplicationport.Theswitchessendhealthmonitoringmessagesatauser-configurableperiodicinterval.

SITE REDUNDANCY AND SCALABILITYServerIronADXswitchescanredirectclienttrafficgeographicallyamongmultiplesitesbasedonavailability,load,andresponsetime.Theseswitchesalsomeasureclient/serverproximityasdefinedbyround-tripdelayandgeographiclocation.Allthesefeaturescanworkinconjunctionwiththenetwork’sexistingDomainNameSystem(DNS)servers,minimizingnetworkdisruptionwhenimplementingGSLB.

Theswitchescontinuallymonitormultiplesitestodetectanychangesinserversorservicesduetovaryinghealthandtrafficconditions.Configurablesiteloadthresholdsenableorganizationstoalignhealthcheckingparameterswitheachsite’sserverandservicecapabilities.

Inaddition,ServerIronADXswitchesusegeographicsiteselectiontokeeprequestswithincontinentaldomains.ContinuousapplicationtrafficmonitoringhelpscreateadynamicknowledgebasethatenablesmoreintelligentGSLBmethodologiesandsiteselectioncriteria.

TheServerIronADXGSLBprovidesthefollowingkeyfunctions:

•ActsasaDNSproxytotransparentlyinterceptandmodifytheDNSresponses,therebydirectinguserstothebestsite

•LeveragesexistingDNSserversandminimizesdisruptiontotheexistingDNSenvironment

•Providescontinuoussitemonitoringtodetectchangesinsitehealthconditions

•Providesconfigurablesettingstofine-tuneindividualsiteloadthresholds

•Monitorsandselectssitesbymeasuringsite,server,andapplicationresponsiveness

•Addsanevolutionaryknowledgebasethatenablesmoreintelligentsiteselectionasmoreclientsaccessthesite

Inaddition,ServerIronADXswitchesprovideauniquemultisiteredundancysolutionwithVirtualIP(VIP)RouteHealthInjection.ThiscapabilitymatchesVIPandserverhealthwithintelligentroutepropagationtotheInternetthroughstandards-basedroutingprotocols.ThisapproachprovidesbusinesscontinuitytoIPapplicationsthatdonotrelyonDNSforservicenameresolution.

Layer 2 Switch

Layer 2 Switch

ServerIron ADX 1000

ServerIron ADX 1000

Inline Design

ServerIron ADX 1000

ServerIron ADX 1000

Expandable for Direct Attached Servers

ServerIron ADX 10000

ServerIron ADX 10000

Direct Attached 10/100/1000/10000 Server Farms

Router

Router

ServerIron ADX 4000

ServerIron ADX 4000

One-Arm and Direct Server Return Design

SIMPLIFIED MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATIONOrganizationscanmanageandconfigureServerIronADXswitchesbyusingTrafficWorks,whichprovidestwomethodsforconfiguration.Thefirstisaflexible,powerful,andindustry-standardCommandLineInterface(CLI).ThisisparticularlyusefulfororganizationsthatunderstandandarecomfortableusingaCLI.Alternatively,organizationscanusethebrowser-basedenhancedGraphicalUserInterface(GUI)fordeviceconfigurationinthefollowingareas:

•Realservercreation

•Virtualservercreation

•Real-to-virtualserverbindingmanagement

•Virtual/realserverandportmanagement

•Layer4andLayer7(CSW)switchingsupport

•SSLaccelerationsupport

•VLANmanagementandportassignment

•IPaddressconfiguration

•StandardACLsupport

•ServerIrondashboardandfrontpanelview

•ServerIronstatistics

•High-availabilityconfiguration

•Serverhealthmonitoring

HIGHER INFRASTRUCTURE ROIWiththeirintelligentapplication-awareloadbalancingandcontentswitchingcapabilities,ServerIronADXswitchessignificantlyimproveapplicationandserverfarmperformancewhileincreasingavailability,security,scalability,andresourceutilization.Keybenefitsinclude:

•Improved infrastructure utilization:ServerIronADXswitchesperformhighlycustomizablereal-timehealthchecks,dynamicallymonitoringtheabilityofserverstooptimizeperformanceandtransparentlyreactingtoserverfarmcongestionbydistributingclienttrafficloadstothemostavailableservers.Intelligentcontentswitchingmaximizesserverutilizationandperformancebyeliminatingtheneedtoreplicatecontentandapplicationfunctionsoneveryserver.

•Increased server availability:ServerIronADXswitchescanbedeployedinmultiplehigh-availabilitymodeswithhitlessandstatefulsessionsynchronizationandfailovertoextendavailabilityeventhroughswitchfailures.

•Robust security:Withbuilt-inintelligence,ServerIronADXswitchesdetectanddiscardvirusesandwormsthatspreadthroughapplication-levelmessages.Theswitchesload-balancelegitimateapplicationtrafficwhilepreventinganddefeatingattacks.Throughspecializedembeddedlogic,theswitchesreliablyprotectagainstmanyformsofDoSandDDoSattacksatindustry-leadingdataratesofupto120millionattackpacketspersecond.

•Massive scalability:ServerIronADXswitchesprovidevirtuallyunlimitedscalabilitytoIP-basedapplicationsandserverfarmsinacost-effectivemanner.Theyallowtheuseofmultipleserverswithloadbalancingandfailover,eliminatingforkliftupgradestoserverfarmsanddisruptiontoapplications.

•Faster ROI:ServerIronADXswitchesprovidehighROIforapplicationandserverinfrastructureinashorttimeframe,supportingsignificantlyhigherapplicationtrafficanduserloadsonexistinginfrastructurebymaximizingserverresourceutilization.Withsupportforserverconnectionoffload,theswitchesreduceconnectionmanagementoverhead,freeingupresourcesforapplicationprocessingandimprovingoverallserverfarmperformanceandcapacity.On-demandandunlimitedvirtualserverfarmscalabilityeliminatestheneedforforkliftupgradesanddramaticallyimprovesserverinfrastructureROI.

BROCADE GLOBAL SERVICESBrocadeoffersabroadportfolioofprofessionalandcustomersupportservicestohelporganizationsdeployandmaintainhighlyefficientandresilientIPnetworkinfrastructures.Theseservicescoverthelifecycleofassessment,design,andimplementationtohelporganizationsdevelopthebestarchitecturetomeettheiruniquerequirements.

MAXIMIZING INVESTMENTSTohelpoptimizetechnologyinvestments,Brocadeanditspartnersoffercompletesolutionsthatincludeeducation,support,andservices.Formoreinformation,contactaBrocadesalespartnerorvisitwww.brocade.com.

BROCADE SERVERIRON ADX SERIES SPECIFICATIONS

Platform ServerIron ADX 1000 ServerIron ADX 4000 ServerIron ADX 10000Maximumnumberofapplicationcores 4 16 32Maximumsystemmemory 8GB 32GB 64GBDNSqueries/sec(faststateless) 1,750,000 7,000,000 14,000,000Layer4connections/sec(HTTP1.0) 200,000 800,000 1,600,000Layer4transactions/sec(HTTP1.1) 2,000,000 8,000,000 16,000,000Layer7connections/sec(HTTP1.0) 90,000 360,000 720,000Layer7transactions/sec(HTTP1.1) 150,000 600,000 1,200,000Layer4aggregatethroughput(Gbps) 9 35 70Layer7aggregatethroughput(Gbps) 9 35 70Hardware-basedDDoSprotection(packets/sec) 15,000,000 60,000,000 120,000,000Hardware-basedSYN-floodprotection(SYN/sec) 15,000,000 60,000,000 120,000,000Maximumnumberofconcurrentconnections 16,000,000 64,000,000 128,000,000Maximumnumberofconcurrentsessions 32,000,000 128,000,000 256,000,000MaximumnumberofVIPs 1024 4096 4096Maximumnumberofrealservers 4096 16,384 16,384Maximumnumberofrealserverports 8192 32,768 32,768Layer3switchingcapabilities OSPF,RIPv2,VRRP,VRRP-E OSPF,RIPv2,VRRP,VRRP-E OSPF,RIPv2,VRRP,VRRP-EPhysicaldimensions 1.7”h×17.5”w×18.1”d

4.3cm×44.3cm×45.8cm

7.0”h×17.5”w×17.5”d

17.7cm×44.3cm×44.5cm

17.5”h×17.5”w×17.5”d

44.5cm×44.3cm×44.5cmWeight 37.5lbsfullyloaded(17.0kg) 54.0lbsfullyloaded(24.5kg) 112.3lbsfullyloaded(50.9kg)Maximumpowerrequirements 390watts 952watts 1920wattsWarranty 1-yearhardware,90-daysoftware,upgradestohigherlevelsavailable

Load Balancing MethodsLeastConnections,RoundRobin,Weighted,EnhancedWeighted,WeightedRoundRobin,DynamicWeighted(SNMP-based)

Server Health ChecksLayer2-4healthchecksforTCPandUDPports;Layer7healthchecksformanywell-knownports,portprofiles,portpolicies,ElementHealthChecks,BooleanHealthChecks,andREGISTERandOPTIONShealthchecksforSIPprotocol

Layer 2/Layer 3 Capabilities32,000MACaddresses,802.1dSpanningTreeProtocol,802.1wRapidSpanningTreeProtocol,IPv4/IPv6:RIP,OSPF,staticrouting,Trunk(LACP,trunkserver/switch),VLANs,VRRP,VRRP-E

Protocol SupportTCP,UDP,HTTP,SSL,Telnet,SSHv2,FTP,TFTP,SNMPv1andv2,SMTP,IMAP4,POP3,LDAP,DNS,WTS,SIP,NNTP,RADIUS,MMS,RTSP,VRRP/e

Standards Compliance802.3,10BaseT,802.3z1000BaseSX,802.1qVLANTagging,802.3u100BaseT,100BaseFX,802.3z1000BaseLX,802.1dBridging,802.1wRSTP,802.1adLinkAggregation

Network ManagementSSHv2,Telnet,SNMPv1andv2,integratedCLI,Web-basedGUI,IronViewNetworkManager(INM)

Safety Compliance• EN60950-1:2001/IEC60950-1:2001• EN60825-1:1994• CAN/CSAC22.2No.60950-1-03• UL60950-1• CESafetyLowVoltageDirective2006/95/EC

EMI Compliance• FCCPart15,SubpartB(ClassA)• EN55022(CEmark)(ClassA)• EN61000-3-2• EN61000-3-3• EN61000-6-1• EN55024(CEmark)(Immunity)InformationTechnologyEquipment• ICES-003(Canada)(ClassA)• AS/NZ55022(Australia)(ClassA)• VCCI(Japan)(ClassA)

Power SupplyADX1000series • ACinputrating:100to240V,50/60Hz,6.0Amax.

• ACoperatingvoltagerange:85to264V,50/60Hz• DCinputrating:–48V,15.0A• DCoperatingrange:–40to–60Vdc

ADX4000/10000series

• ACinputrating:100to240V,50/60Hz,16.0Amax.perpowersupply

• ACoperatingvoltagerange:90to264V,50/60Hz• DCinputrating:–48V,30.0Amax.perpowersupply• DCoperatingrange:–40to–60Vdc

EnvironmentalTemperature Operating:0ºC/32ºFto40ºC/104ºF(drybulb)

Storage:–25ºC/–9ºFto70ºC/158ºF(drybulb)Humidity Operating:5%to90%(relative,non-condensing)

Storage:5%to95%(relative,non-condensing)Altitude Operating:0to6600ft.(0to2012m)maximum

Storage:15,000ft.(4500m)maximum

Mounting Options19-inchuniversalEIA(Telco)rack

Tabletop

DATASHEET www.brocade.com

©2009BrocadeCommunicationsSystems,Inc.AllRightsReserved.10/09GA-DS-1349-04

Brocade,theB-wingsymbol,BigIron,DCX,FabricOS,FastIron,IronPoint,IronShield,IronView,IronWare,JetCore,NetIron,SecureIron,ServerIron,StorageX,andTurboIronareregisteredtrademarks,andDCFM,ExtraordinaryNetworks,andSANHealtharetrademarksofBrocadeCommunicationsSystems,Inc.,intheUnitedStatesand/orinothercountries.Allotherbrands,products,orservicenamesareormaybetrademarksorservicemarksof,andareusedtoidentify,productsorservicesoftheirrespectiveowners.

Notice:Thisdocumentisforinformationalpurposesonlyanddoesnotsetforthanywarranty,expressedorimplied,concerninganyequipment,equipmentfeature,orserviceofferedortobeofferedbyBrocade.Brocadereservestherighttomakechangestothisdocumentatanytime,withoutnotice,andassumesnoresponsibilityforitsuse.Thisinformationaldocumentdescribesfeaturesthatmaynotbecurrentlyavailable.ContactaBrocadesalesofficeforinformationonfeatureandproductavailability.ExportoftechnicaldatacontainedinthisdocumentmayrequireanexportlicensefromtheUnitedStatesgovernment.

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BROCADE SERVERIRON ADX 1000, 4000, AND 10000 ORDERING INFORMATION

ServerIron ADX 1000 Fixed PlatformPart Number Description

SI-1016-2 1Ufixed-configurationServerIronwith16-port10/100/1000Base-T(RJ45),dual-coremanagementprocessor(1GBmemorypercore),twoapplicationprocessors(2GBmemorypercore),oneAXPApplicationAccelerationProcessor,onePAXProcessAccelerationEngine,andoneACpowersupply

SI-1016-4 1Ufixed-configurationServerIronwith16-port10/100/1000Base-T(RJ45),dual-coremanagementprocessor(1GBmemorypercore),fourapplicationprocessors(2GBmemorypercore),oneAXPApplicationAccelerationProcessor,onePAXProcessAccelerationEngine,andoneACpowersupply

SI-1216-4 1Ufixed-configurationServerIronwith16-port10/100/1000Base-T(RJ45),dual10GbEXFPports,dual-coremanagementprocessor(1GBmemorypercore),fourapplicationprocessors(2GBmemorypercore),andoneACpowersupply

RPS9 500-wattACpowersupplyforServerIronADX1000(1U)fixed-configurationLayer4/Layer7ApplicationDeliveryController

RPS9DC 500-watt-48VDCpowersupplyforServerIronADX1000(1U)fixed-configurationLayer4/Layer7ApplicationDeliveryController

ServerIron ADX 4000 and 10000 Chassis PlatformSI-10K ServerIron(10U)chassiswithtwo1200-wattAC

powersupplies,twoswitchfabricmodules,andoneSI-10-FAN

SI-4000 ServerIron(4U)chassiswithone1200-wattACpowersupply,oneswitchfabricmodule,andoneSI-4-FAN

SI-10K-DC ServerIron(10U)chassiswithtwo1200-wattDCpowersupplies,twoswitchfabricmodules,andoneSI-10-FAN

SI-4000-DC ServerIron(4U)chassiswithone1200-wattDCpowersupply,oneswitchfabricmodule,andoneSI-4-FAN

ServerIron ADX 4000 and 10000 System Module OptionsPart Number Description

SI-MM ManagementmoduleforServerIronchassisserieswithdual-coreprocessorwith2GBmemorypercore

SI-SFM SwitchfabricforServerIronchassisseriesSI-ASM8 ApplicationSwitchModule(ASM8)forServerIron

chassiswitheightapplicationprocessorswith2GBmemorypercore(16GBtotal),dualAXPapplicationaccelerationprocessors,andonePAXprocessoraccelerationengine

SI-4XG 4-port10GbEXFPServerIronchassislinecardmoduleSI-12GC 12-port10/100/1000Base-T,RJ45ServerIron

chassislinecardmoduleSI-12GF 12-port1GbESFPServerIronchassislinecardmoduleSI-ACPWR ServerIronchassis1200-wattACpowersupplySI-DCPWR ServerIronchassis1200-watt(-48V)DCpowersupplyXSI-4000-S SpareServerIron4Uchassiswithfanassembly

(SI-4-FAN),nopowersupply,andnoswitchfabricXSI-10K-S SpareServerIron10Uchassiswithfanassembly

(SI-10-FAN),nopowersupply,andnoswitchfabricXSI-4-FAN ServerIron4000chassisfanassemblyXSI-10-FAN ServerIron10000chassisfanassemblyXSI-10-FILTER ServerIron10000chassisfilterforfanassembly

ServerIron ADX 1000, 4000, and 10000 Connectivity OptionsE1MG-LX-OM 1000BASE-LXSFPoptic,LCconnector,10kmonSMF,

opticalmonitoring-capableE1MG-SX-OM 1000BASE-SXSFPoptic,LCconnector,550monMMF,

opticalmonitoring-capableE1MG-TX 1000BASE-TXMini-GBICcopper,RJ-45connector,100m10G-XFP-LR 1310nmserialXFPoptic,LCconnector,10kmonSMF10G-XFP-SR 850nmserialXFPoptic,LCconnector,300monMMF

ServerIron ADX 1000, 4000, and 10000 OptionsAllServerIronADX1000fixed-configurationproductsandServerIronADX4000or10000chassis-basedproductssupportoptionalDCpowersuppliesandpremiumsoftware(Routing,GSLB).SeetheBrocadepricelistfordetails.