•Increasesbusinessagilitybyadaptingserviceinfrastructuretofluctuatingbusinessdemands

•MaximizesinfrastructureconsolidationwithBrocadeADXmultitenancy,helpingtoreduceCapExandOpExbyupto75percent

•Enableson-demandperformanceandcapacityscalabilitywithapay-as-you-growlicensingmodelforfixedplatformsandfullyinterchangeablemodulesforchassissystems

•EasesthedeploymentofnewanddifferentiatedrevenuestreamstoincreaseAverageRevenuePerUser(ARPU)viatheopenandflexibleBrocadeapplicationscriptingengine

•Minimizestheinvestmentriskofcloud-optimizednetworkdeploymentswithBrocadeNetworkSubscription

•EnablescontrolofapplicationmanagementandprovisioningviatheSOAP/XMLAPI,easingintegrationwiththird-partyorhomegrownorchestrationandautomationtools

Cloudcomputingtechnologieshavetransformedhoworganizationsdesignandoperatetheirdatacenters.Morethanever,theymustfindacost-effectivemeanstoscalecapacitytosupportbusinessgrowth,maximizeinfrastructureutilization,andincreaseoperationalefficiencyandbusinessagility.

Thisrequiresaresilientandadaptablenetworkthatcanfacilitatetherolloutofnewservicesorapplicationsinrealtime.Theunderlyinginfrastructuremustbeabletoconsolidatenetworkresourcesintoshared,reusableassets,allowingadministratorstomoreefficientlydistributeworkloadsandmanagepeaktrafficwhileadheringtoServiceLevelAgreements(SLAs).Moreover,itmustalloworganizationstostreamlinedatacenteroperationsandautomateworkloadswithintheirvirtualandphysical

BROCADESERVERIRONADX1000,4000,AND10000APPLICATIONDELIVERYSWITCHES

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infrastructures,tohelpensurepredictableandreliableservicedelivery.

Brocade®applicationdeliverysolutionsprovidetheflexibilityandscaletomeetthedemandsofservice-drivendatacenters—allwithoutcompromisingonperformanceandreliability.Whetheranorganizationrequirespurpose-builthardwareorsharedmultitenancysystems,theBrocadeServerIronADX1000,4000,10000ApplicationDeliverySwitchesprovideafullrangeofplatformoptions.

TheBrocadeADXSeriesisusedbytheworld’smostdemandingserviceprovidernetworksandlargeenterprisedatacenters.WiththeBrocadeADXSeries,theseorganizationsgainahighlyscalableandcarrier-gradeplatformdesignedtoensurethecost-effective,reliabledeliveryofcloudservicesandmaximumReturnonInvestment(ROI).

TheBrocadeOne®strategyhelpssimplifynetworkinginfrastructurethroughinnovativetechnologiesandsolutions.TheBrocadeServerIronADXSeriessupportsthisstrategybyprovidingrecordperformanceandarangeofapplicationoptimizationfunctionstodelivercriticalapplications.

Delivering Efficient, Scalable, and Agile Cloud Services without Compromising on Performance

PURPOSE-BUILT ARCHITECTURE AflexibleandhighlyscalablesystemarchitectureisattheheartoftheBrocadeADXSeries.Asaresult,theseswitchescanprovidesuperiorperformanceandscalabilityaswellaslow-latencyswitching(20microseconds)forresponse-sensitiveapplications.

Distributed System ArchitectureTheBrocadeADXSeriesisbuiltonadistributedarchitecturethathelpsmaximizeapplicationperformancewhileensuringcompletephysicalseparationofthemanagementanddataplanes.Itfeaturesahigh-density,multicorearchitectureanddedicatedswitchingfabrictosimplifynetworkdeploymentsandenablehigh-speedinterconnectsamongapplication,management,andinterfacemodules.

Hardware-based MultitenancyWhendeployedinmultitenantmode,theBrocadeADXSeriesoffers:

•Maximum infrastructure efficiency:ConsolidatesmultipleBrocadeADXinstancesonasingleplatform,providingmaximuminfrastructureefficiencywhilereducingcostsassociatedwithpowerandcooling,rackspace,licensemanagement,systemmaintenance,andadministration.

•Tenant flexibility and operational simplicity:Enablesmaximumflexibilitytomixandmatchcapacity,features,andservicesaccordingtochangeindemand.Provideson-demandprovisioning,unifiedmanagement,andmonitoringofmultipleBrocadeADXinstancesviaacommoncontrolplane,insupportoftruecloudservicedelivery.

•Full tenant isolation:Allowsmultiple,fullyisolatedBrocadeADXinstancestorunonasinglephysicalsystem—eachwithitsownsystemconfiguration,networkstack,resource,andmanagement—whentheBrocadeADXSeriesisdeployedasashareddevice.Thishardware-basedvirtualizationoftheBrocadeADXsystemhelpsensuresecurity,compliancemandates,andadherencetoserviceSLAs.

•Complete high availability:Ensuresthatapplicationsandservicesarealwaysavailablebyprovidingredundancyatboththedeviceandtenantlevels.Asafullyisolatedtenantonashareddevice,eachBrocadeADXinstancecanbedeployedasahigh-availabilitypairineitheranactive/standbyoractive/activeconfiguration.Organizationscanenablecomprehensiveconfigurationsynchronizationforincreasedredundancyofthedeviceandalltenantsthatareenabledonit.

Capacity on DemandAllBrocadeADXswitchescanbequicklyupgradedinthefieldusingsoftwarelicensekeys.Thisallowsorganizationstoenableafullsuiteofhardwareandsoftwareoptionswhenneededwithouttakingtheplatformoffline.Organizationscanquicklyincreaseperformanceandportcapacity,aswellasaddadvancedfeaturestotheBrocadeADX1000Seriesswitches,withasimplesoftwarelicenseupgradethatsupportsthe“pay-as-you-grow”deploymentstrategy.ThecapacityexpansionisalsoavailableforthemodularchassisplatformsoftheBrocadeADX4000and10000Series,whichcanleverageinterchangeablemodules.

SCALABLE AND SEAMLESS IPv6 TRANSITIONGrowingdemandforIP-basedservices,combinedwiththemovetocloud-basednetworking,presentsnewopportunitiesfortoday’sorganizations.TherapidgrowthofbillionsofInternet-enabled

devicesandapplicationshasledtoIPv4addressdepletion.Asaresult,thousandsoforganizationsareseekingtoenablenext-generationIPv6fortheirproductsandservicesasawaytomitigatefurtherInternetgrowth.TheBrocadeADXSeriesoffersapragmaticstrategyforIPv6transitionandIPv4/v6co-existencebyenablingorganizationstomaximizetheirexistingIPv4-basedinvestmentswhileconnectingwiththegrowingIPv6-basedworld(seeFigure1).

Dual StackTheBrocadeADXSeriessupportsallmajorusecasesonbothIPv4andIPv6—andwithnear-equivalentperformance.FormodernapplicationsrunningonamodernOS,Brocaderecommendsrunningdualstackontheserverwithdual-stackApplicationDeliveryController(ADC)functions.Brocadealsosupportsdual-stackGSLBforapplicationredundancy.

Network TransitionTheBrocadeADXSeriesscalesexistingservicesandinterconnectsIPv4orIPv6networkislandsusinggateway-based,large-scaleNATservices(444or64).ForlargenetworksofIPv4-onlyendpoints(legacy)orIPv6-onlyclients(suchas4Gmobileheadsets)inwhichbidirectionaltrafficisneeded,anapplication-awareNAT64gatewayisthebestsolution.TheBrocadeADXSeriesnetworktransitionsolutionprovidesorganizationsscale,monitoring,andapplicationauditcapabilities.

Figure 1. TheBrocadeADXSeriesenablesascalableandseamlesstransitiontoIPv6.

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Application TransitionTheBrocadeADXSeriesalsosupportsthemigrationofVirtualIPs(VIPs)andrealserversfromIPv4todualstackortonativeIPv6withacompletesuiteofServerLoadBalancing(SLB)translationservices.Forolderapplicationsoroperatingsystems,BrocadeprovidesacompletesuiteofSLBtranslations,including664tolegacyIPv4serversand446tonewIPv6-onlyservers.Whiletheapplicationisintransition,oneVIP—IPv4orIPv6—canhostacombinationofIPv4andIPv6realserversbehindit.

HIGH-PERFORMANCE APPLICATION DELIVERYTheBrocadeADXSeriesenablesefficientdistributionoftrafficamongapplicationandinfrastructureserversusingload-balancingmethodsthatmonitorserverconnectionload,serverresourcessuchasCPUandmemory,applicationresponsetime,andpre-assignedserverweightsforanoptimalapplicationexperience.

Web and Application Server Load BalancingTheBrocadeADXSeriesprovidesuninterrupted,high-performance,andlow-latencydeliveryofpopularapplications—includingMicrosoftExchange,MicrosoftSharePoint,MicrosoftLync,SAP,Oracle,BEAWebLogic,IBMWebSphere,andSiebel—andfinancialservicesapplicationsbasedontheFinancialInformationeXchange(FIX)protocol.TheBrocadeADXSeriesalsoprovideshigh-performanceLayer7features,includinghealthchecking,contentswitching,contenttransformation,andapplicationscripting.

Infrastructure Load BalancingTheBrocadeADXSeriesincreasesavailabilityandscalabilityofinfrastructurecomponentsthatarecriticalforservicedelivery,includingDomainNameServer(DNS),firewalls,cachingdevices,authenticationservicessuchasRADIUSandLDAP,andsecureIPv4andIPv6DNSaswellasDNSSecurityExtension(DNSSEC)servers.

MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY AND CONTROL OF SERVICE DELIVERYTheBrocadeADXSeriesprovidesahighlyscalableandflexiblewaytoacceleratethecreationanddeliveryofnew,innovativecloudserviceofferingswhilemaintainingpredictableperformance.

Brocade OpenScript EngineTheBrocadeOpenScript®engine(seeFigure2)isacarrier-gradeapplicationscriptingengineforreal-timeapplicationservicesthatoffers:

•Distributed architecture:Providesbetterscaleandstabilitycomparedtosharedmemoryarchitectures.ThememoryfootprintoftheOpenScriptengineisextremelysmall,increasingthenumberofscriptsthatcanrunsimultaneously.Datatrafficisisolatedinaseparate“scriptmemory,”localizingtheimpactofadefectivescriptandmakingitwellsuitedformultitenantenvironments.

•Patent-pending Brocade OpenScript Performance Estimator:Providesdeterministicnetworkperformanceestimatesofcustomscriptswithoutrunninglivetraffic.

•Perl-based scripts:Enablefasterexecutionbecausetheyrunbytecodeandobjectsarepassedashandles—incontrasttootherimplementationsthatuseTCL,whichareinterpretedatruntime,thusslowingperformance.

•Objects-based flow inspection:Allowsmanipulationofaresponsebasedoninformationintherequestandviceversa,andimprovesintelligenttraffic-handlingcapabilities.

•Open architecture framework:Allowstheadditionofselectthird-partyPerlmodulesandOpenSourcelibraries(suchaswww.cpan.org).

APPLICATION SECURITY AND PROTECTIONToday’sorganizationsneedstrongprotectionagainstincreasinglysophisticatedinfrastructureattacksandapplicationthreats.Brocadesolutionsprovideasinglesecuritystrategytosafeguardsystemsagainstrapidlyevolvingthreats.Thesesolutionsoffernetwork-basedAccessControlLists(ACLs),scalableDDoS/SYNprotection,andacceleratedSSLproxyandoffload.

Enhanced Application SecurityTheBrocadeADXSeriesstopsattacksfromillegitimateconnectionsanddeniesservicetounauthorizedusersthroughhardware-basedACLs.Moreover,theBrocadeADXSeriescanproactivelymitigateattacksbylimitingconcurrentconnectionsandtherateofnewconnections.

Infrastructure ProtectionTheBrocadeADXSeriesprovidesprotectionagainstDNSamplificationattacksbyinspectingDNSpacketsforquerynames,querytypes,andotherDNSflags,andthenenforcingsecuritypolicies.TheBrocadeADXSeriesdropsorrate-limitsthesepacketswithoutsacrificingoverallDNSdeliveryperformance.Moreover,theBrocadeADXSeriesprovidessimpleandhassle-freeintegrationwithDNSSECservicewithoutdisturbingtheprovider’spre-existingcertificatemanagementpolicyframework.

Figure 2. TheBrocadeOpenScriptengine.

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SSL Offload and AccelerationTheBrocadeADXSeriesoffloadsCPU-intensiveSecureSocketsLayer(SSL)negotiationandconnectionmanagementtasksfromapplicationservers,therebyfreeingupCPUcyclesforapplicationdeliveryandimprovingapplicationresponsetime.WiththenewSSLaccelerationmodule,theBrocadeADXchassis-basedsystemsupportstheadvanced2048-bitSSLacceleration,providinga70percentperformancegaininnewSSLsessionspersecond.

High-Speed Attack PreventionDDoS/SYNattacksarebecomingincreasinglysevere,withattackerslaunchingsophisticatedattacksandevenbuildingbotnetsinthecloud.TheBrocadeADXSeriesleveragesitsdistributedhardwarearchitecturetooffermaximumprotectionagainstseveralformsofDDoSattacks,preventingupto120millionattackspersecondwhileensuringtheundisruptedflowoflegitimatetraffic.

Deep Packet InspectionTheBrocadeADXSeriesOpenScriptprogrammingtoolkitenablesadministratorstocreatecustomizedsecuritypoliciestorespondtounknownattacks.Inaddition,OpenScriptcanprovideprotectionfromkeyapplicationvulnerabilitieswhilepermanentapplicationpatchesareinstalled.

ALWAYS-ON APPLICATION AVAILABILITYBrocadeADXapplicationdeliveryswitchesmaximizeavailabilityandprovidenon-stopdeliveryofbusiness-criticalapplicationsthrougharangeofcapabilities.

High AvailabilityTheBrocadeADXSeriesprovidesmultiplehigh-availabilityoptionstosuitvaryinginfrastructureandbusinessneedsforoverallenhancedapplicationresiliency.Real-timesynchronizationofsessionsbetweentwopeerBrocadeADXunitsoperatinginhigh-availabilitymodeprovidesprotectionagainstsystemoutages.Ifonedeviceshutsdown,thentheseconddevicetransparentlyresumescontrolofclienttraffic,withnolosstoexistingsessionsorconnectivity.

Figure 3. TheBrocadeADXSeriesWeb-basedGraphicalUserInterface(GUI).

Business Continuity and Site RedundancyOrganizationsdeployingmultiple,geographicallydisparatedatacenterscanbenefitfromGlobalServerLoadBalancing(GSLB).ThiscapabilityallowsBrocadeADXSeriesswitchestodistributeclienttraffictoserversbasedonsiteavailability,siteload,proximity,andotheradvancedmetricsinordertoprovidetheoptimaluserexperience.Similarly,theBrocadeADXSeriesprovidesasiteredundancysolutionfornon-DNS-basedinfrastructuresbyinjectingnetworkroutesforhealthyVIPsfrommultipledatacenterlocations.ThesenetworkroutesarepropagatedthroughroutingprotocolssuchasBGP,IS-IS,andOSPF,enablingclientstoconnecttotheclosestavailablesite.

SIMPLIFIED MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATED PROVISIONINGTheBrocadeADXSeriesprovidesarichcollectionoftoolstodeploy,manage,andmonitorBrocadeADXdevices,providinggreateradministrativecontroloverthenetwork.

Intuitive GUITheBrocadeADXSeriesfeaturesadynamicWeb-basedGraphicalUserInterface(GUI)thatleveragestheXMLAPItoprovideanintuitivesystemdashboardfordetailedtrafficandsystemstatistics,simplifiednavigation,configurationmanagement,and

real-timesystemmonitoringofBrocadeADXswitchdeployments.TheBrocadeADXGUIhelpssimplifymanagementbyprovidingorganizationswithmaximumvisibilityintotheoverallhealthoftheirBrocadeADXsystems(seeFigure3).

Industry-Standard CLITheBrocadeADXSeriesincludesapowerfulCommandLineInterface(CLI)thatsimplifiesdevicemanagementandreducestheadministrativelearningcurvebyincorporatinganindustry(defacto)standardlookandfeel,tabcompletion,andin-linehelp.

Role-based ManagementTheBrocadeADXSeriesallowsorganizationstocreatemultipleadministrativedomainsandassignaccessprivilegestousersinsidethesedomains,enablingcustomviewsfordifferenttypesofadministration.

Comprehensive SOAP/XML APITheBrocadeADXSeriesleveragesastandards-basedSOAP/XMLAPIthatintegratescontrolofBrocadeADXswitcheswithbothcustomandthird-partyorchestrationandautomationtools.ApplicationprofessionalscanleveragetherichXMLAPIextensions—frombasicloadbalancingandsystemmanagementtoadvancedservices—toincreaseoperationalefficiencyandimprovetheperformanceandreliabilityoftheirapplications.

Figure 5. BrocadeNetworkSubscription.

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ThefollowingsitesfocusontheBrocadeADXsolution:

•The Brocade ADX OpenScript community:Ischangingthewayapplicationdevelopmentanddeliveryprofessionalslearnabout,share,browse,andcontributedynamicapplicationscripts.Formoreinformation,visithttp://community.brocade.com/openscript.

•The Brocade Application Delivery Infrastructure (ADI) community:FocusesonBrocadeADXproductsandassociatedpartnertechnologies,andprovidesresourcesforreal-timediscussions,thelatestproductinformation,configurationexamples,andimplementationguidance.Tolearnmore,visithttp://community.brocade.com/adi.

CLOUD-OPTIMIZED NETWORK ACQUISITIONBrocadehelpsorganizationseasilyaddresstheirinformationtechnologyrequirementsbyofferingflexiblenetworkacquisitionandsupportalternativestomeettheirfinancialneeds.Organizationscanselectfrom

purchase,lease,andBrocadeNetworkSubscriptionoptionstoalignnetworkacquisitionwiththeiruniquecapitalrequirementsandriskprofiles.Tolearnmore,visitwww.Brocade.com/CapitalSolutions.

BROCADE GLOBAL SERVICESBrocadeGlobalServiceshastheexpertisetohelporganizationsbuildscalable,efficientcloudinfrastructures.Leveraging15yearsofexpertiseinstorage,networking,andvirtualization,BrocadeGlobalServicesdeliversworld-classprofessionalservices,technicalsupport,andeducationservices,enablingorganizationstomaximizetheirBrocadeinvestments,acceleratenewtechnologydeployments,andoptimizetheperformanceofnetworkinginfrastructures.

MAXIMIZING INVESTMENTSTohelpoptimizetechnologyinvestments,Brocadeanditspartnersoffercompletesolutionsthatincludeprofessionalservices,technicalsupport,andeducation.Formoreinformation,contactaBrocadesalespartnerorvisitwww.brocade.com.

Application Resource Broker BrocadeApplicationResourceBrokerenablesautomatedprovisioningofVirtualMachines(VMs)withinheterogeneousvirtualenvironments,includingVMware,XenServer,andMicrosoftHyper-V(seeFigure4).Itsimplifiesthemanagementofapplicationresourcesandensuresoptimalapplicationperformancebydynamicallyaddingandremovingapplicationresourceswithingloballydistributeddatacenters.BrocadeApplicationResourceBroker—whichworksintandemwiththeBrocadeADXSeries—providesthesecapabilitiesthroughreal-timemonitoringofapplicationresourceresponsiveness,trafficloadinformation,andinfrastructurecapacityinformationfromserverinfrastructures.

Load Balancing as a Service (LBaaS)BrocadeADXplug-insallowserviceorganizationstoextendtheirorchestrationenvironmentstosupportthedynamiccontroloftheirapplicationdeliveryinfrastructure.Usingtheseplug-ins,theycanintegratetheirsystemswithopencloudframeworkssuchasCloudStackandOpenStack,aswellasthird-partymanagementsolutions,includingVMwareandMicrosoft.

BROCADE WEB 2.0 COMMUNITIESBrocadeCommunitiesprovidesathrivingsocialnetworkingvenuewhereinformationandideasareshared.VisitorscanconnectwithindustrypeersandBrocadeleaders,sharethoughtsandopinionswithothermembers,andlearnaboutthelatestproductdevelopment,solutions,andtechnologytrends.

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* Brocade ADX 1008-1/1008F-1 (entry-level ADX 1000) does not support GSLB.

BROCADE ADX SOFTWARE FEATURE OVERVIEWAllBrocadeADXplatformsrunthesamesoftwareandsupportthesamefeatures.Inaddition,thebasemodelforallBrocadeADXplatformscanbeupgradedviatwosoftwarelicenses—aPremiumfeaturelicenseandanSSLlicense.

Software FeaturesLicenses Hardware Platform Support

Base Prem SSL ADX 1000/ 1000F ADX 4000 ADX 10000

Load Balancing Methods

LeastConnections,WeightedLeastConnections,RoundRobin,WeightedRoundRobin,StaticWeightedRoundRobin,EnhancedWeighted,DynamicWeighted(SNMP-based),ResponseTime

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Layer 4/Layer 7 Load Balancing Support

TCP,UDP,HTTP/HTTPS,SSL,FTP,TFTP,SMTP,IMAP4,POP3,LDAP,DNS,WTS,SIP,NNTP,RADIUS,MMS,RTSP • • • • • •

BrocadeOpenScriptengine;BrocadeOpenScriptPerformanceEstimator • • • • • •

Layer 7 Content Inspection

HTTPURL,cookie,hostheaders,anddata • • • • • •Application Health Monitoring

Layer2ARP;Layer3PING;Layer4checksforTCPandUDPports;Layer7checksforapplicationsthatincludeDNS,RADIUS,HTTP,SSL,LDAP,LDAPS,MMS,RTSP,SMTP,TELNET,FTP,NNTP,IMAP4,PNM,POP3,SIP

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Application Availability

Highavailability(active/active,active/passive),VRRP,andVRRP-E • • • • • •

GlobalServerLoadBalancing(GSLB) • •* • •IPv6 Transition Technologies

NAT64,SLB446,SLB664,SLB666,dualstack(IPv4/IPv6) • • • •IPv6 Services Support

ServerLoadBalancingServices,OpenScriptapplicationscriptingengine,CSW(Layer7contentswitching),SSL,GSLB,FWLB,TransparentCacheSwitching(TCS),DNS,Layer3routingprotocols

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Layer 2/Layer 3 Capabilities and Advanced Layer 3 Routing

32,000MACaddresses,802.1dSpanningTreeProtocol,802.1wRapidSpanningTreeProtocol,802.3adLinkAggregationControlProtocol(LACP),VLANsand802.1qVLANTagging,staticrouting,dynamicrouting—RIPv2,VRRP,andVRRP-E

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OSPFv2,OSPFv3,IS-IS,MultiprotocolBGP • • • •Application Security and Protection

Layer3/Layer4AccessControlList(ACL),NetworkAddressTranslation(NAT) • • • • • •

DDoS/SYNprotection,DNSSEC • • • • • •SSLproxy,SSLtermination,2048-bitkeySSLencryption • • • •Management

SSHv2,Telnet,SNMPv1,2,and3,CommandLineInterface(CLI),Web-basedGUI,BrocadeApplicationResourceBroker,SOAP/XMLAPI,BrocadeNetworkAdvisor

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Standards Compliance

NEBScompliant • • • • • •RoHScompliant • • • • • •

Fixed-Form Systems Chassis-based SystemsADX 1008-1/

1008F-1 ADX 1016-2/

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ConnectionsPerSec(CPS) 93,750 187,500 375,000 1,500,000 3,000,000

TransactionsPerSec(TPS) 625,000 1,250,000 2,500,000 10,000,000 20,000,000

Applicationthroughput 2Gbps 4.5Gbps 9Gbps 35Gbps 70Gbps

DNSqueries/sec(stateful) 137,500 275,000 550,000 2,200,000 4,400,000

DNSqueries/sec(stateless) 562,500 1,125,000 2,250,000 9,000,000 18,000,000

MaximumSSLCPS 1625 3250 6500 26,000 52,000

MaximumSSLTPS 7250 14,500 29,000 112,000 224,000

SYNfloodprotection(attacks/sec) 3,750,000 7,500,000 15,000,000 60,000,000 120,000,000

HardwareDDoSprotection(packets/sec) 3,750,000 7,500,000 15,000,000 60,000,000 120,000,000

Maximumconcurrentconnections 4,000,000 8,000,000 16,000,000 64,000,000 128,000,000

Maximumconcurrentsessions 8,000,000 16,000,000 32,000,000 128,000,000 256,000,000

Packet-switchinglatency 20microseconds 20microseconds 20microseconds 20microseconds 20microseconds

MaximumnumberofVIPs 32 1024 1024 Upto4096 Upto4096

Maximumrealservers 257 4096 4096 Upto16,384 Upto16,384

Maximumapplicationports 2085 8192 8192 Upto32,768 Upto32,768

Maximumnumberoftenants(multitenancy) 1 2 4 16 32

Platform AttributesMaximumapplicationcores 1 2 4 16 32

Maximumsystemmemory 2GB 4GB 8GB 32GB 64GB

Maximum1GigabitEthernet(GbE)copperports

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Maximum10GbEports 0 0 0 2 8 16

Managementport 110/100/1000Mbps

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Maximumpowersupply(AC/DC) Upto2 Upto2 Upto2 Upto8 Upto16

Platform CharacteristicsPhysicaldimensions

Height 4.3cm(1.7in.) 17.7cm(7.0in.) 44.5cm(17.5in.)

Width 44.3cm(17.4in.) 44.3cm(17.4in.) 44.3cm(17.4in.)

Depth 45.8cm(18.1in.) 44.5cm(17.5in.) 44.5cm(17.5in.)

Weight 37.5lbfullyloaded(17.0kg) 54.0lbfullyloaded(24.5kg)

112.3lbfullyloaded(50.9kg)

Maximumpowerrequirements 390watts 952watts 1920watts

Powersupply

ACinputrating 100to240V,50/60Hz,6.0Amax.

100to240V,50/60Hz,16.0Amax.perpowersupply

ACoperatingvoltagerange 85to264V,50/60Hz 90to264V,50/60Hz

DCinputrating −48V,15.0A −48V,30.0Amax.perpowersupply

DCoperatingrange −40to−60VDC −40to−60VDC

Warranty 1-yearhardware,90-daysoftware,upgradestohigherlevelsavailable

BROCADE ADX SERIES SPECIFICATIONSTheBrocadeADXfamilyofapplicationdeliveryswitchesincludes:

Brocade ADX 1000 Series: •Compact,1UapplicationdeliveryswitchwithmultipleportconfigurationsandthreedifferentperformanceoptionsavailablethroughCapacityonDemandlicensing

•Availableinbothcopperandfiberinterfaceconfigurations

Brocade ADX 4000 Series:•A4Uchassis-basedmodularapplicationdeliveryswitchthatcanbeequippedwithonemanagementmoduleanduptotwoApplicationSwitchModules(ASM)

Brocade ADX 10000 Series:•A10Uchassis-basedmodularapplicationdeliveryswitchthatcanbeequippedwithuptotwomanagementmodulesanduptofourASMs

DATASHEET

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Safety Compliance• EN60950-1:2006+A11:2009/IEC60950-1:2005

• EN60825-1

• CAN/CSAC22.2No.60950-1-03

• UL60950-1

• CESafetyLowVoltageDirective2006/95/EC

• NEBSCompliantforBrocadeADX1000and10000

• RoHSCompliant(RoHSDirective2002/95/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)

EnvironmentalTemperature Operating:0ºCto40ºC/32ºFto104ºF(drybulb)

Storage:−25ºCto70ºC/−9ºFto158ºF(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,ortabletop

BROCADE ADX SERIES SPECIFICATIONS (CONTINUED)