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• Metro Ring Protocol (MRP):
An alternative to Spanning Tree Protocol,
MRP provides sub-second fault detection
MRP works in conjunction with VSRP
like resilience.
• Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol
(VSRP): Supports sub-second fault
detection and fail-over for mesh topologies
in which redundant switches provide
back-up operation for one another
• Single-instance STP: Provides a single
instance of STP to run on all port-based
• Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Based
on IEEE 802.1w: Dramatically improves
the spanning tree convergence time to sub-
second by automatically renegotiating port
roles in case of a link failure without relying
on timers
• Per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST): Allows
(i.e., load distribution)
• Topology Groups: Dramatically improves
allowing a few instances of STP, RSTP,
MRP, or VSRP to control large groups
• Super Aggregated VLANs (SAVs): Allows
• PIM and IGMP Snooping:
topologies by identifying ports that request
a multicast stream and forwarding the
stream only on these ports. This dramatically
improves the performance of multicast
applications, allowing for many more
streams to be transiting the network.
Advanced Quality of Service
• Advanced QoS: Allows administrators to
Type of Service (ToS), DiffServ settings or
Rate Limiting status
• Very Low Latency Across all Packet Sizes:
Consistent low latency for strict priority
applications such as voice over IP, high
performance computing and video over IP
•CongurableCombinationsofQueuing
Disciplines and Congestion Control
Policies: Combinations of Strict Priority (SP)
and Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ) provide
the event of egress port congestion,
drop or weighted random early detection
• Advanced Bandwidth Management:
Allows intelligent bandwidth management
using hardware based enforcement of
Committed Information Rate (CIR) with
seamless integration with other advanced
QoS features including priority marking
and honoring.
Cohesive,UniedandEasy-to-Use
Network Management
• Centralized Network Management:
Web-based, graphical interface tool that
empowers network operators to seamlessly
• Command Line Interface (CLI):
consistent and common throughout
Brocade products
• Web interface: Provides easy-to-use
• sFlow (RFC 3176): Provides scalable,
wire-speed network monitoring and
accounting with no impact on network
performance
Brocade IronShield Security
• Wire-speed Extended Layer 2, Layer 3
and 4 Access Control Lists (ACL): Control
packet forwarding and restricts access to
the system management interface, while
– Extensible ACL Implementation for
Layer 3 and 4 Information:
IP address, IP protocol type, TCP or
UDP port, IP precedence or ToS values
– Flexible ACL Implementation for
Layer 2 Information:
based on source or destination MAC
– ACL Scalability: Support for up to
– Ease of Administration: Identify an ACL
by name or number, or add a comment
line for ease of administration
– Secure Shell and Secure Copy:
Provides secure access to the
administration and management
interface over the network
• Protection Against Denial of Service
(DoS) Attacks: Prevents or minimizes
network downtime from malicious users
protects against broadcast storms
• User Authentication: Authentication with
prevents unauthorized network access
• MAC Port Security: Controls the MAC
addresses allowed per port
• sFlow (RFC 3176): Provides cost-effective,
scalable, wire-speed network monitoring
to detect unusual network activity
• SNMPv3:
with authentication and privacy services
• BGP-Guard: Complements MD5 security
disruption by restricting the number of