VCS fabric innovations

What’s New:
· Multitenancy Blueprint: A Guide for Simplified Deployment
o The most complete end-to-end blueprint for delivering multitenancy at scale from server to WAN.
· VCS Virtual Fabric: A Simple, Network-based Approach to Multitenant Scale
o Provides an alternative to overlay networks for multitenancy at scale; VCS Virtual Fabric uses proven, standards-based network segmentation techniques—making it easier to incorporate this new capability into the network with zero learning curve.
o Offers a highly evolutionary approach to multitenancy that minimizes disruption to current operational and organizational models.
o Is hypervisor-agnostic.
o Supports cloud orchestration frameworks through open APIs.
· VCS AutoQoS: Extending VCS Fabric Intelligence to Storage
o A new VCS fabric capability that automatically recognizes and prioritizes storage traffic, greatly reducing capital and operational costs.
· New top-of-rack switches: Brocade VDX 6740 family of 10/40 GbE switches
o VCS Virtual Fabric support in the new Brocade VDX switch ASIC.
o 40 GbE to 160 GbE trunks offering the industry’s highest uplink capacity in a leaf switch.
o 32 Flex Ports (Fibre Channel/Ethernet/FCoE) providing flexibility and investment protection.
o 24 MB deep buffers with Dynamic Buffering.
o ASIC support for OpenFlow 1.3.
o Support for 10 GbE and 10GBASE-T.
o In addition, Brocade announced a new 100 GbE line card for the flagship Brocade VDX 8770 modular chassis.