• Increases business agility by adapting service infrastructure to fluctuating business demands • Maximizes infrastructure consolidation with Brocade ADX multitenancy, helping to reduce CapEx and OpEx by up to 75 percent • Enables on-demand performance and capacity scalability with a pay-as-you- grow licensing model for fixed platforms and fully interchangeable modules for chassis systems • Eases the deployment of new and differentiated revenue streams to increase Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) via the open and flexible Brocade application scripting engine • Minimizes the investment risk of cloud- optimized network deployments with Brocade Network Subscription • Enables control of application management and provisioning via the SOAP/XML API, easing integration with third-party or homegrown orchestration and automation tools Cloud computing technologies have transformed how organizations design and operate their data centers. More than ever, they must find a cost-effective means to scale capacity to support business growth, maximize infrastructure utilization, and increase operational efficiency and business agility. This requires a resilient and adaptable network that can facilitate the rollout of new services or applications in real time. The underlying infrastructure must be able to consolidate network resources into shared, reusable assets, allowing administrators to more efficiently distribute workloads and manage peak traffic while adhering to Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Moreover, it must allow organizations to streamline data center operations and automate workloads within their virtual and physical BROCADE SERVERIRON ADX 1000, 4000, AND 10000 APPLICATION DELIVERY SWITCHES APPLICATION DELIVERY DATA SHEET www.brocade.com infrastructures, to help ensure predictable and reliable service delivery. Brocade ® application delivery solutions provide the flexibility and scale to meet the demands of service-driven data centers—all without compromising on performance and reliability. Whether an organization requires purpose-built hardware or shared multitenancy systems, the Brocade ServerIron ADX 1000, 4000, 10000 Application Delivery Switches provide a full range of platform options. The Brocade ADX Series is used by the world’s most demanding service provider networks and large enterprise data centers. With the Brocade ADX Series, these organizations gain a highly scalable and carrier-grade platform designed to ensure the cost-effective, reliable delivery of cloud services and maximum Return on Investment (ROI). The Brocade One ® strategy helps simplify networking infrastructure through innovative technologies and solutions. The Brocade ServerIron ADX Series supports this strategy by providing record performance and a range of application optimization functions to deliver critical applications. Delivering Efficient, Scalable, and Agile Cloud Services without Compromising on Performance
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Distributed System ArchitectureTheBrocadeADXSeriesisbuiltonadistributedarchitecturethathelpsmaximizeapplicationperformancewhileensuringcompletephysicalseparationofthemanagementanddataplanes.Itfeaturesahigh-density,multicorearchitectureanddedicatedswitchingfabrictosimplifynetworkdeploymentsandenablehigh-speedinterconnectsamongapplication,management,andinterfacemodules.
•Tenant flexibility and operational simplicity:Enablesmaximumflexibilitytomixandmatchcapacity,features,andservicesaccordingtochangeindemand.Provideson-demandprovisioning,unifiedmanagement,andmonitoringofmultipleBrocadeADXinstancesviaacommoncontrolplane,insupportoftruecloudservicedelivery.
•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
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.
MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY AND CONTROL OF SERVICE DELIVERYTheBrocadeADXSeriesprovidesahighlyscalableandflexiblewaytoacceleratethecreationanddeliveryofnew,innovativecloudserviceofferingswhilemaintainingpredictableperformance.
APPLICATION SECURITY AND PROTECTIONToday’sorganizationsneedstrongprotectionagainstincreasinglysophisticatedinfrastructureattacksandapplicationthreats.Brocadesolutionsprovideasinglesecuritystrategytosafeguardsystemsagainstrapidlyevolvingthreats.Thesesolutionsoffernetwork-basedAccessControlLists(ACLs),scalableDDoS/SYNprotection,andacceleratedSSLproxyandoffload.
SSL Offload and AccelerationTheBrocadeADXSeriesoffloadsCPU-intensiveSecureSocketsLayer(SSL)negotiationandconnectionmanagementtasksfromapplicationservers,therebyfreeingupCPUcyclesforapplicationdeliveryandimprovingapplicationresponsetime.WiththenewSSLaccelerationmodule,theBrocadeADXchassis-basedsystemsupportstheadvanced2048-bitSSLacceleration,providinga70percentperformancegaininnewSSLsessionspersecond.
Deep Packet InspectionTheBrocadeADXSeriesOpenScriptprogrammingtoolkitenablesadministratorstocreatecustomizedsecuritypoliciestorespondtounknownattacks.Inaddition,OpenScriptcanprovideprotectionfromkeyapplicationvulnerabilitieswhilepermanentapplicationpatchesareinstalled.
High AvailabilityTheBrocadeADXSeriesprovidesmultiplehigh-availabilityoptionstosuitvaryinginfrastructureandbusinessneedsforoverallenhancedapplicationresiliency.Real-timesynchronizationofsessionsbetweentwopeerBrocadeADXunitsoperatinginhigh-availabilitymodeprovidesprotectionagainstsystemoutages.Ifonedeviceshutsdown,thentheseconddevicetransparentlyresumescontrolofclienttraffic,withnolosstoexistingsessionsorconnectivity.
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.
BROCADE GLOBAL SERVICESBrocadeGlobalServiceshastheexpertisetohelporganizationsbuildscalable,efficientcloudinfrastructures.Leveraging15yearsofexpertiseinstorage,networking,andvirtualization,BrocadeGlobalServicesdeliversworld-classprofessionalservices,technicalsupport,andeducationservices,enablingorganizationstomaximizetheirBrocadeinvestments,acceleratenewtechnologydeployments,andoptimizetheperformanceofnetworkinginfrastructures.
Load Balancing as a Service (LBaaS)BrocadeADXplug-insallowserviceorganizationstoextendtheirorchestrationenvironmentstosupportthedynamiccontroloftheirapplicationdeliveryinfrastructure.Usingtheseplug-ins,theycanintegratetheirsystemswithopencloudframeworkssuchasCloudStackandOpenStack,aswellasthird-partymanagementsolutions,includingVMwareandMicrosoft.
BROCADE WEB 2.0 COMMUNITIESBrocadeCommunitiesprovidesathrivingsocialnetworkingvenuewhereinformationandideasareshared.VisitorscanconnectwithindustrypeersandBrocadeleaders,sharethoughtsandopinionswithothermembers,andlearnaboutthelatestproductdevelopment,solutions,andtechnologytrends.