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Brocade was an American technology company specializing in
On November 2, 2016, Singapore-based chip maker Broadcom Limited announced it was buying Brocade for about $5.5 billion.
History
Brocade was founded in August 1995, by Seth Neiman (a venture capitalist, a former executive from Sun Microsystems and a professional auto racer), Kumar Malavalli (a co-author of the Fibre Channel specification) and Paul R. Bonderson (a former executive from Intel Corporation and Sun). Neiman became the first CEO of the company. Brocade was incorporated on May 14, 1998, in Delaware.
The company's first product, SilkWorm, which was a Fibre Channel switch, was released in early 1997.
On May 25, 1999, the company went public at a split-adjusted price of $4.75. On
On January 14, 2013, Brocade named Lloyd Carney as new chief executive.[3] On November 2, 2016, Singapore-based chip maker
On August 8, 2017, Brocade announced that its SDN technology had been spun off as a new company called Lumina Networks. This follows the sales of other divisions designed to allow the Broadcom acquisition to proceed, including Ruckus Wireless, Connectem (vEPC), Virtual ADC, Vyatta & vRouter, and Brocade's data center networking business.[4]
Broadcom announced the acquisition of Brocade in Nov 2016, and it completed the acquisition in Nov 2017 for $5.5 billion.
Products
Brocade focuses on
Prior to the acquisition by Broadcom, Brocade also provided ultra-low-latency data center switches;
Brocade also previously sold software-based networking devices including technology for
Fibre Channel
Brocade's first Fibre Channel switch SilkWorm 1000 (SW1000) (released in 1997) was based on the "Stitch"
In 1998,
From 2001 to 2003, Brocade released switches based on its third generation ASIC, "BLOOM" (Big LOOM). BLOOM introduced increased throughput of 2 Gbit/s instead of 1 Gbit/s. Brocade integrated BLOOM into its first "pure" director, the SilkWorm 12000, in April 2002. The director offered up to 128 ports in two 64-port pseudo-switches (domains). The 12000 represented several internal architecture and technical changes besides the new ASIC: it had an upgraded control processor architecture (
At the time, Brocade's main rival, McDATA, held over 90% market share in director segment, owing to a strong position first in the ESCON market, and then in the FICON market. The SilkWorm 12000 director gained over one-third of the market share after its release in 2002. Brocade added mainframe customers with FICON and FICON CUP support on the SilkWorm 12000.
In 2004, the BLOOM II improved on the previous ASIC design by reducing its power consumption and die size, while maintaining 2 Gbit/s technology. It powered Brocade's second-generation director, the SilkWorm 24000. Still a 128-port design, it was the first one which could operate as a single 128-port switch (a single domain). The new director also used approximately two thirds less power than its predecessor. Brocade also introduced its first multiprotocol Fibre Channel router, the SilkWorm 7420. Brocade also acquired Rhapsody Networks (a SAN virtualization startup company). This was also the time frame in which Brocade first entered into the embedded switch market, delivering multiple switches physically integrated into other vendors' hardware, such as storage controllers and blade server chassis.
In January 2008 Brocade launched the 384-port 8 Gbit/s DCX Backbone. [8]
In May 2008, Brocade unveiled 3 new 8 Gbit/s switches: 24-port 300 switch, 40-port 5100 switch and the 80-port 5300 switch. [9]
In January 2009, Brocade launched the 192-port 8 Gbit/s DCX-4S Backbone. [10]
In late 2010 Brocade introduced Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) on the VDX[11] ultra-low-latency data center switch product line. These are DCB/CEE- and TRILL-based switches, eliminating the need for Spanning Tree Protocol, and supporting multi-hop Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and self-trunking.[12]
In May 2011,
In April 2012, Brocade launched the Gen 5 (16 Gbit/s) 6505 switch (24-port) entry-level switch.
In March 2013, Brocade launched the Gen 5 (16 Gbit/s) 6520 96-port Fibre Channel high-density switch and announced Brocade Fabric Vision technology. Brocade Fabric Vision technology introduces advanced diagnostics, monitoring, and management capabilities through a combination of ASIC, FOS, and Brocade Network Advisor. New features include Brocade Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS) for fabric-wide threshold configuration and monitoring and Brocade Flow Vision for data flow monitoring and analysis.
In October 2014, Brocade launched the Gen 5 (16 Gbit/s) 7840 extension switch and the FC16-64 64-port blade for the DCX 8510. [14]
In March 2016,[15] Brocade launched the G620 switch, their first Gen 6 (32 Gbit/s) Fibre Channel product.
In July 2016, Brocade launched the Gen 6 (32 Gbit/s) X6 Director with 4 slots (192 or 256-ports) or 8 slots (382 or 512-ports) and SX6 extension blade. [16]
In March 2017, Brocade launched the Gen 6 (32 Gbit/s) G610 entry switch (24-port). [17]
In April 2018, Brocade launched the Gen 6 (32 Gbit/s) G630 enterprise switch (128-port) and FC32-64 high density blade (64-port) for the X6 Director. [18]
In December 2018, Brocade launched the Gen 6 (32 Gbit/s) 7810 extension switch. [19]
In September 2020,[20] Brocade launched the X7 Director and G720 Switch, their first Gen 7 (64 Gbit/s) Fibre Channel products.
In February 2022, [21] Brocade launched the Gen 7 (64 Gbit/s) G730 128-port switch and the 64 Gbit/s double density optical transceiver.
In August 2023, [22] Brocade launched the Gen 7 (64 Gbit/s) FC64-64 64-port blade for the X7 Director and the 64 Gbit/s 7850 Extension Switch.
SAN ASICs
Brocade designs its Fibre Channel ASICs for performing switching functions in its SAN switches.
The first family of SAN switches, the SilkWorm 1000, released in 1997, were based on the first generation of Brocade ASICs, called Stitch. The SilkWorm 6400 series of SAN Director class switches and SilkWorm 2400/2800 switches, released in 1999, were based on the second generation of Brocade ASICs, called LOOM. The SilkWorm 12000/24000 SAN Directors and SilkWorm 3200/3800/3850 SAN switches, released in 2001, were based on the third and fourth generation of Brocade ASICs called BLOOM and BLOOM-II.
The fifth generation of ASICs, called Condor and GoldenEye (scaled-down Condor), powered the SilkWorm 48000 series of Directors and port blades, FR4-18i Extension Blade, and SilkWorm 200E/4100/4900/7500 series of switches respectively. These products were released into the market in 2004.
The sixth generation of Brocade ASICs (designed in 2008) are called Condor2 and GoldenEye2. Condor2 supports 40 ports of 8 Gbit/s per ASIC and GoldenEye2 supports 32 ports of 8 Gbit/s. These ASICs are used in the DCX Backbone Family of chassis and port blades, FS8-18 Encryption Blade, FX8-24 Extension Blade, and 300/5100/5300/7800/Encryption switches.
The seventh generation of Brocade ASICs are Condor3. Condor3 supports 48 ports of 16 Gbit/s per ASIC. These ASICs are used in the DCX 8510 Backbone Family and port blades, and the 6505/6510/6520 switches. The initial 16 Gbit/s product line (DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4, 6510 48-port switch, and 1860 Fabric Adapter) was originally launched in 2011. The 6505 24-port switch was launched in May 2012. The 6520 96-port switch was launched in March 2013.
The eighth generation of Brocade ASICs are Condor4. Condor4 supports 32 Gbit/s. These ASICs are used in X6 Director chassis and port blades, and the G610/G620/G630 switches.
The ninth generation of Brocade ASICs are Condor5 and GoldenEye5. Condor5 and GoldenEye5 support 64 Gbit/s. Condor5 is used in X7 Director chassis and port blades, the G720 switches, and GoldenEye5 is used in the G730 switches.
SAN products
Latest products (Gen 7 - 64G):
Brocade name | Brocade switch type |
Max. port data rate (Gbit/s) |
Max. ports | Dell EMC version |
Fujitsu version |
HDS version |
HP version |
IBM version |
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X7-8 | 180 | 64 | 512 (SFP-DD)/384 (SFP) | ED-DCX7-8B | SAN512B-7 | |||
X7-4 | 179 | 64 | 256 (SFP-DD)/192 (SFP) | ED-DCX7-4B | SAN256B-7 | |||
G720 | 181 | 64 | 64 (SFP-DD)/48 (SFP) | DS-7720B | SAN64B-7 | |||
G730 | 189 | 64 | 128 (SFP-DD)/96 (SFP) | |||||
7850 (extension) | 190 | 64 (FC)/100 (GbE) | 24 FC (8 SFP + 8 SFP-DD) + 18 Ethernet (16 SFP + 2 QSFP) |
Recent products (Gen 6 - 32G):
Brocade name | Brocade switch type |
Max. port data rate (Gbit/s) |
Max. ports | Dell EMC version |
Fujitsu version |
HDS version |
HP version |
IBM version |
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X6-8 | 166 | 32/128 | 512 | ED-DCX6-8B | SN8600B 8-slot SAN Director Switch | SAN512B-6 | ||
X6-4 | 165 | 32/128 | 256 | ED-DCX6-4B | SN8600B 4-slot SAN Director Switch | SAN256B-6 | ||
G610 | 170 | 32 | 24 | DS-6610B | SN3600B | SAN24B-6 | ||
G620 | 162 | 32/128 | 48 (SFP) + 4 (QSFP) = 64 | DS-6620B | G620 | G620 | SN6600B | SAN64B-6 |
G630 | 173 | 32/128 | 96 (SFP) + 8 (QSFP) = 128 | DS-6630B | SN6650B | SAN128B-6 | ||
7810 (extension) | 178 | 32 | 12 FC+6 Ethernet | MP-7810B | SAN18B-6 |
End-of-sale products (Gen 5 - 16G):
Brocade name | Brocade switch type |
Max. port data rate (Gbit/s) |
Max. ports | Dell version |
EMC version |
Fujitsu version |
HDS version |
HP version |
IBM version |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DCX 8510-8 | 120 | 16 | 512 | DCX 8510-8 | ED-DCX8510-8B | DCX 8510-8 | DCX 8510-8 | SN8000B SAN Director 8-Slot | SAN768B-2 |
DCX 8510-4 | 121 | 16 | 256 | DCX 8510-4 | ED-DCX8510-4B | DCX 8510-4 | DCX 8510-4 | SN8000B SAN Director 4-Slot | SAN384B-2 |
6505 | 118 | 16 | 24 | 6505 | DS-6505B | 6505 | SN3000B | SAN24B-5 | |
6510 | 109 | 16 | 48 | 6510 | DS-6510B | 6510 | 6510 | SN6000B | SAN48B-5 |
6520 | 133 | 16 | 96 | 6520 | DS-6520B | 6520 | 6520 | SN6500B | SAN96B-5 |
7840 (extension) | 148 | 16 | 24 FC+12 Ethernet | MP-7840B | SAN42B-R |
Legacy SAN products
Brocade name | Brocade switch type |
Max. port speed (Gb/s) |
Max. ports | IBM version |
HP version |
EMC version |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1000 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ? | ? | ? |
2000 | 7 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
2800 | 2, 6 | 1 | 16 | 2109-S16 | 16B | DS-16B |
3000 | 18 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
3014 | 33 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
3016 | 22 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
3200 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3534-F08 | 2/8 | DS-8B2 |
3250 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 2005-H08 | 2/8V | ? |
3800 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 2109-F16 | 2/16 | DS-16B2 |
3800VL | 17 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
3850 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 2005-H16 | 2/16V | DS-16B3 |
3900 | 12 | 2 | 32 | 2109-F32 | 2/32 | DS-32B2 |
12000 Director | 10 | 2 | 2 x 64 | 2109-M12 | 2/64 | ED-12000-B |
24000 Director | 21 | 4 | 128 | 2109-M14 | 2/128 | ED-24000B |
48000 Director | 42 | 4 | 384 | 2109-M48 | 4/256 | ED-48000B |
200E | 34 | 4 | 16 | 2005-B16 | 4/16 | DS-220B |
4100 | 32 | 4 | 32 | 2005-B32 | 4/32 | DS-4100B |
4900 | 44 | 4 | 64 | 2005-B64 | 4/64 | DS-4900B |
5000 | 58 | 4 | 32 | 2005-B5K | 4/32B | DS-5000B |
AP-7420 | ? | 4 | 16 | 2109-A16 | ? | ? |
7500 | 46 | 4 | 16 | 2005-R18 | 400 MPR | MP-7500B |
7600 app | 55.2 | 4 | 16 | ? | ? | ? |
Brocade name | Brocade switch type |
Max. port data rate (Gbit/s) |
Max. ports | Dell version |
EMC version |
Fujitsu version |
HDS version |
HP version |
IBM version |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DCX | 62 | 8 | 512 | ED-DCX-B | DCX | DC SAN Backbone Director | SAN768B | ||
DCX-4S | 77 | 8 | 256 | B-DCX | ED-DCX-4S-B | DCX-4S | DC04 SAN Director | SAN384B | |
300 | 71 | 8 | 24 | 300 | DS-300B | 300 | 300 | 8/24 | SAN24B-4 |
5100 | 66 | 8 | 40 | 5100 | DS-5100B | 5100 | 5100 | 8/40 | SAN40B-4 |
VA-40FC | 92 | 8 | 40 | ||||||
5300 | 64 | 8 | 80 | 5300 | DS-5300B | 5300 | 5300 | 8/80 | SAN80B-4 |
7800 (extension) | 83 | 8 | 16 FC+6 Ethernet | MP-7800B | 7800 | 7800 | 1606 Extension SAN Switch | SAN06B-R | |
Encryption Switch | 67 | 8 | 32 | ES-5832B | Encryption SAN Switch | SAN32B-E4 Encryption Switch |
Brocade name | McDATA name before acquisition |
Max. port speed (Gb/s) |
Max. ports | IBM version |
HP version |
EMC version |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mi10K | Intrepid 10000 | 10 | 256 | 2027-256 | ? | ED-10000M |
M6140 | Intrepid 6140 | 10 | 140 | 2027-140 | 2/140 | ED-140M |
? | ED-6064 | 10 | 64 | 2032-064 | 2/64 | ED-64M |
? | Sphereon 4300 | 2 | 12 | 2026-E12 | 2/12 | ? |
M4400 | Sphereon 4400 | 4 | 16 | 2026-416 | N/A | DS-4400M |
? | Sphereon 4500 | 2 | 24 | 2026-224 | 2/24 | DS-24M2 |
M4700 | Sphereon 4700 | 4 | 32 | 2026-432 | N/A | DS-4700M |
? | Sphereon 3232 | 2 | 32 | 2027-232 | 2/32 | DS-32M2 |
? | ES-3016 | 1 | 16 | 2031-016 | ? | DS-16M |
? | ES-3032 | 1 | 32 | 2031-032 | ? | DS-32M |
? | ES-3216 | 2 | 16 | 2031-216 | ? | DS-16M2 |
Ethernet switches and routers
Brocade entered into the Federal, ISP, carrier, enterprise and campus switch/router market through its acquisition of Foundry Networks in 2008.
In September 2010, Brocade entered the 100 Gigabit Ethernet market with the 32-port Brocade MLXe Core Router chassis and a two-port 100 Gigabit Ethernet module, targeted at service providers and data centers. Along with it, the company also released the Brocade Network Advisor[23] application for managing IP, storage, MPLS, application delivery, and wireless elements in converged service provider and data center networks. In November 2011, Brocade announced a large 100 Gigabit Ethernet deployment.[24]
In December 2010, Brocade began shipping the Brocade VDX 6720 Switch as part of its product family for Ethernet fabric environments based on Brocade VCS Fabric technology designed for highly scalable virtualized and cloud computing environments. In August 2011, Brocade introduced two additional products for this family. The Brocade VDX 6730 Switch is a 10 GbE switch which can also use FCoE to bridge VCS Fabrics with Fibre Channel SAN fabrics. The Brocade VDX 6710 Switch is an entry-level 1/10 GbE switch which enables legacy 1 GbE servers to connect to VCS Fabrics as well as traditional LANs. In September 2012, Brocade announced a modular switch as part of this portfolio. The Brocade VDX 8770 Switch supports single VCS Fabrics as large as 8000+ switch ports supporting up to 384,000 VMs attached to a single VCS Fabric. The VDX 8770 provides port-to-port latency at 3.5 μs across 1, 10, and 40 GbE ports.
In November 2011, Brocade introduced the Brocade ICX product family. It released the Brocade ICX 6610 Switch for the Federal, enterprise and campus networking segment, with a maximum switching capacity of 576 Gbit/s and forwarding capacity of 432 Mpps with PoE+.[25][26] In March 2012, Brocade released the Brocade ICX 6430 Switch and Brocade ICX 6450 Switch for the Federal, enterprise and campus networking segments, with full stacking capabilities as well as Layer 2 and Layer 3 functionality. The switches are available in 24- and 48-port 1 GbE models, with optional 1/10 GbE uplink/stacking ports. The company also announced its HyperEdge technology for automated single-point management and mix-and-max stacking for sharing advanced functionality among all the members of a switching stack. In September 2012, Brocade introduced the fixed form factor Brocade ICX 6650 switch. This Ethernet switch features 1/10 GbE ports for server connectivity and 10/40 GbE ports for uplink connectivity. It is designed for data center top-of-rack (ToR) environments and Federal, enterprise and campus LAN aggregation deployments.
In 2009, Brocade introduced the Brocade Mobility family of Wireless LAN (WLAN) for federal, enterprise and campus environments, including multiple models of access points and controllers.
Software
The Brocade software product portfolio includes SAN management software networking. Legacy software includes network management applications, IP network management solutions and software networking solutions [buzzword] include:
- SAN Management Software
- Brocade SANnav Management Portal and SANnav Global View(current)
- SAN Health (Current)
- Brocade Network Advisor (legacy)
- Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) (legacy)
- Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) (from McDATA) (legacy)
- Fabric Manager (legacy)
- Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) (legacy)
- SAN Application Modules (legacy)
- Data Migration Manager (DMM) (legacy)
- IP Network Management Software (legacy)
- IronView Network Manager (INM) (legacy)
- Software networking solutions[buzzword]
- Brocade Vyatta 5400 vRouter
- Brocade vADX (a virtual version of Brocade's ADX application delivery platform).[27]
Acquisitions
- 2003 – Rhapsody Networks
- 2005 – Therion Software Corporation
- 2006 – NuView, Inc. Developed software for enterprise file data management.
- 2007 – McDATA. Key competitor in the Fibre Channel switch and director market.
- 2007 – Silverback Systems, Inc. Provided network acceleration technologies.
- 2008 – Foundry Networks. Ethernet switches and routers maker. The acquisition of Foundry for approximately $2.6 Billion in December 2008[28] resulted in approximately $2B in goodwill moving to Brocade's asset sheets, of which approximately $1.7B still remained as of Q2FY2013.[29]
- 2008 – Strategic Business Systems. Storage professional services company.
- 2012 – Vyatta, Inc. Software-based networking technologies. The deal was completed on November 9, 2012.
- 2014 – Vistapointe Network visibility and analytic technology for mobile networks.
- 2015 – Connectem Inc. Carrier-focused wireless networking specialist.
- 2015 – SteelApp. Application delivery controller (ADC) business unit from Riverbed Technology. The deal completed on March 4, 2015.[30]
- 2016 – Ruckus Wireless
Acquisition Transition
Product | Acquirer |
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Ethernet Switching Lines - ICX Campus Switches, FastIron CX Series, FastIron SX Series, FastIron Edge X Series, FastIron WS Series, TurboIron 24X Series, Ruckus ZoneSwitch | ARRIS (Ruckus Networks) |
Wireless Products and software - Brocade Mobility RFS Series Wireless controller and Access Points, Ruckus Wireless Controller and Access Points, Cloudpath, SPoT, SCI | ARRIS (Ruckus Networks) |
vRouter, Vyatta | AT&T |
SAN Products - 300, 6505, 6510, 6520, 7800, 7840, Blade Server I/O Modules, DCX8510, FC16, FX8, FCOE10, G610, G620, SX6 extension blade, X6 Director | Broadcom
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Application Delivery Controller - ADX, vADX | Broadcom
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Software Products - Brocade Network Advisor | |
Routers - CER, CES | Extreme Networks |
Switches and software products - VDX Series, SLX Series, MLX Series, NetIron Series, BR6910, RX(Not active), XMR(Not active), NVA, Brocade Workflow Composer, Brocade Workflow Optimizer | Extreme Networks |
SDN Controller | Lumina Networks (Now defunct) |
Virtual Evolved Packet Core | Mavenir Systems |
vADC, vTM, vWAF | Pulse Secure |
Competition
Brocade is the dominant vendor in the Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) networking switch market, competing with
Legal issues
In 2005,
Brocade announced on August 6, 2012, a San Jose federal court jury returned its verdict in the case of Brocade v. A10 Networks, and found A10 responsible for broad-based intellectual property infringement and unfair competition, awarding approximately $112 million to Brocade[41] The trial lasted three weeks. The jury unanimously awarded punitive damages against A10 and also personally against its CEO Lee Chen, strongly condemning Chen and A10's unfair competition. The jury also returned an unambiguous verdict for patent and copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation covering A10's entire AX Series load balancing server products. Brocade announced on January 11, 2013, a San Jose federal court confirmed a $60 million damages verdict against A10 Networks and entered an order permanently enjoining A10 from infringing on Brocade's patents involving technologies for Global Server Load Balancing and High Availability.[42] On May 20, 2013, Brocade and A10 reached an agreement to settle the lawsuit, along with all related claims. Among other agreed upon terms, A10 granted Brocade a broad patent license and agreed to pay Brocade $5 million in cash and issue a $70 million unsecured convertible promissory note payable to Brocade.[43]
See also
- Fabric OS
- Fibre Channel
- List of Fibre Channel switches
- Storage Area Network
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