Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual (Supporting VDX 6740, VDX 6740T, and VDX 6740T-1G) - Manual (Page 15)

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Brocade VDX 6740 overview
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• Four temperature sensors (Brocade VDX 6740 only)
• Two temperature sensor (Brocade VDX 6740T only)
• I 2 C interface to monitor and control environmental aspects
NOTE
Port numbering for the Brocade VDX 6740 switches begins with 1, not 0.
Software features
The Brocade VDX 6740 switches support the following features. For more details on these features,
refer to the Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide.
Layer 2 and Layer 3 features
• VLANs
• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP, RSTP, MSTP, and PVST+ and PVRST+)
• Support for unicast and multicast capabilities
• Support for IGMP snooping
• Layer 2 multi-path based on Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL)
• Layer 2 access control lists (ACLs)
• Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN) (also known as port mirroring - PM)
• Remote Switch Port Analyzer (RSPAN - SPAN across VCS)
• Layer 3 PIM multicast, ACL
Virtualization
• Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP)
• Support for VLAN, QoS, security, and FCoE port profiles
Link aggregation
• 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) support
• Virtual Link Aggregation Group (vLAG) (a LAG that spans multiple physical switches)
QoS
• 802.1p marking
• Eight queues per port
• Scheduling: Strict priority (SP), Shaped Deficit Weighted Round-Robin (SDWRR)
• Ingress and egress policing
Management
• IPv4 or IPv6 management