Brocade Ethernet Switches Reviews

We use Brocade switches for our LAN and for our SAN.

These switches are no longer supported.

We have been using Brocade Ethernet Switches for five years.

I have not had any issues with our Brocade switches.

The initial setup was okay.

At the time we choose Brocade, we had evaluated switches by Cisco and Extreme Networks as well. We felt that Brocade was the best at that time.

The VDX line of Brocade switches has been acquired by Extreme Networks and the ICX line has moved to another vendor.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Our primary use case of this solution is connecting hosts to do some storages. 

The solution works very well. It is a very good product and they have a network advisor that collects the information so that you can manage all the sound switches from one place, and also get the ports. 

I have been using this solution since 2004.

The solution is stable and we haven't had any issues.

I believe it is easy to expand this platform. We get by with a switch with 24 ports active and then one can buy the other 96 fields, for instance. But we don't use directors, we use only switches. Directors are for the bigger networks. We have no other users on this platform. We connect to a new storage to the sound switch and new servers. 

We haven't used the technical support yet.

The initial setup was really straightforward and easy.

I have been using this solution for a long time and kept with it, because everything I need, is covered by it. I am happy with its performance and its features. I will rate it a nine out of ten. 

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The switches are very flexible and easy to deploy and manage. They are energy-saving and help to effectively reduce costs. Brocade switches perform at great speeds, protect the topology using root guard, and can handle redundancy and failovers automatically.Brocade’s HyperEdge is a master switch that is dedicated to manage the other switches in the stack. It allows for easy installations and replacements and is compatible with models from other vendors.ICX, ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 are brocade switches that support MACsec protocol that encrypts traffic and authenticates peers in the Ethernet for security.

You need skills and knowledge to configure brocade switches. Equipment used by customers must be compatible with the brocade model used.

Brocade Ethernet switches are used to connect several computers together using wire cables to form a network. Brocade Ethernet switches can support business service, residential triple-plays, and backhaul mobile applications. They are manufactured by Brocade communications systems and come in different models with 12 or more interfaces and expansion slots. I have used brocade 6910 switch that uses gigabit and fast Ethernet, for three and a half years now.