BROCADE TURBOIRON 24X SWITCH0 pages

DATA SHEET

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BROCADE
TURBOIRON 24X
SWITCH

DATA CENTER

HIGHLIGHTS
•tA 1U 24-port 10 GbE top-of-rack data center
switch for server access and aggregation
•tFlexibility to mix 10 GbE and 1 GbE server
connections
•tWire-speed performance with an ultralow-latency, cut-through, non-blocking
architecture ideal for HPC, iSCSI storage,
real-time application environments
•tHighly efficient power and cooling with
front-to-back airflow and automatic fan
speed adjustment
•tEnd-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) with
hardware-based marking, queuing, and
congestion management
•tEmbedded per-port sFlow capabilities to
support scalable traffic monitoring
•tProtected by the Brocade Assurance
Limited Lifetime Warranty for as long as
the original purchaser continues to own
and use the product
The Brocade One™ strategy helps
simplify networking infrastructures
through innovative technologies and
solutions. The Brocade TurboIron 24X
Switch supports this strategy by
enabling high-performance, ultra-low
latency networks with flexible 1 Gigabit
Ethernet (GbE) and 10 GbE connectivity
for investment protection.

A Powerful Top-of-Rack Switch
for Data Center and
High-Performance Computing
Today’s data centers are expanding as
demand for data and storage continues to
grow exponentially. Moreover, requirements
such as application convergence, non-stop
operation, scalability, high availability, and
power efficiency are placing even greater
demands on the network infrastructure. To
meet this challenge, today’s data center
network solutions must provide a broad set
of capabilities—including higher levels of
performance, reliability, security, and Quality
of Service (QoS)—as well as low Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO).
Specifically designed for data centers,
the Brocade® TurboIron® 24X Switch
is a compact, high-performance, highavailability, and high-density 10 Gigabit

Ethernet (GbE) solution that meets missioncritical data center and High-Performance
Computing (HPC) requirements. With an
ultra-low-latency, cut-through, non-blocking
architecture, the Brocade TurboIron 24X
provides a cost-effective solution for server
or compute-node connectivity.
The TurboIron 24X can support 1 GbE servers
until they are upgraded to 10 GbE-capable
Network Interface Cards (NICs), simplifying
migration to 10 GbE server farms. In addition,
the TurboIron 24X can provide 10 GbE
aggregation behind 1 GbE access switches
such as Brocade FCX. Either way, the
TurboIron 24X is designed to save valuable
rack space, power, and cooling in the data
center while delivering 24×7 service
through its high-availability design.