Data Sheet

Highlights
• Transforms networks to deliver
cloud scale, agility, and operational
efficiency with data center fabrics
• Supports 1, 10, and 40 GbE options
for optimal flexibility and scale
• Meets today’s application demands
with high performance and low
latency
• Delivers line-rate throughput for all
ports and packet sizes
• Fits into any data center design by
leveraging 10 GbE/40 GbE uplinks,
Ports on Demand (PoD), and Capacity
on Demand (CoD)
• Maximizes network availability
with efficiency and resiliency ExtremeSwitching™ VDX
• Supports storage environments
with advanced flexibility 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G
• Automates infrastructure provisioning,
validation, troubleshooting, and Advanced Features to
remediation workflows
Transform Data Centers
Data centers continue to evolve, creating a need for an infrastructure that
can support growth in Virtual Machines (VMs), distributed applications,
and data, as well as the transition to cloud-based computing—without
compromising performance. The ExtremeSwitching VDX® 6740 and the VDX
family of switches deliver the performance, flexibility, and efficiency essential
to modern data centers, including cloud and highly virtualized environments.

VDX 6740 Switch

The VDX 6740 (Figure 1) offers 48 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) SFP+
ports and four 40 GbE QSFP+ ports. Each 40 GbE port can be broken
out into four independent 10 GbE SFP+ ports, providing an additional
16 10 GbE SFP+ ports. In addition, the switch features low power
consumption, consuming 1 watt per 10 GbE port.

VDX 6740T Switch

The VDX 6740T (Figure 2) offers 48 10GBASE-T ports and four 40 GbE
QSFP+ ports. Each 40 GbE port can be broken out into four independent
10 GbE SFP+ ports, providing an additional 16 10 GbE SFP+ ports. The
switch also features low power consumption, consuming less than 5 watts
per 10 GbE port.

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 Moreover, they make it easy for organizations to architect,
automate, and integrate current and future data center
technologies while they transition to a cloud model that
addresses their needs, on their own timetable and on
their terms.
Figure 1: The VDX 6740 Switch provides 48
10 GbE SFP+ ports and four 40 GbE QSFP+ ports.
Transforms Networks to Deliver
New Levels of Scale, Agility, and
Operational Efficiency
VDX switches allow organizations to evolve their data
center networks at their own pace, with full investment
Figure 2: The VDX 6740T Switch provides 48 1000BASE-T/ protection. As the foundation for several data center
10GBASE-T ports and four 40 GbE QSFP+ ports. architectures, VDX switches support Extreme IP fabrics,
Extreme VCS® fabrics, as well as network virtualization,
including controller-based network virtualization
architectures, such as VMware NSX-V-certified, and
standards-based controller-less architectures with Extreme
BGP-EVPN Network Virtualization for architectural
flexibility (see Figure 4).
Figure 3: The VDX 6740T-1G Switch provides 48 1000BASE-
T/10GBASE-T ports and four 40 GbE QSFP+ ports. For organizations seeking automated provisioning
capabilities to improve IT agility, VDX switches, together
with Extreme VCS Fabric technology, accelerate time to
VDX 6740T-1G Switch value through automated provisioning of network devices
The VDX 6740T-1G (Figure 3) offers 48 1000BASE-T and network virtualization. Automated service and resource
ports and two 40 GbE QSFP+ ports. Each 40 GbE port upgrades further reduce ongoing maintenance time and
can be broken out into four independent 10 GbE SFP+ costs. High availability is achieved through non-disruptive
ports, providing an additional eight 10 GbE SFP+ ports In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) and self-healing fabrics.
for uplink. All 48 1000BASE-T ports can be upgraded to
Optionally, for DevOps-centric organizations, VDX switches
48 10GBASE-T ports via the Capacity on Demand (CoD)
can be provisioned using Extreme Workflow Composer™
software license. Two 40 GbE ports are enabled as part of
and Extreme Workflow Composer Automation Suites.
the base license. The additional two 40 GbE ports can be
upgraded via the Ports on Demand (PoD) software license. Read more about Extreme Data Center Fabrics.

The VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G are all Ethernet fabric
Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches that support a demanding Turnkey and Customizable
data center environment. The VDX 6740 series of switches Lifecycle Automation
provides the advanced feature set that data centers
Organizations that aim to automate the entire network
require while delivering the high performance and low
lifecycle but lack sufficient engineering resources can
latency virtualized environments demand. Together with
leverage Workflow Composer, a server-based, DevOps-
data center fabrics, these switches transform data center
inspired network automation platform powered by
networks to support the New IP by enabling cloud-based
StackStorm. The Workflow Composer platform automates
architectures that deliver new levels of scale, agility, and
the entire infrastructure lifecycle—from provisioning and
operational efficiency. These highly automated, software-
validation to troubleshooting and remediation. It also
driven, and programmable data center fabric design
integrates across IT domains for end-to-end event-driven
solutions support a breadth of network virtualization
workflow automation. For more information, see the
options and scale for data center environments ranging
Extreme Workflow Composer At-A-Glance.
from tens to thousands of servers.

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Layer 2 Scale-Out: Up to 10,000 Servers Layer 3 Scale-Out: Up to 500,000 Servers

Figure 4: Multiple network architectures offer the flexibility that can

help organizations rapidly adapt to changing business conditions and traffic patterns.

Designed to run with the Workflow Composer platform, For more information, see the Workflow Composer
Workflow Composer Automation Suites are ideal for Automation Suites At-A-Glance.
IT organizations that seek to embrace automation yet
possess limited automation training or time. The suites Additionally, VDX switches offer programmability and
provide out-of-the-box network lifecycle automation for interoperability options through a PyNOS Library and YANG
commonly performed tasks, and are packaged to address model-based REST and Netconf APIs. Cloud orchestration
major use cases. and control through OpenStack and OpenDaylight-based
SDN controller support enable full network integration
The Automation Suites Include with compute and storage resource provisioning and
management.
• Network Essentials: Basic building blocks to help
organizations with limited resources get up and running
quickly, including workflows that automate steps Meets Today’s Application
common to most networks. Demands with High Performance
• Data Center Fabrics: A collection of workflows specific and Low Latency
to provisioning, troubleshooting, and remediating data
As data centers virtualize more of their servers and VM
center fabrics, including Extreme IP fabric deployments.
density per server increases, organizations will require
• Internet Exchange Points: Workflows to automate higher bandwidth connectivity to support the explosion
steps specifically associated with Layer 2 Internet of data and application processing. With 1/10 GbE
exchange connectivity, such as tenant provisioning connections, VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G switches
and maintenance. deliver the high-performance computing needed to keep
up with the demands of a virtualized data center, allowing
Each automation suite includes documentation and
organizations to reduce network congestion, improve
a collection of turnkey yet customizable workflows,
application performance, and meet the capacity required
services, sensors, actions, and rules. Organizations can
by 1 GbE and 10 GbE servers. The 40 GbE uplinks can
use Automation Suites as-is or as starter kits for building
easily aggregate high-bandwidth traffic and reduce
or customizing workflows specific to their data center
bottlenecks that occur when aggregating multiple 10 GbE
requirements to reduce time-to-value.
connections, keeping data center networks working at
peak performance.

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 Extreme Workflow Composer
Workflow Composer Automation Suites

Network Data Internet

Center Exchange
Essentials Points*
Fabrics

Extreme Support
Extreme Workflow Composer

Secure RBAC
Designer Admin Data
UI UI LDAP
Store

StackStorm Open Source Project

and Integration Packs
* Availability TBD

Figure 5: The Extreme Workflow Composer Automation Suite Architecture.

In a VCS fabric, VDX 6740 switches also help maximize 40 GbE ISLs up to 40 km, and 100 GbE ISLs up to 40
network utilization with hardware-based Extreme Inter- km. To configure Metro VCS technology for lossless traffic
Switch Link (ISL) Trunking. Organizations can create an applications (DCB/FCoE), refer to the Metro VCS Pre-
80 GbE trunk by utilizing two 40 GbE ports, or a 160 GbE deployment Guide for details.
trunk with 16 10 GbE ports. The ISL trunk is automatically
formed between two VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G While an increase in traffic can also create latency issues,
switches when they are linked together, allowing traffic to VDX 6740 switches deliver very low latency through
be equally distributed among all ports. This increases link wire-speed ports with 850 ns (VDX 6740) and 3 μs (VDX
efficiency and limits traffic disruptions, especially during 6740T/6740T-1G) any-port-to-any-port latency. In addition,
high traffic times. Also, 40 GbE and 10 GbE trunking is the switches deliver an industry-leading 24 MB deep buffer
supported between VDX 6740, 6940, and 8770 switches. per switch. This provides the buffering capacity to handle
Refer to the Network OS Management Configuration increases in traffic, especially during peak times when ports
Guide for more information. are congested, allowing traffic to be distributed across the
ports. The VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G feature a single
Extreme Metro VCS technology provides an innovative ASIC design, instead of multiple ASIC designs commonly
solution to interconnect data centers and their traffic found on other switches, further improving performance
flows over distance, guaranteeing supported traffic and reducing latency since all ports can communicate via
characteristics. Metro VCS technology configured for one ASIC.
regular Ethernet traffic supports 10 GbE ISLs up to 80 km,

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Fits into Any Data Center Design Optimizing East-West Traffic

Access ports are positioned to allow for easy server Traditional data centers are architected with a rigid, three-
connectivity and to simplify cabling. With a choice of front- tier tree topology optimized for the north-south traffic flow
to-back or back-to-front airflow, these switches are ideal of client-server computing environments, compromising
for ToR deployments connecting servers, storage, and other performance, increasing latency, and creating bottlenecks.
switches, as well as for providing compatibility for either With the increased prevalence of virtualization and
hot aisle or cold aisle data center designs. With dual-speed distributed applications, data center network traffic is now
functionality, each 1 GbE port also supports 10 GbE predominantly east-west, or server-server. Data center
connections, providing the flexibility needed to support fabrics were designed and optimized to address these
a mixed environment as data centers transition to traffic patterns by moving traffic through any of the active
higher bandwidth. paths and avoiding the multiple hops required in other
tiered topologies.
The switches are designed to connect data centers with
multiple options to meet individual design requirements. In-Service Software Upgrade
This flexible design provides investment protection, giving The VDX 6740 family of switches delivers a highly efficient
organizations a single switch that can support varying ToR In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) by leveraging a
data center requirements. The following features help software model that uses a dual-OS infrastructure on a
organizations meet their evolving needs: multi-core CPU. This enables data center administrators
• 10 GbE or 40 GbE uplinks: The 40 GbE SFP+ ports to deliver enterprise-class business continuity on ToR
offer the flexibility to expand and interconnect the switches during a software upgrade/downgrade process.
network infrastructure intelligently and efficiently while This software change process is non-disruptive to Layer 2,
reducing bottlenecks. The switches offer the option to Layer 3, Fibre Channel, and FCoE traffic. Moreover, the ISSU
separate the 40 GbE uplinks into four 10 GbE uplinks implementation is hardware-optimized, thus reducing the
via breakout cables. As capacity and need increase, time it takes to complete the upgrade/downgrade process.
organizations can revert to 40 GbE when ready.
• Ports on Demand: Ports on Demand (PoD) enables Supports Storage Environments
organizations to activate 24 to 64 ports. They can with Advanced Flexibility
purchase the number of ports that they currently need
The VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G offer advanced
and seamlessly scale up later by simply applying a
storage support with multiple storage connectivity options,
software license. This flexible and cost-efficient “pay as
including FCoE, Fibre Channel (VDX 6740 only), iSCSI, and
you grow” licensing model solves scalability challenges
NAS storage. They also feature Data Center Bridging (DCB),
by allocating IT resources as needed.
which enables the reliable exchange of storage traffic over
• Capacity on Demand: The Capacity on Demand (CoD) the LAN network, eliminating packet loss when network
license for the VDX 6740T-1G enables organizations congestion occurs and allocating bandwidth as needed
to upgrade all 48 1000BASE-T ports to 48 10GBASE-T. to keep the network running efficiently. Moreover, the
This helps organizations migrate seamlessly from 1 GbE switches offer Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Auto QoS
to 10 GbE via a software license without ripping and intelligence to prioritize delay-sensitive IP storage traffic
replacing the physical switch. within the fabric and to help ensure consistent performance
while decreasing latency.
Maximizes Network Availability The VDX 6740 features 32 Flex Ports, which can take either
with Efficiency and Resiliency a 10 GbE or 16 Gbps Fibre Channel personality. In Fibre
Extreme data center fabrics create a more efficient and Channel mode, these Flex Ports can be used to either
resilient network, and deliver the high performance and directly connect Fibre Channel storage to VCS fabrics or
high reliability required by today’s data centers. bridge FCoE traffic to Fibre Channel SANs, thus protecting
existing SAN investments. The Flex Ports and FCoE
features on the VDX 6740 can be turned on with an add-
on software license.

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VDX 6740, 6740T, and 6740T-1G Feature Overview

Overview VDX 6740 VDX 6740T VDX 6740T-1G

Form factor 1U 1U 1U

Switching bandwidth (data rate, full duplex) 1.28 Tbps 1.28 Tbps 1.28 Tbps

Switch performance 960 Mpps 960 Mpps 960 Mpps

Port-to-port latency 850 ns 3 µs 3 µs

Width: 43.99 cm (17.32 in.) Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in.) Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in.)
Height: 4.32 cm (1.75 in.) Height: 4.27 cm (1.68 in.) Height: 4.27 cm (1.68 in.)
Dimensions and weight
Depth: 40.99 cm (16.14 in.) Depth: 53.65 cm (21.12 in.) Depth: 53.65 cm (21.12 in.)
Weight: 8.66 kg (19.1 lb) Weight: 10.82 kg (23.85 lb) Weight: 10.82 kg (23.85 lb)

10 GbE SFP+ ports Up to 64 Up to 16 Up to 16

Up to 32 (out of 64 10 GbE ports)

Port types supported:
2/4/8/16 Gbps Fibre Channel Flex Ports E_Port (connecting to 0 0
EX_Port only), F_Port, N_Port
(Access Gateway mode)

1/10 GBASE-T 0 48 48

40 GbE QSFP+ (10 GbE breakout cable) 4 4 4

10 GbE Ports on Demand (PoD) 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64 N/A

10 GbE Capacity on Demand (CoD) N/A N/A 16, 32, 48

Two hot-swappable, Two hot-swappable, Two hot-swappable,

Power supplies
load-sharing load-sharing load-sharing

N+1 redundant, integrated N+1 redundant, five N+1 redundant, five

Cooling fans
into power supplies hot-swappable fan units hot-swappable fan units

Front to back Front to back Front to back

Airflow
Back to front Back to front Back to front

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 Specifications

Scalability Information1

Connector options Out-of-band Ethernet management: RJ45 (fixed)

Console management: RJ45 to RS-232 (fixed)
Firmware and diagnostic: USB

Maximum VLANs 4,096

Maximum MAC addresses 160,000

Maximum port profiles (AMPP) 1,024

Maximum members in a standard LAG 64

Maximum per-port priority pause level 8

Maximum switches that a vLAG can span 8

Maximum members in a vLAG 64

Maximum ACLs 13,000

Maximum ARP entries 32,000

Maximum IPv4 unicast routes 12,000

Maximum IPv6 unicast routes 3,0002

HA/ISSU ISSU fully supported

Mechanical

Enclosure Front-to-rear, rear-to-front airflow; 19-inch EIA-compliant; power from non-port side

Environmental

Temperature Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)

Non-operating and storage: -25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 158°F)

Humidity Operating: 10% to 85% non-condensing

Non-operating and storage: 10% to 90% non-condensing

Altitude Operating: Up to 3,048 meters (10,000 feet)

Non-operating and storage: Up to 12 kilometers (39,370 feet)

Shock Operating: 20 G, 11 ms half-sine

Non-operating and storage: Square wave, 44 G, 15 ms

Vibration Operating: 0.5 G peak, 0.7 G ms random, 5 to 500 Hz

Non-operating and storage: 2.0 g sine, 1.4 G rms random, 5 to 500 Hz

Airflow VDX 6740T port-side-intake: Maximum: 49.3 CFM; Nominal: 26.3 CFM
VDX 6740T port-side-exhaust: Maximum: 51.9 CFM; Nominal: 27.3 CFM
VDX 6740 port-side-intake and port-side-exhaust: Maximum: 25.7 CFM;
Nominal: 11.5 CFM

Heat Dissipation 1,672.41 BTU/hr

Power

Power Supplies Two internal, redundant, field-replaceable, load-sharing AC power supplies

Power Inlet C13

Input Voltage 85 to 264 VAC nominal

Input Line Frequency 50 to 60 Hz

Inrush Current Limited to 30 A peak at 240 VAC during cold startup at 25°C ambien

Maximum Current 66 A max at 100 VAC/60 Hz

Maximum Power Consumption VDX 6740: 110 W

VDX 6740T: 460 W
VDX 6740T-1G: 276 W (Base SKU)

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Please refer to the latest version of the release notes for the most up-to-date scalability numbers supported in software.

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Safety Compliance The VDX 6740 products conform to the following Fibre Channel standards:
CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1-07 including A1 / UL 60950-1-07, Ed. 2 • FC-GS-5 ANSI INCITS 427:2007 (includes the following)
including A1 • FC-GS-4 ANSI INCITS 387: 2004
CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1 Second Edition EN 60950-1 • FC-SP-2 INCITS 496-2012 (AUTH-A, AUTH-B1 only)
Second Edition +A1/A12 • FC-DA INCITS TR-36: 2004 (includes the following)
EN 60950-1 Second Edition +A1/A12 • FC-FLA INCITS TR-20: 1998
IEC 60950-1 Second Edition +A1 • FC-PLDA INCIT S TR-19: 1998
• FC-MI-2 ANSI/INCITS TR-39-2005
GB 4943.1-2011 and GB9254-2008
• FC-PI INCITS 352: 2002
CNS14336-1(99)
• FC-PI-2 INCITS 404: 2005
EMC • FC-PI-4 INCITS 1647-D, revision 7.1 (under development)
FCC Class A • FC-FS-2 ANSI/INCITS 424:2006 (includes the following)
• FC-FS INCITS 373: 2003
ICES-003 Class A
• FC-LS INCITS 433: 2007
VCCI-Class A
• MIB-FA INCITS TR-32: 2003
CE
RFC Support
C-Tick
RFC 768 User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
BSMI
RFC 783 TFTP Protocol (revision 2)
GOST
RFC 791 Internet Protocol (IP)
KCC Class A
RFC 792 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
CCC
RFC 793 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Immunity RFC 826 ARP
ANSI C63.4 RFC 854 Telnet Protocol Specification
ICES-003 Class A RFC 894 A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagram over Ethernet
CISPR22 and JEIDA (Harmonics) Networks

EN55022 Class A and EN55024 RFC 959 FTP

CISPR22 RFC 1027 Using ARP to Implement Transparent Subnet Gateways (Proxy
ARP)
AS/NZS CISPR22
RFC 1112 IGMPv1
CNS 13438(95)
RFC 1157 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
51318.22-99 and 51318.24-99 v1 and v2
KN22 and KN24 RFC 1305 Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 3
GB17625.1-2003 RFC 1492 TACACS+

Environmental Regulatory Compliance RFC 1519 Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)

RoHS-6 (with lead exemption) Directive 2002/95/EC RFC 1584 Multicast Extensions to OSPF
RFC 1765 OSPF Database Overflow
Standards Compliance
VDX 6740 products conform to the following Ethernet standards: RFC 1812 Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
• IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol RFC 1997 BGP Communities Attribute
• IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree RFC 2068 HTTP Server
• IEEE 802.1w Rapid Reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol
RFC 2131 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
RFC 2154 OSPF with Digital Signatures (Password, MD-5)
• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP
• IEEE 802.3ae 10G Ethernet RFC 2236 IGMPv2
• IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging RFC 2267 Network Ingress Filtering
• IEEE 802.1p Class of Service Prioritization and Tagging RFC 2328 OSPF v2
• IEEE 802.1v VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port
RFC 2370 OSPF Opaqie Link-State Advertisement
• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) (LSA) Option Partial Support
• IEEE 802.3x Flow Control (Pause Frames)
RFC 2375 IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments
• IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T
RFC 2385 Protection of BGP Sessions with the TCP MD5 Signature Option
• IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-X
The following draft versions of the Data Center Bridging (DCB) and RFC 2439 BGP Route Flap Damping
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) standards are also supported on RFC 2460 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (v6) Specification
the VDX 6740: (on management interface )
• IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control
RFC 2462 IPv6 Stateless Address Auto-Configuration
• IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection
RFC 2464 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Network
• IEEE 802.1 DCB Capability Exchange Protocol (Proposed under the DCB
(on management interface)
Task Group of IEEE 802.1 Working Group)
• FC-BB-5 FCoE (Rev 2.0)

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RFC Support (cont.) RFC 4510 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Technical
Specification Road Map
RFC 2474 Definition of the Differentiated Services Field in the IPv4 and
RFC 4601 Protocol Independent Multicast—Sparse Mode (PIM-
IPv6 Headers
SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
RFC 2571 An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks
RFC 4724 Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP
RFC 2711 IPv6 Router Alert Option
RFC 4861/5942 IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
RFC 2865 Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)
RFC 4893 BGP Support for Four-Octet AS Number Space
RFC 3101 The OSPF Not-So-Stubby Area (NSSA) Option
RFC 5880 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
RFC 3176 sFlow
RFC 5881 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for IPv4 and
RFC 3137 OSPF Stub Router Advertisement IPv6 (Single Hop)
RFC 3392 Capabilities Advertisement with BGPv4 RFC 5882 Generic Application of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
(BFD)
RFC 3411 An Architecture for Describing SNMP Frameworks
RFC 5883 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for
RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for the SNMP
Multihop Paths
RFC 3413 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Applications
RFC 3587 IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format
IPv6 Routing
RFC 2740 OSPFv3 for IPv6
RFC 3623 Graceful OSPF Restart - IETF Tools
RFC 2545 Use of BGP-MP extensions for IPv6
RFC 3768 VRRP
RFC 4271 BGPv4 IPv6 Multicast
RFC 4291 IPv6 Addressing Architecture RFC 2710 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6

RFC 4292 IP Forwarding MIB

VRRP/VRRPe
RFC 4293 Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP)
RFC 5798 VRRP Version 3 for IPv4 and IPv6
RFC 4443 ICMPv6 (replaces 2463)
RFC 4456 BGP Route Reflection

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Network OS Software Capabilities
VSC Fabrics IP Fabrics VSC Fabrics IP Fabrics

Software Scalability Layer 3 Switching

Maximum switches in a fabric 48 Unlimited Policy-Based Routing (PBR) X X

Maximum ECMP paths in a fabric 32 32 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) X X

Maximum LAGs in a fabric 2,000 Unlimited 32-Way ECMP X X

Layer 2 Switching VRF Lite X X

Service Node Load Balancing VRF-aware OSPF, BGP, VRRP, static routes X X
X X
BFD/ARP Optimizations VRRP v2 and v3 X X
Conversational MAC Learning X X uRPF for IPv4 and IPv6 X
Virtual Link Aggregation Group IPv4/IPv6 dual stack X X
X X
(vLAG) spanning
IPv6 ACL packet filtering X X
Layer 2 Access Control Lists (ACLs) X X
BGP automatic neighbor discovery for IP fabric X
Supports 2K ingress and egress ACLs X X
BGP Additional-Path X X
Edge Loop Detection (ELD) X X
BGP-Allow AS X X
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) RFC 826 X X
BGP Generalized TTL Security X X
Private VLANs X Mechanism (GTSM)
Maintenance Mode/Graceful Traffic Diversion X BGP graceful shutdown for maintenance mode X
Distributed VXLAN Gateway X BGP Peer Auto Shutdown X X
Diagnostic Ports X Multicast Refactoring X X
IP Maps Support X IPv6 routing X X
L2 Loop prevention in an overlay environment X OSPF Type-3 LSA Filter X X
High availability/In-Service Software Upgrade— Wire-speed routing for IPv4 and IPv6 using any X X
X X
hardware-enabled routing protocol
IGMP snooping support for multicast flooding X X BGP-EVPN Control Plane Signaling RFC 7432 X
IGMPv1/v2 Snooping X X BGP-EVPN VXLAN Standard-based Overlay X
IGMPv3 X X Multi-VRF X X
MAC Learning and Aging X X IP Unnumbered Interface X
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) IEEE Intersubnet Routing X
X X
802.3ad/802.1AX (Symmetric and Asymmetric)
Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) X X IP over Port Channel X
VLAN Encapsulation 802.1Q X X VRRP-E X X
Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST+/PVRST+) X X Fabric Virtual Gateway X X
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) 802.1w X X Static Anycast Gateway X
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) 802.1s X X ARP Suppression X
STP PortFast, BPDU Guard, BPDU Filter X X
Automation and Programmability
STP Root Guard X X
OpenFlow 1.3 X X
Pause Frames 802.3x X X
REST API with YANG data model X X
Static MAC Configuration X X
Puppet X X
Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD) X X
Python X X
Uplink switch for VDX switches, VCS fabrics, and the
X PyNOS libraries X X
VCS Virtual Fabric feature
VMware vRealize plugins X X
Transparent LAN Services X
DHCP automatic fabric provisioning X X
L2 Traceroute for VXLAN X X
Netconf API X X
BUM Storm Control X X
Multitenancy and Vrtualization
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP4+) X X
TRILL FGL-based VCS Virtual Fabric feature X
DHCP Helper X X
Virtual fabric extension X
Layer 3 ACLs X X
VM-Aware Network Automation X
Multicast: PIM-SM, IGMPv2 X X
BFD for virtual fabric extension X
OSPF v2/v3 X X
Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP) X X
Static routes X X

IPv4/v6 ACL X X

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Network OS Software Capabilities (cont.)
VSC Fabrics IP Fabrics VSC Fabrics IP Fabrics
DCB Quality of Service (QoS) cont.
Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) 802.1Qbb X ACL-based Rate Limit X X

Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) 802.1Qaz X Dual-rate, three-color token bucket X X

Manual configuration of lossless queues for protocols ACL-based remarking of CoS/DSCP/Precedence X X

X
other than FCoE and iSCSI ACL-based sFlow X X
Data Center Bridging Exchange (DCBX) X Scheduling: Strict Priority (SP), Deficit Weighted
X X
DCBX Application Type-Length-Value (TLV) for Round-Robin (DWRR), Hybrid
X
FCoE and iSCSI Scheduling (Hybrid)
IP Storage Queue-based Shaping X X
Inter-Switch Link (ISL) X Flow-based QoS X X
Deep on-chip packet buffer X X Management and Monitoring
Auto QoS for NAS X X Logical chassis management X
VCS fabric auto forming/auto healing X X IPv4/IPv6 management X X
Fibre Channel/FCoE Industry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI) X X
Multi-hop Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE); Netconf API X X
X
requires Extreme Networks VCS Fabric technology
REST API with YANG data model X X
FC-BB5 compliant Fibre Channel
X
Forwarder (FCF) VDX Plugin for OpenStack X X

Native FCoE forwarding X Link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) IEEE 802.1AB X X

FCoE to Fibre Channel Bridging X MIB II RFC 1213 MIB X X

FCoE on VDX 8770 X Switch Beaconing X X

FCoE on QSFP+ port X Management VRF X X

Multi-hop Access Gateway Support X Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) X X
End-to-end FCoE (initiator to target) X Telnet X X
FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) v1 support for SNMP v1, v2C, v3 X X
X
FCoE device login and initialization
sFlow RFC 3176 X X
Name Server-based zoning X
Out-of-band management X X
Supports connectivity to FIP Snooping Bridge (FSB)
X
device Remote SPAN (RSPAN) X X

FCoE traffic over standard LAG X RMON-1, RMON-2 X X

Interface Binding X NTP X X

Dual Personality Ports X Management Access Control Lists (ACLs) X X

Logical SANs X Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) X X

High Availability Range CLI support X X

ISSU L2 and L3 X X UDLD X X

BFD X X OpenStack Neutron ML2 plugin X X

OSPF3-NSR X X Python X X

BGP4-GR X X Puppet X X

Management Module Failover X X Distributed Configuration Management X

Quality of Service (QoS) Maps switch health monitoring X

ACL-based QoS X X Security

Eight priority levels for QoS X X Port-based Network Access Control 802.1X X X

Class of Service (CoS) IEEE 802.1p X X RADIUS (AAA) X X

DSCP Trust X X TACACS+ X X

DSCP to Traffic Class Mutation X X Secure Shell (SSHv2) X X

DSCP to CoS Mutation X X BPDU Drop X X

DSCP to DSCP Mutation X X Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) X X

Random Early Discard X X Secure Copy Protocol X X

Per-port QoS configuration X X Port Security X X

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Ordering Information
SKU Description
Software License
BR-VDX6740-FCoE Software, FCoE license for VDX 6740 and 6740T
Hardware
BR-VDX6740-24-F VDX 6740, 24P SFP+ ports only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740-24-R VDX 6740, 24P SFP+ ports only—no optics, AC, port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740-48-F VDX 6740, 48P SFP+ ports only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740-48-R VDX 6740, 48P SFP+ ports only—no optics, AC, port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740-64-F VDX 6740, 64P SFP+ ports only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740-64-R VDX 6740, 64P SFP+ ports only—no optics, AC, port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740-64-ALLSW-F VDX 6740, 64P SFP+ ports only—no optics, AC, FCoE, VCS fabric, non-port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740-64-ALLSW-R VDX 6740, 64P SFP+ ports only—no optics, AC, FCoE, VCS fabric, port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740T-24-F VDX 6740T, 24P 10GBASE-T ports only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740T-24-R VDX 6740T, 24P 10GBASE-T ports only—no optics, AC, port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740T-48-F VDX 6740T, 48P 10GBASE-T ports only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740T-48-R VDX 6740T, 48P 10GBASE-T ports only—no optics, AC, port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740T-64-F VDX 6740T, 48P 10GBASE-T and 4 QSFP+ ports only—no optics, AC, non-port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740T-64-R VDX 6740T, 48P 10GBASE-T and 4 QSFP+ ports only—no optics, AC, port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740T-64-ALLSW-F VDX 6740T, 48P 10GBASE-T and 4 QSFP+ ports only—no optics, AC, FCoE, VCS fabric, non-port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740T-64-ALLSW-R VDX 6740T, 48P 10GBASE-T and 4 QSFP+ ports only—no optics, AC, FCoE, VCS fabric, port-side exhaust airflow

BR-VDX6740T-56-1G-F VDX 6740T-1G, 48P 1000BASE-T and 2 40 GbE QSFP+ ports, upgradable to 10GBASE-T via license only—no optics, AC,
non-port-side exhaust airflow
BR-VDX6740T-56-1G-R VDX 6740T-1G, 48P 1000BASE-T and 2 40 GbE QSFP+ ports, upgradable to 10GBASE-T via license only—no optics, AC,
port-side exhaust airflow
BR-VDX6740-8x10G-POD 8-port PoD license for VDX 6740 and 6740T
BR-VDX6740-2x40G-POD 2-port 40 GbE PoD license for VDX 6740 and 6740T
BR-VDX6740T-1G-16X10G-COD 16-port 1 GbE to 10 GbE Capacity on Demand (CoD) upgrade license for VDX 6740T-1G
FRU and Optics
XEN-250WPSAC-F FRU 250 W AC power supply/fan, non-port-side exhaust airflow, VDX 6740

XEN-250WPSAC-R FRU 250 W AC power supply/fan, port-side exhaust airflow, VDX 6740

XBR-500WPSAC-01-F FRU 500 W AC power supply/fan, non-port-side exhaust airflow, VDX 6740T, 6740T-1G

XBR-500WPSAC-01-R FRU 500 W AC power supply/fan, port-side exhaust airflow, VDX 6740T, 6740T-1G

XBR-AC-FAN-F AC fan, non-port-side exhaust airflow, VDX 6740T, 6740T-1G

XBR-AC-FAN-R AC fan, port-side exhaust airflow, VDX 6740T, 6740T-1G

XEN-R000291 FRU, VDX 6740 fixed rack-mount kit for 4-post racks

XEN-R000292 FRU, VDX 6740 mid-mount kit for 2-post racks

XEN-R000293 Flush-mount kit for 2-post racks for VDX 6740

XEN-R000294 FRU, universal 2-post mid-mount kit/flush-mount kit, VDX 6740T/6740T-1G

XEN-R000295 FRU, universal rack-mount kit, 4-post, 24- to 32-inch depth rack, VDX 6740T/6740T-1G

XEN-R000296 FRU, universal rack-mount kit for 4 post racks, VDX 6740T/6740T-1G

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