Hardware Reference Manual

Brocade VDX 8770-8 Hardware Reference Manual 9

53-1002564-04

Software features

• Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)

• Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+)

• Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

• Link Layer Discovery Protocol/ Data Center Bridging eXchange (LLDP/DCBX)

• 802.1x

• Brocade Link Discovery Protocol (BLDP)

Layer 3

• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2

• Static routes

• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP and VRRP-E)

• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) v1 and v2 and snooping

• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

Virtualization

• Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP)

• Support for VLAN, QoS, security, and FCoE port profiles

• VMware vCenter and Brocade Network OS integration

FCoE

• Pause Frames (Tx and Rx)

• Priority Flow Control (PFC)

• Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)

• End-to-end, multi-hop FCoE (with proper licensing)

• FCoE and FC zoning and RSCN suppression (name server-based zoning)

• FIP version 1

• FC Fabric Services for FCoE VN-port devices

• Multipath support for FCoE traffic

• FCoE over standard LAGs

• Soft zoning support

Link aggregation

• 802.3ad LACP support

• Virtual Link Aggregation Group (vLAG). A VLAG is a LAG that spans multiple physical switches.