What You Should Know About The Brocade ICX6610 Switch

Sometimes, everything that needs to be said is already floating around on the internet, likely written by someone far more intelligent and informed. This case is no exception. Here’s a gem of an article by the Networking Nerd that covers the greatness of the Brocade ICX6610 Switch.

Here are the finer points:

• HyperEdge technology allows large stacks of differing ICX models (ICX7750, ICX6610, ICX6450, ICX6430), not just similar models.
• With this technology you can buy L2 today and when Layer 3 functionality is needed, you can upgrade or buy a L3 ICX switch and spread that functionality across the whole stack.
• ICX6450/6610/6650/7750 use 10G SFP+ which is an industry standard and optics/DAC cables can be easily repurposed should the need arise.

Add to that the fact the ICX6610 has 4x 40G stack and up to 8x 10G SFP+ fiber uplink ports and you've got yourself a very capable switch to design a scalable and robust enterprise closet or datacenter stack. With 5 models spanning across the port density and feature spectrum, there's likely a match for most users.

If you'd like to discuss the ICX6610 or any other of the ICX models, give us a call and we can find the right solution for your network!

And well worth the 34 minutes, below is a great video with Brocade Principal Product Manager Jessica Koh describing the key concepts behind Brocade's HyperEdge technology.