- Built for next-generation campus convergence
- Plug-and-Play operations for powered devices
- Increased flexibility and scalability
- Simplified, high-performance stacking
- Reduced power consumption
- High reliability in a compact form factor
- Comprehensive enterprise-class security
- Network Access Control (NAC)
- Traffic monitoring and lawful intercept
- Fiber to the desktop for security-sensitive applications
- Threat detection and mitigation
- Advanced multicast features
- Advanced capabilities
- Metro features connecting buildings and campuses
- Simplified, secure management based on open standards
- Easy deployment with auto-configuration
- Brocade IronView Network Manager (INM)
- Open standard management
- Ideal for Ethernet storage traffic
The Brocade FastIron CX series of switches provides high levels of performance, scalability, and flexibility required for today's enterprise campus networks. With advanced capabilities, these switches deliver performance and intelligence to the network edge in a flexible 1U form factor that helps reduce infrastructure and administrative costs. They are designed for wire-speed and non-blocking performance. Utilizing built-in 16Gbps stacking ports and Brocade IronStack technology, organizations can stack up to eight switches into a single logical switch with up to 384 ports.