Brocade Ethernet Switches Reviews

It's actually a DC device. We are using storage in DC as well as in DR. Because we are a government organization, everything is on-premises.

It has good integration with HPE Primera. They have smart zoning in which the administration is very easy. You don't have to do anything. Zoning and other things are done automatically if you just enable the smart zoning. That's one very good thing in HP.

It should be simpler. There are still some things that can be simpler in the Brocade switches.

We have been using this solution for eight months. 

We haven't faced any issues with stability and scalability. 

We haven't contacted technical support. We didn't require any support from the technical side.

The initial setup was straightforward. It was not that complex. It's a one-day job for both DC and DR.

I am okay with Cisco MDS switches as well as Brocade switches. I have also used Brocade switch in the old days when it was Dell EMC Clariion. 

I would recommend Brocade Ethernet Switches for using with HP solutions. I don't know how they work with other storage solutions. We are using this solution with HPE Primera, and it's working fine. It's very good.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I work as a system infrastructure engineer and our company is a customer of Brocade. 

One of the valuable features of this solution is that it works with the concept of zoning. There's a zone for each server and there are services in the storage. When the link of a full port is failing, it automatically switches to another port so you don't lose the connection. That's pretty important for the high level of availability of the applications and the access to the storage data.

There are other solutions that are free and that enable you to check the access of the ports and the IU stats also. In this solution there isn't one for the switch that allows for checking the stats, the health of the ports and all the data that exist in the switch. It's just like CLI commands. This solution doesn't have a graphical interface and that's an issue. 

As mentioned, a graphical interface should be included in any new release - it would increase options. 

I've been using this solution for almost a year. 

This is a very stable solution. 

It's a scalable solution. You can use two switches as one, single switch in the fabric. You can add two and possibly three switches, so they can use it as if it was one switch. 

I've had some contact with technical support relating to hardware failures, nothing serious and it didn't affect the production. I was satisfied with the support they provided. They were good.

For storage it's a good solution, especially if you're working with e-paying solutions. 

I would rate this solution a seven out of 10.  

Our primary use case for this solution is for ethernet switches.

The most important feature of this solution is the performance because we have many switches and we have a performance for Brocade Ethernet Switches that needs about 16 gigabyte per second. We have accessed these 16 gigabyte per second.

There are some performance issues that I would like to see improved.

I have been using the solution for four to five years.

We have many users on Brocade Ethernet Switches that use it for storages on the application.

The technical support is good. You just send them an email or open a ticket on the website, and then they will look at the issue. 

The initial setup was easy and the configuration was straightforward. We used a consultant at first, but after that we figured the rest out ourselves.

I am supporting NVMe technology and it's a new technology, so I often struggle with performance issues. That is why I will rate this solution a nine out of ten only, and not a ten out of ten. 

Our primary use case of this solution is connecting hosts to do some storages. 

The solution works very well. It is a very good product and they have a network advisor that collects the information so that you can manage all the sound switches from one place, and also get the ports. 

The solution is stable and we haven't had any issues.

I believe it is easy to expand this platform. We get by with a switch with 24 ports active and then one can buy the other 96 fields, for instance. But we don't use directors, we use only switches. Directors are for the bigger networks. We have no other users on this platform. We connect to a new storage to the sound switch and new servers. 

We haven't used the technical support yet.

The initial setup was really straightforward and easy.

I have been using this solution for a long time and kept with it, because everything I need, is covered by it. I am happy with its performance and its features. I will rate it a nine out of ten. 

CLI and supported technologies are very close to Cisco. The support from vendor team is great!

Lowered our network budget.

Technically the product is always improving the software part, but the hardware needs to be more reliable. I faced some issues with Power Supply only.

We've had no issues with deployment.

We've had no issues with stability.

We've had no issues with scalability.