Brocade to Cisco equipment

[greatbaybud]

We're looking to switch out our Brocade equipment to Cisco. We have the following:

11 ICX 7450-48P switches

2   ICX 7450-48F

2   VDX6740T-1G core switches

2   VDX 6740T

Has anyone here moved from brocade to Cisco? What Cisco equipment did you swap out from?

Such as, what would be the Cisco equivalent to the ICX 7450? or the VDX6740T-1G?

Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

[marce1000]

 - This document discusses some options and migration tools :

              https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/storage-networking/mds-9700-series-multilayer-directors/white-paper-c11-732037.html

 M.

[greatbaybud]

Thanks for the document.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/storage-networking/mds-9700-series-multilayer-directors/white-paper-c11-732037.html

We were looking at the Cisco Catalyst 9200L switches to switch out the Brocade ICX 7450's. Now trying to compare the right Cisco switch for the Brocade VDX 6740's. Just trying to narrow down the search. Need to do a budget on the purchase.

Has anyone else traded out a brocade VDX 6740 for cisco? What Cisco switch did you go with?

[marce1000]

 - Following the switch selector you also have the option of looking at san-supporting models :

                 https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/switch-selector.html?guide=data_center|santype#~select-switch

 M.

[greatbaybud]

After considering here what I've come up with…
SWITCHES
Brocade                                     Cisco
ICX7450-48P-E                     Catalyst 9300-48P-A
ICX7450-24P-E                     Catalyst 9200L-48P-4X-E
ICX7450-48F-E                     Catalyst C9300-48P-E


CORE SWITCHES
Brocade                                                                               Cisco
VDX6740,24P,SFP+                                                    N3K-C3172PQ-XL or 9500 Used w/Core Nexus switches
VDX6740T-1G,48P,1GBASET PORTS,2 40GBE           N3K-C3172TQ-XL or C9500-16X-A