Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 02, 2014		Jul. 27, 2013
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 154,552		$ 144,390
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation	(37,698)		(6,909)
Non-cash tax charges	0		78,206
Depreciation and amortization	80,370		139,005
Loss on disposal of property and equipment	3,330		4,030
Gain on sale of network adapter business	(4,884)		0
Amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount	856		937
Call premium cost and write-off of original issue discount and debt issuance costs related to lenders that did not participate in refinancing	0		5,360
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Equity Investments	(5,242)		0
Provision for doubtful accounts receivable and sales allowances	5,520		6,897
Non-cash stock-based compensation expense	61,214		57,091
Goodwill impairment charge	83,382	[1],[2]	0	[1]
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	52,261		7,950
Inventories	4,757		18,915
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(4,796)		(69,017)
Deferred tax assets	47		344
Accounts payable	(4,409)		(21,744)
Accrued employee compensation	(38,136)		(82,457)
Deferred revenue	(4,020)		5,950
Other accrued liabilities	48,178		(7,082)
Restructuring liabilities	(11,538)		(606)
Net cash provided by operating activities	383,744		281,260
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of non-marketable equity investments	(223)		0
Proceeds from sale of non-marketable equity investment	10,748		0
Purchases of property and equipment	(41,175)		(41,949)
Net cash paid in connection with acquisition	0		(44,629)
Proceeds from collection of note receivable	250		0
Proceeds from sale of network adapter business	9,995		0
Net cash used in investing activities	(20,405)		(86,578)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from senior unsecured notes	0		296,250
Payment of principal related to senior secured notes	0		(300,000)
Payment of debt issuance costs related to senior unsecured notes	0		(992)
Payment of principal related to capital leases	(2,382)		(1,536)
Common stock repurchases	(302,560)		(187,360)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock	81,293		71,858
Payment of cash dividends to stockholders	(15,270)		0
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation	37,698		6,909
Net cash used in financing activities	(201,221)		(114,871)
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash and cash equivalents	272		(2,944)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	162,390		76,867
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	986,997		713,226
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	1,149,387		790,093
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	34,625		39,693
Cash paid for income taxes	20,941		14,918
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing activities:
Acquisition of property and equipment through capital leases	0		1,042
Convertible note receivable obtained from litigation settlement	$ 0		$ 70,000

[1] For additional discussion on goodwill impairment, see Note 4, “Goodwill and Intangible Assets,” of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

[2] In the second quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company made a strategic shift in the allocation of its engineering resources and has reduced its investment in the hardware-based Brocade ADX® products and increased investment in the software-based Brocade ADX products for Layer 4-7 applications. As a result of this change in strategy, the Company expects hardware-based Brocade ADX and related support revenue to be negatively impacted. Based on these changes in estimates, the Company recognized an impairment charge during the second fiscal quarter of 2014 because the book value of its Application Delivery Products (“ADP”) reporting unit net assets, which includes the Brocade ADX products, exceeded the estimated fair value of these assets. The goodwill amount related to the Company’s other reporting units was not impacted.