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Goodwill And Intangible Assets (Schedule Of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Nov. 01, 2014
Oct. 26, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets    
Gross Carrying Value $ 14,560,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross [1] $ 480,700,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
Accumulated Amortization 3,012,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization [1] 462,032,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
Net Carrying Value 11,548,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet [1] 18,668,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Life 4 years 1 month 6 days [1] 0 years 6 months 29 days
Cost of Fully Amortized Intangible Assets 477,300,000brcd_CostOfFullyAmortizedIntangibleAssets  
Trade name    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets    
Gross Carrying Value 590,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
460,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
Accumulated Amortization 227,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
110,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
Net Carrying Value 363,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
350,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Life 3 years 0 months 0 days 3 years 0 months 4 days
Core/developed technology    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets    
Gross Carrying Value 12,080,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
192,340,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
Accumulated Amortization 1,964,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
185,254,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
Net Carrying Value 10,116,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
7,086,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Life 4 years 3 months 18 days 0 years 4 months 6 days
Customer relationships    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets    
Gross Carrying Value 1,080,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
287,090,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Accumulated Amortization 427,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
276,473,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Net Carrying Value 653,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
10,617,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Life 3 years 0 months 4 days 0 years 6 months 4 days
Non-compete agreements    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets    
Gross Carrying Value 810,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
810,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
Accumulated Amortization 394,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
195,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
Net Carrying Value $ 416,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
$ 615,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Life 2 years 0 months 4 days 3 years 0 months 4 days
[1] During the fiscal year ended November 1, 2014, $477.3 million of finite-lived intangible assets became fully amortized and, therefore, were removed from the balance sheet.