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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) (Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member], USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
May 02, 2015
May 02, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Purchase Consideration Transferred $ 96,100,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1  
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross 95,400,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross  
Cash Acquired from Acquisition 100,000us-gaap_CashAcquiredFromAcquisition  
Other Consideration Transferred 700,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredOther1  
Direct Business Acquisition Transaction Costs 1,500,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTransactionCosts 1,500,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTransactionCosts
Integration Related Costs 800,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationIntegrationRelatedCosts 800,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationIntegrationRelatedCosts
Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount 38,100,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount 38,100,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount
Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Fair Value   400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationStepAcquisitionEquityInterestInAcquireeFairValue1
Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Valuation Techniques   The Company used a market approach based on comparable recent investments into this acquired business to estimate the acquisition-date fair value of the existing equity interest.
Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Remeasurement Gain (Loss), Net   0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationStepAcquisitionEquityInterestInAcquireeRemeasurementGainOrLoss
Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Items   identifiable intangible assets and deferred tax liability
Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Reasons   Additional information that existed as of the acquisition date may become known to the Company during the remainder of the acquisitions’ measurement periods.
RSU Grant
   
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Separately Recognized Transaction, Aggregate Fair Value 6,400,000brcd_SeparatelyRecognizedTransactionAggregateFairValue
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Separately Recognized Transaction, Tranche Vesting Period 6 months  
Separately Recognized Transaction, Total Vesting Period 2 years  
Separately Recognized Transaction, Description   For certain employees, the Company granted RSUs with an aggregate fair value of $6.4 million at the grant date, with RSUs vesting every six months for a total vesting period of two years.
Separately Recognized Transactions, Accounting Method The RSUs will be accounted for as stock-based compensation expense  
Separately Recognized Transaction, Financial Statement Caption “Cost of revenues,” “Research and development,” “Sales and marketing,” and “General and administrative”  
Separately Recognized Transaction, Expense Recognized 300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsExpensesAndLossesRecognized
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300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsExpensesAndLossesRecognized
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Cash Retention Award
   
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Separately Recognized Transaction, Aggregate Fair Value 10,300,000brcd_SeparatelyRecognizedTransactionAggregateFairValue
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Separately Recognized Transaction, Total Vesting Period 4 years  
Separately Recognized Transaction, Description   For certain other employees, the Company will pay a total aggregate amount of $10.3 million as cash awards for their services. The awards are paid out in annual installments over a total period of four years.
Separately Recognized Transactions, Accounting Method   The cash consideration will be accounted for as employees’ compensation expense
Separately Recognized Transaction, Financial Statement Caption   “Research and development”
Separately Recognized Transaction, Expense Recognized $ 400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsExpensesAndLossesRecognized
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= us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember
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= us-gaap_DeferredBonusMember
$ 400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsExpensesAndLossesRecognized
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= us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember
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= us-gaap_DeferredBonusMember
Acquisition-related Costs
   
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Acquisition Cost Expensed, Financial Statement Caption   Acquisition and integration costs