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HIGHLIGHTS•Provides exceptional price/performance value,combiningflexibility,simplicity,andenterprise-classfunctionalityina24-port,1Uentry-levelswitch
•Enablesfast,easy,andcost-effectivescalingfrom12to24portsusingPortson Demand (PoD) capabilities
•Maximizesresiliencywithnon-disruptivesoftware upgrades and an optional redundantpowersupply
•SimplifiesdeploymentwiththeBrocadeEZSwitchSetupwizard
•Streamlinesdeploymentandtroubleshootingtimewithdynamicfabricprovisioning,criticalmonitoring, and advanced diagnostic features
•SimplifiesserverconnectivityandSANscalabilitybyofferingdualfunctionality aseitherafull-fabricSANswitchoranNPIV-enabledBrocadeAccessGateway
•SimplifiesandcentralizesmanagementthroughBrocadeNetworkAdvisor,reducingoperationalcostsandcomplexity
Flexible, Easy-to-Use Entry-Level SAN Switch for Private Cloud Storage
entry-levelswitch.Designedtoenablemaximumflexibilityandreliability,theBrocade6505isconfigurablein12or 24portsandsupports2,4,8,or16Gbpsspeedsinanefficientlydesigned1Upackage.Itcomesstandardwithasinglepowersupplywithintegratedfans.Asecond,optionalpowersupplyprovidesadditionalredundancyforincreasedresiliency.
Asimplifieddeploymentprocessandapoint-and-clickuserinterfacemaketheBrocade6505bothpowerfulandeasy touse.Moreover,theBrocade6505 offerslow-costaccesstoindustry-leading StorageAreaNetwork(SAN)technologywhileproviding“pay-as-you-grow” scalabilitytomeettheneedsofan evolving storage environment.
BROCADE6505SWITCH
Tokeeppacewithgrowingbusinessdemands, data centers are transitioning to highlyvirtualized,privatecloudstorageenvironments.ThisapproachenablesorganizationstoconsolidateandsimplifytheirITresources,resultinginincreasedbusinessagilityandlowercapitalandoperatingexpenses.Butvirtualizationisnotwithoutitschallenges.Datacentersmustkeepupwiththeexplosivedatagrowth anddynamicchangesdrivenbyvirtualizedworkloads.Selectingtherightnetwork iskeytorealizingthefullbenefitsofthesecloud-basedarchitectures.
TheBrocade®6505Switchprovidesexceptional price/performance value, combiningflexibility,simplicity,andenterprise-classfunctionalityinan
DATA CENTER
TheBrocadeOne™ strategyhelpssimplifynetworkinginfrastructuresthroughinnovativetechnologiesandsolutions.TheBrocade6505Switchsupportsthisstrategybydeliveringprice/performancevaluewithinaflexible,cost-effective,andeasy-to-use1U form factor.
EXCEPTIONAL PRICE/PERFORMANCE FOR GROWING SAN WORKLOADSTheBrocade6505combinesmarket-leadingthroughputwithanaffordableswitchformfactor,makingitidealforgrowingSANworkloads.The24portsproduceanaggregate384Gbpsfull-duplexthroughput;anyeightportscanbetrunkedfor128GbpsInter-SwitchLinks(ISLs).Exchange-basedDynamicPathSelection(DPS)optimizesfabric-wide performance and load balancing byautomaticallyroutingdatatothemostefficientandavailablepathinthefabric(seeFigure1).ItaugmentsBrocadeISLTrunkingtoprovidemoreeffectiveloadbalancingincertainconfigurations.
Inaddition,theBrocade6505providesalowTotalCostofOwnership(TCO)thankstoa12-portbaseconfiguration,easyadministration,1Ufootprint,andlow-energyconsumption— 0.22wattsperGbpsand3.3wattsperport.Enterprise-classcapabilitiescombinedwithalowTCOyield40percenthigherperformancecomparedto10GigabitEthernet(GbE)alternatives at a similar cost.
INDUSTRY-LEADING TECHNOLOGY THAT IS FLEXIBLE, SIMPLE, AND EASY TO USETheBrocade6505deliversindustry-leadingSANtechnologywithinaflexible,simple,andeasy-to-usesolution.Thebaseconfigurationincludes12ports,withupto24portsondemand.Inadditiontoprovidingbest-in-classscalability,theBrocade6505iseasytodeploywiththeBrocadeEZSwitchSetupwizardandthenew“D_Port”feature,whichsimplifiessetup.
A BUILDING BLOCK FOR VIRTUALIZED, PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGETheBrocade6505providesacriticalbuildingblockfortoday’shighlyvirtualized,privatecloudstorageenvironments.ItsimplifiesservervirtualizationandVirtualDesktopInfrastructure(VDI)managementwhilemeetingthehigh-throughputdemandsofSolidStateDisks(SSDs).TheBrocade6505alsosupportsmulti-tenancyincloudenvironmentsthroughQualityofService(QoS)and fabric-based zoning features.
BROCADE ACCESS GATEWAY MODETheBrocade6505canbedeployedasafull-fabricswitchorasaBrocadeAccessGateway,whichsimplifiesfabrictopologiesandheterogeneousfabricconnectivity (thedefaultmodesettingisaswitch).AccessGatewaymodeutilizesN_PortIDVirtualization(NPIV)switchstandardstopresentphysicalandvirtualserversdirectlytothecoreofSANfabrics.ThismakesAccessGatewaytransparenttotheSANfabric,greatlyreducingmanagementofthenetworkedge.TheBrocade6505inAccessGatewaymode* can connect servers to NPIV-enabledBrocadeB-Series,BrocadeM-Series,andotherSANfabrics.
OrganizationscaneasilyenableAccessGatewaymodeviaBrocadeNetworkAdvisororaCLI.KeybenefitsofAccessGatewaymodeinclude:
• Improvedscalabilityforlargeorrapidlygrowingserver and virtual server environments
•Reducedmanagementofthenetworkedge,sinceAccessGatewaydoesnothaveadomainidentityandappearstransparenttothecorefabric
•SupportforheterogeneousSANconfigurationswithoutreducedfunctionalityforserverconnectivity
DPS
Dynamic Path Selection (DPS)
Balancing data flow between multiple trunk groups
Up to 128 Gbps
Up to 128 Gbps
Trunk group
Trunk group
Trunk group
Trunk group
Frame-based Trunking
ASIC Preserves In-order Delivery
8.5 Gbps
4.5 Gbps9 Gbps
6 Gbps2 Gbps10.5 Gbps
...n Gbps
...n Gbps
8.5 Gbps
4.5 Gbps9 Gbps
6 Gbps2 Gbps
10.5 Gbps
ACCELERATING FABRIC DEPLOYMENT WITH DIAGNOSTIC PORTS DiagnosticPorts(D_Ports)areanewporttypethatenablesadministratorstoquicklyidentifyandisolateopticsand cable problems, reducing fabric deploymentanddiagnostictimes.OrganizationsalsocanuseD_PortstorunavarietyofteststhroughBrocadeNetworkAdvisororCommandLineInterface(CLI)totestports,SmallForm-Factor Pluggables (SFPs), and cablesforfaults,latency,anddistance.
SIMPLIFYING SERVER DEPLOYMENT WITH DYNAMIC FABRIC PROVISIONINGDynamicFabricProvisioning(DFP)allows organizations to eliminate fabric reconfigurationwhenaddingorreplacingserversthroughthevirtualizationofhostWorldWideNames(WWNs).ItalsoreducesoreliminatestheneedtomodifyzoningorLogicalUnitNumber(LUN)masking.Inaddition,DFPenablespre-provisioningofvirtualWWNs,helpingorganizations eliminate time-consuming stepswhendeployingnewequipmentormovingdeviceswithinaswitch.
Figure 1. DynamicPathSelection(DPS)augmentsBrocadeISLTrunkingtoroutedataefficientlybetweenmultipletrunkgroups.
* Access Gateway mode for the Brocade 6505 is supported only in 24-port configurations.
System ArchitectureFibreChannelports Switchmode(default):12-and24-port
configurations(12-portincrementthroughPortsonDemand[PoD]license); universal (E, F, M, D, EX) portsBrocadeAccessGatewaydefaultportmapping:16F_Ports,8N_Ports
Scalability Full-fabricarchitecturewithamaximumof239switches
Certifiedmaximum 6000activenodes;56switches,19hopsinBrocadeFabricOS®fabrics;31switches,threehopsinBrocadeM-EOSfabrics;largerfabricscertifiedasrequired
Performance Auto-sensingof2,4,8,and16GbpsportspeedsISLtrunking Frame-basedtrunkingwithuptoeight
16GbpsportsperISLtrunk;upto128GbpsperISLtrunk.Exchange-basedloadbalancingacrossISLswithDPSincludedinBrocadeFabricOS.Thereisnolimittohowmanytrunkgroupscanbeconfiguredintheswitch.
Aggregatebandwidth 384Gbpsend-to-endfullduplexMaximumfabriclatency Latencyforlocallyswitchedportsis700ns;
ForwardErrorCorrection(FEC)adds400nsbetweenE_Ports(enabledbydefault).
Maximum frame size 2112bytepayload
Frame buffers 8192dynamicallyallocatedClassesofservice Class2,Class3,ClassF(inter-switchframes)
BROCADE 6505 SPECIFICATIONS
Porttypes D_Port(DiagnosticPort),E_Port,EX_Port,F_Port,M_Port(MirrorPort);self-discoverybasedonswitchtype(U_Port);optionalporttypecontrol
BrocadeAccessGatewaymode:F_PortandNPIV-enabledN_Port
Datatraffictypes FabricswitchessupportingunicastMediatypes Hot-pluggable,industry-standardSmall
Form-FactorPluggable(SFP+),LCconnector;Short-Wavelength(SWL),Long-Wavelength(LWL);ExtendedLong-Wavelength(ELWL);distancedependsonfiberopticcableandportspeed.SupportsSFP+(8and16Gbps)optical transceivers.
USB OneUSBportforsystemlogfiledownloadsorfirmwareupgrades
Fabric services Note: Some fabric services do not apply or are unavailable in Brocade Access Gateway mode.
BrocadeAdvancedPerformanceMonitoring(includingTopTalkersforE_Ports,F_Ports,andFabricmode);BrocadeAdaptiveNetworking(IngressRateLimiting,TrafficIsolation,QoS);BottleneckDetection;BrocadeAdvancedZoning(defaultzoning,port/WWNzoning,broadcastzoning);DynamicFabricProvisioning(DFP);DynamicPathSelection(DPS);BrocadeExtendedFabrics;EnhancedBBcreditrecovery;BrocadeFabricWatch;FDMI;FrameRedirection;Frame-basedTrunking;FSPF;IPoFC;BrocadeISLTrunking;ManagementServer;NPIV;NTPv3;PortFencing;RegisteredStateChangeNotification(RSCN);ReliableCommitService(RCS);ServerApplicationOptimization(SAO);SimpleNameServer(SNS)
ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES IN AN ENTRY-LEVEL SWITCHTheBrocade6505featuresadvancedmonitoring,diagnostics,RAS,andredundancycapabilitiesinanentry-levelswitchtomaximizeavailability,optimizeperformance,andsimplifyadministration.Theseenterprise-classfeaturesinclude:
•Criticaldiagnosticandmonitoringcapabilitiestohelpensureearlyproblemdetectionandrecovery
•Non-intrusiveandnon-disruptivemonitoringoneveryporttoprovideacomprehensiveend-to-endviewoftheentire fabric
•ForwardErrorCorrection(FEC)torecoverfrombiterrorsinISLs,enhancingtransmissionreliabilityandperformance
•Additional buffers to overcome performance degradation and congestion due to buffer credit loss
•Real-timebandwidthconsumptionbyhosts/applicationsonISLstoeasilyidentifyhotspotsandpotentialnetworkcongestion
•Anoptionalsecondpowersupplytoenabledualpowerredundancy,enhancingavailability
BROCADE GLOBAL SERVICESBrocadeGlobalServiceshastheexpertisetohelporganizationsbuildscalable,efficientcloudinfrastructures.Leveraging15yearsofexpertiseinstorage,networking,andvirtualization,BrocadeGlobalServicesdelivers world-class professional services, technicalsupport,networkmonitoringservices, and education, enabling organizationstomaximizetheirBrocadeinvestments,acceleratenewtechnologydeployments,andoptimizetheperformanceofnetworkinginfrastructures.
MAXIMIZING INVESTMENTSTohelpoptimizetechnologyinvestments,Brocadeanditspartnersoffercompletesolutionsthatincludeprofessionalservices,technicalsupport,andeducation.Formoreinformation,contactaBrocadesalespartner or visit www.brocade.com.
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©2012BrocadeCommunicationsSystems,Inc.AllRightsReserved.03/12GA-DS-1642-02
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Notice:Thisdocumentisforinformationalpurposesonlyanddoesnotsetforthanywarranty,expressedorimplied,concerninganyequipment,equipmentfeature,orserviceofferedortobeofferedbyBrocade.Brocadereservestherighttomakechangestothisdocumentatanytime,withoutnotice,andassumesnoresponsibilityforitsuse.Thisinformationaldocumentdescribesfeaturesthatmaynotbecurrentlyavailable.ContactaBrocadesalesofficeforinformationonfeatureandproductavailability.ExportoftechnicaldatacontainedinthisdocumentmayrequireanexportlicensefromtheUnitedStatesgovernment.
ManagementSupported management software
HTTP,SNMPv1/v3(FEMIB,FCManagementMIB),SSH;Auditing,Syslog;BrocadeAdvancedWeb Tools, Advanced Performance Monitoring, BrocadeFabricWatch;BrocadeNetworkAdvisorSANEnterpriseorBrocadeNetworkAdvisorSANProfessional/ProfessionalPlus;CommandLineInterface(CLI);SMI-Scompliant;AdministrativeDomains;triallicensesforadd-oncapabilities
Security DH-CHAP(betweenswitchesandenddevices),FCAPswitchauthentication;FIPS140-2L2-compliant,HTTPS,IPsec,IPfiltering,LDAPwithIPv6,PortBinding,RADIUS,User-definedRole-BasedAccessControl(RBAC),SecureCopy(SCP),SecureRPC,SFTP,SSHv2,SSL,SwitchBinding,TrustedSwitch
Management access 10/100MbpsEthernet(RJ-45),in-bandoverFibreChannel,serialport(RJ-45),andoneUSBport
Diagnostics D_Portofflinediagnostics,includingelectrical/opticalloopback,linktraffic/latency/distance;POSTandembeddedonline/offlinediagnostics,includingenvironmentalmonitoring,FCpingandPathinfo(FCtraceroute),frameviewer,non-disruptive daemon restart, port mirroring, optics healthmonitoring,powermonitoring,RAStracelogging,andRollingRebootDetection(RRD)
MechanicalEnclosure Back-to-frontairflow(port-sideexhaust);
powerfromback,1USize Width:437.64mm(17.23in.)
Height:43.18mm(1.7in.)Depth:443.23mm(17.45in.)
Systemweight 7.82kg(17.25lb)withonepowersupply,withouttransceivers9.16kg(20.19lb)withtwopowersupplyFRUs,withouttransceivers
EnvironmentOperatingenvironment Temperature:0°Cto40°C/32°Fto104°F
Humidity:10%to85%(non-condensing)Non-operatingenvironment
Temperature:–25°Cto70°C/–13°Fto158°FHumidity:10%to90%(non-condensing)
Operatingaltitude Upto3000m(9843ft)Storage altitude Upto12km(39,370ft)Shock Operating:Upto20G,6mshalf-sine
Non-operating:Halfsine,33G11ms,3/egaxisVibration Operating:0.5gsine,0.4grmsrandom,
5Hzto500HzNon-operating:2.0gsine,1.1grmsrandom, 5Hzto500Hz
Heat dissipation 24portsat338BTU/hr
PowerPowersupply Baseswitchincludesasingle,hot-swappable
powersupplywithintegratedsystemcoolingfans.Optionaldualredundanthot-swappablepowersupply.
ACinput 85Vto264V~5Ato2.5AInputlinefrequency 47Hzto63HzPower consumption 80wattswithall24portspopulatedwith
16GbpsSWLoptics60wattsforemptychassiswithnooptics
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ForinformationaboutsupportedSANstandards, visit www.brocade.com/sanstandards.Forinformationaboutswitchanddeviceinteroperability, visit www.brocade.com/interoperability.Forinformationabouthardwareregulatorycompliance, visit www.brocade.com/regulatorycompliance.
BROCADE 6505 SPECIFICATIONS (CONTINUED)
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