Brocade 6505 FC SAN Switch SFP

Brocade 6505 FC SAN Switch SFP

The Brocade 6505 SAN Switch provides exceptional price/performance value, combining flexibility, simplicity, and enterprise-class functionality in an entry-level switch. Designed to enable maximum flexibility and reliability, the Brocade 6505 is configurable in 12 or 24 ports and supports 2, 4, 8, or 16 Gbps speeds in an efficiently designed 1U package.

Additional highlights include:

• Exceptional Price/Performance for Growing SAN Workloads
• Industry-Leading Technology That Is Flexible, Simple, and Easy to Use
• A Building Block for Virtualized, Private Cloud Storage
• Brocade Access Gateway Mode
• Enterprise-Class Features in an Entry-Level Switch

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System Architecture
Fibre Channel ports	Switch mode (default): 12- and 24-port configurations (12-port increment through Ports on Demand [PoD] license); universal (E, F, M, D, EX) ports Brocade Access Gateway default port mapping: 16 F_Ports, 8 N_Ports
Scalability	Full-fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches
Certified maximum	6000 active nodes; 56 switches, 19 hops in Brocade Fabric OS fabrics; 31 switches, three hops in Brocade M-EOS fabrics; larger fabrics certified as required
Performance	Auto-sensing of 2, 4, 8, and 16 Gbps port speeds
ISL trunking	Frame-based trunking with up to eight 16 Gbps ports per ISL trunk; up to 128 Gbps per ISL trunk. Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade Fabric OS. There is no limit to how many trunk groups can be configured in the switch.
Aggregate bandwidth	384 Gbps end-to-end full duplex
Maximum fabric latency	Latency for locally switched ports is 700 ns; Forward Error Correction (FEC) adds 400 ns between E_Ports (enabled by default).
Maximum frame size	2112 byte payload
Frame buffers	8192 dynamically allocated
Classes of service	Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
Port types	D_Port (Diagnostic Port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port); self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port); optional port type control Brocade Access Gateway mode: F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port
Data traffic types	Fabric switches supporting unicast
Media types	Hot-pluggable, industry-standard Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+), LC connector; Short-Wavelength (SWL), Long-Wavelength (LWL); Extended Long-Wavelength (ELWL); distance depends on fiber optic cable and port speed. Supports SFP+ (8 and 16 Gbps) optical transceivers.
USB	One USB port for system log file downloads or firmware upgrades
Fabric services Note: Some fabric services do not apply or are unavailable in Brocade Access Gateway mode	Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring (including Top Talkers for E_Ports, F_Ports, and Fabric mode); Brocade Adaptive Networking (Ingress Rate Limiting, Traffic Isolation, QoS); Bottleneck Detection; Brocade Advanced Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast zoning); Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Brocade Extended Fabrics; Enhanced BB credit recovery; Brocade Fabric Watch; FDMI; Frame Redirection; Frame-based Trunking; FSPF; IPoFC; Brocade ISL Trunking; Management Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Fencing; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Server Application Optimization (SAO); Simple Name Server (SNS)
Extension	Fibre Channel, in-flight compression (Brocade LZO) and encryption (AES-GCM-256); integrated 10 Gbps Fibre Channel for DWDM MAN connectivity
Management
Supported management software	HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; Auditing, Syslog; Brocade Advanced Web Tools, Advanced Performance Monitoring, Brocade Fabric Watch; Brocade Network Advisor SAN Enterprise or Brocade Network Advisor SAN Professional/Professional Plus; Command Line Interface (CLI); SMI-S compliant; Administrative Domains; trial licenses for add-on capabilities
Security	DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), FCAP switch authentication; FIPS 140-2 L2-compliant, HTTPS, IPsec, IP filtering, LDAP with IPv6, Port Binding, RADIUS, User-defined Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure Copy (SCP), Secure RPC, SFTP, SSH v2, SSL, Switch Binding, Trusted Switch
Management access	10/100 Mbps Ethernet (RJ-45), in-band over Fibre Channel, serial port (RJ-45), and one USB port
Diagnostics	D_Port offline diagnostics, including electrical/optical loopback, link traffic/latency/distance; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), frame viewer, non-disruptive daemon restart, port mirroring, optics health monitoring, power monitoring, RAStrace logging, and Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD)
Mechanical
Enclosure	Back-to-front airflow (port-side exhaust); power from back, 1U
Size	Width: 437.64 mm (17.23 in.) Height: 43.18 mm (1.7 in.)) Depth: 443.23 mm (17.45 in.)
System weight	7.82 kg (17.25 lb) with one power supply, without transceivers 9.16 kg (20.19 lb) with two power supply FRUs, without transceivers
Environment
Operating environment	Temperature: 0°C to 40°C/32°F to 104°F Humidity: 10% to 85% (non-condensing)
Non-operating environment	Temperature: –25°C to 70°C/–13°F to 158°F Humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing)
Operating altitude	Up to 3000 m (9843 ft)
Storage altitude	Up to 12 km (39,370 ft)
Shock	Operating: Up to 20 G, 6 ms half-sine Non-operating: Half sine, 33 G 11 ms, 3/eg axis
Vibration	Operating: 0.5 g sine, 0.4 grms random, 5 Hz to 500 Hz Non-operating: 2.0 g sine, 1.1 grms random, 5 Hz to 500 Hz
Heat dissipation	24 ports at 338 BTU/hr
Power
Power supply	Base switch includes a single, hot-swappable power supply with integrated system cooling fans. Optional dual redundant hot-swappable power supply.
AC input	85 V to 264 V ~5 A to 2.5 A
Input line frequency	47 Hz to 63 Hz
Power consumption	80 watts with all 24 ports populated with 16 Gbps SWL optics 60 watts for empty chassis with no optics

Guarantee

All Spectra
provided Brocade Switches are put through a rigorous refurbishment, reconditioning and testing process.
We guarantee our products to be:

• Original equipment manufactured and serial numbered numbered by Brocade
• Configured to exact user specifications
• Fully refurbished to manufacturers standards of new [ETN]
• All hard drives are 72 hour burn in/Load Tested
• Complete with manufacturers ship group
• Provided with 90 day warranty
• Shipped in a timely manner

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