Ultra Fast Scalable Commercial Network Switch , Brocade M6505 Fibre Channel Switch

Brocade M6505 Fibre Channel Switch

Brocade M6505
Ultra-fast, scalable Fibre Channel connectivity

Enables end-to-end 16 Gbps ultrafast Fibre Channel bandwidth across servers, storage and SAN networking devices with the Brocade M6505 Fibre Channel blade server.

Use fewer cables for a smoother, faster, simpler structure that increases consolidation levels while reducing network complexity and cost.
Control the explosive growth of physical and virtual servers with on-demand purchases and progressively scalable scalability. Now only buy the blade switches you need, and buy more blade switches as needed later.
Meet the I/O needs of enterprise-class storage.
Maximize performance and protect SAN and server investments with flexible 16/8/4 Gbps speed options and scalable growth.
Protect SAN and server investments with flexible speed options and scalable growth.
Equipped with up to four switches per chassis, it provides complete redundancy to help ensure uptime.

Simplified, flexible deployment

Deploy the M6505 as a Brocade Access Gateway or an all-fiber switch.

Access Gateway mode uses the N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) switch standard to expose physical and virtual servers directly to the SAN fabric core. This makes the access gateway transparent to the SAN structure, which can greatly reduce the management of the network edge. In Access Gateway mode, the Brocade M6505 can connect servers to the NPIV-enabled Brocade B-Series, Brocade M-Series, and other SAN fabrics.
Dynamic on-demand add-on ports (PODs) provide a flexible mechanism for you to assign purchased port licenses to extend the basic functionality of Brocade switches. These additional ports are enabled when the appropriate license key is installed. The Dynamic POD feature assigns a port license based on your connection options. Any port on the switch can get a freely allocated license from the pool of available POD licenses.
Brocade M6505
Easy integration and control

The Brocade M6505 is ideal for today's data centers that have limited space but require higher density and optimized control.

Zero Space Occupancy Design: The Brocade M6505 is designed with a hot-swappable blade server that can be integrated into your existing chassis without the need for additional space or the cooling, power, and cabling requirements of traditional external switches.
Consolidated I/O: Integrates I/O from all blade servers in up to eight shared switch ports.
Easy control: The centralized user interface allows you to manage different structures with a simple point-and-click operation.
Fast Troubleshooting: The Diagnostic Port (D-Port) allows you to quickly discover and isolate fiber and cable problems.

Technical Parameters

Fibre Channel port
Switching mode: 12-port and 24-port configurations (adding 12 ports by adding port [PoD] licenses as needed), general purpose (E, F, M, D) ports
Scalability
Full-architecture architecture with up to 239 switches
Standard maximum support number
6000 active nodes; 56 switches in the Brocade Fabric OS® fabric with 19 hops; 31 switches in the Brocade M-EOS architecture with three hops; larger structures can be certified as needed
Interoperability
Brocade 3XXX, 4XXX, 5XXX, and 6XXX switches; Brocade DCX® and Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones access gateway modes support Brocade, McDATA, and Cisco fabrics
performance
Automatically sense port speeds of 2, 4, 8, and 16 Gbps
ISL relay
Each ISL port aggregates up to eight 16 Gbps ports; each ISL port aggregates up to 128 Gbps. You can configure an unlimited number of port aggregation groups on the switch.
Aggregate bandwidth
384 Gbps end-to-end (full duplex)
Fiber network delay
The local switch port has a latency of 700 nanoseconds; the forward error correction (FEC) between E_Port (which is enabled by default) adds 400 nanoseconds
Maximum frame size
Maximum frame size: 2112 bytes payload
Service type
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frame)
Port type
Increase port from 12 to 24 using the On Demand Add Port (PoD) feature
Data traffic type
Uniform structural switch
Media type
Requires Brocade hot swap, small form factor pluggable (SFP+), LC connectors; short wave (SWL), long wave (LWL); extended long wave (ELWL); distance depends on fiber optic cable and port speed. Support for SFP+ (8 and 16 Gbps) fiber optic transceivers.
Structural service
Brocade advanced performance monitoring (including E_Port, F_Port, and fiber mode maximum usage); Brocade adaptive network (ingress rate limiting, traffic isolation, QoS); bottleneck detection; Brocade advanced partition (default partition, port/WWN partition, and broadcast partition) Dynamic Structure Configuration (DFP); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Brocade Extended Structure; Enhanced BB Credit Recovery; Brocade Structure View; FDMI; Frame Redirection; Frame-Based Port Aggregation; FSPF; IPoFC; Brocade ISL Port Aggregation Management Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Protection; Registration Status Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Submission Service (RCS); Server Application Optimization (SAO); Simple Name Server (SNS)
Option
SFP media, on-demand port (12-port upgrade) Enterprise Performance Pack: ISL port aggregation, adaptive networking, advanced performance monitoring, fabric viewing, and extended fabric
management
HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; audit, system log; Brocade advanced web tools, advanced performance monitoring, Brocade fabric viewing; Brocade Network Advisor SAN Enterprise or Brocade Network Advisor SAN Professional/Professional Plus; Command Line Interface (CLI); SMI-S compliant; Administrative Domain; Trial License for Additional Features
diagnosis
D_Port offline diagnostics, including electronic/fiberback and link traffic/delay/distance; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC route tracking), frame viewer, non-disruptive daemon Restart, port mirroring, fiber health monitoring, power monitoring, RAStrace logging, and rolling restart detection (RRD)
Chassis contains items
272.75 x 272.75 x 307.24 mm (10.74 x 10.74 x 12.09 inches)
working environment
Operating temperature: 0 °C to 40 °C (32 °F to 104 °F)
Non-operating temperature: -20 °C to 70 °C (-4 °F to 158 °F)
Working elevation: up to 3,048 meters (10,000 feet)
Storage altitude: up to 10.668 km (35,000 ft)
Working relative humidity: 10% to 90% (no condensation)
Non-operating relative humidity: 5 % to 95 % (no condensation)
Power option 1
DC input 12 V and 3.3 V FOM chassis
Power consumption 30 W to 40 W