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HIGHLIGHTS
•Provides exceptional price/performance
value,combiningexibility,simplicity,and
enterprise-classfunctionalityina24-port,
1Uentry-levelswitch
•Enablesfast,easy,andcost-effective
scalingfrom12to24portsusingPorts
on Demand (PoD) capabilities
•Maximizesresiliencywithnon-disruptive
software upgrades and an optional
redundantpowersupply
•SimpliesdeploymentwiththeBrocade
EZSwitchSetupwizard
• Streamlinesdeploymentandtroubleshooting
timewithdynamicfabricprovisioning,critical
monitoring, and advanced diagnostic features
•SimpliesserverconnectivityandSAN
scalabilitybyofferingdualfunctionality
aseitherafull-fabricSANswitchoran
NPIV-enabledBrocadeAccessGateway
•Simpliesandcentralizesmanagement
throughBrocadeNetworkAdvisor,reducing
operationalcostsandcomplexity
Flexible, Easy-to-Use
Entry-Level SAN Switch
for Private Cloud Storage
entry-levelswitch.Designedtoenable
maximumexibilityandreliability,the
Brocade6505iscongurablein12or
24portsandsupports2,4,8,or16Gbps
speedsinanefcientlydesigned1U
package.Itcomesstandardwithasingle
powersupplywithintegratedfans.Asecond,
optionalpowersupplyprovidesadditional
redundancyforincreasedresiliency.
Asimplieddeploymentprocessanda
point-and-clickuserinterfacemakethe
Brocade6505bothpowerfulandeasy
touse.Moreover,theBrocade6505
offerslow-costaccesstoindustry-leading
StorageAreaNetwork(SAN)technology
whileproviding“pay-as-you-grow”
scalabilitytomeettheneedsofan
evolving storage environment.
BROCADE
6505
SWITCH
Tokeeppacewithgrowingbusiness
demands, data centers are transitioning to
highlyvirtualized,privatecloudstorage
environments.Thisapproachenables
organizationstoconsolidateandsimplify
theirITresources,resultinginincreased
businessagilityandlowercapitaland
operatingexpenses.Butvirtualizationisnot
withoutitschallenges.Datacentersmust
keepupwiththeexplosivedatagrowth
anddynamicchangesdrivenbyvirtualized
workloads.Selectingtherightnetwork
iskeytorealizingthefullbenetsofthese
cloud-basedarchitectures.
TheBrocade
®
6505Switchprovides
exceptional price/performance value,
combiningexibility,simplicity,and
enterprise-classfunctionalityinan
DATA CENTER
TheBrocadeOne
strategyhelps
simplifynetworkinginfrastructures
throughinnovativetechnologiesand
solutions.TheBrocade6505Switch
supportsthisstrategybydelivering
price/performancevaluewithina
exible,cost-effective,andeasy-to-use
1U form factor.
EXCEPTIONAL PRICE/PERFORMANCE
FOR GROWING SAN WORKLOADS
TheBrocade6505combinesmarket-leading
throughputwithanaffordableswitchform
factor,makingitidealforgrowingSAN
workloads.The24portsproducean
aggregate384Gbpsfull-duplexthroughput;
anyeightportscanbetrunkedfor128Gbps
Inter-SwitchLinks(ISLs).Exchange-based
DynamicPathSelection(DPS)optimizes
fabric-wide performance and load balancing
byautomaticallyroutingdatatothemost
efcientandavailablepathinthefabric
(seeFigure1).ItaugmentsBrocadeISL
Trunkingtoprovidemoreeffectiveload
balancingincertaincongurations.
Inaddition,theBrocade6505providesalow
TotalCostofOwnership(TCO)thankstoa
12-portbaseconguration,easyadministration,
1Ufootprint,andlow-energyconsumption—
0.22wattsperGbpsand3.3wattsperport.
Enterprise-classcapabilitiescombinedwith
alowTCOyield40percenthigherperformance
comparedto10GigabitEthernet(GbE)
alternatives at a similar cost.
INDUSTRY-LEADING TECHNOLOGY
THAT IS FLEXIBLE, SIMPLE, AND
EASY TO USE
TheBrocade6505deliversindustry-leading
SANtechnologywithinaexible,simple,and
easy-to-usesolution.Thebaseconguration
includes12ports,withupto24portson
demand.Inadditiontoprovidingbest-in-class
scalability,theBrocade6505iseasyto
deploywiththeBrocadeEZSwitchSetup
wizardandthenew“D_Port”feature,which
simpliessetup.
A BUILDING BLOCK FOR VIRTUALIZED,
PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGE
TheBrocade6505providesacritical
buildingblockfortoday’shighlyvirtualized,
privatecloudstorageenvironments.It
simpliesservervirtualizationandVirtual
DesktopInfrastructure(VDI)management
whilemeetingthehigh-throughputdemands
ofSolidStateDisks(SSDs).TheBrocade6505
alsosupportsmulti-tenancyincloud
environmentsthroughQualityofService(QoS)
and fabric-based zoning features.
BROCADE ACCESS GATEWAY MODE
TheBrocade6505canbedeployedasa
full-fabricswitchorasaBrocadeAccess
Gateway,whichsimpliesfabrictopologies
andheterogeneousfabricconnectivity
(thedefaultmodesettingisaswitch).
AccessGatewaymodeutilizesN_PortID
Virtualization(NPIV)switchstandardsto
presentphysicalandvirtualserversdirectly
tothecoreofSANfabrics.Thismakes
AccessGatewaytransparenttotheSAN
fabric,greatlyreducingmanagementofthe
networkedge.TheBrocade6505inAccess
Gatewaymode
*
can connect servers to
NPIV-enabledBrocadeB-Series,Brocade
M-Series,andotherSANfabrics.
OrganizationscaneasilyenableAccessGateway
modeviaBrocadeNetworkAdvisororaCLI.
KeybenetsofAccessGatewaymodeinclude:
• Improvedscalabilityforlargeorrapidlygrowing
server and virtual server environments
•Reducedmanagementofthenetwork
edge,sinceAccessGatewaydoesnot
haveadomainidentityandappears
transparenttothecorefabric
•SupportforheterogeneousSAN
congurationswithoutreduced
functionalityforserverconnectivity
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 Gbps
9 Gbps
6 Gbps
2 Gbps
10.5 Gbps
...n Gbps
...n Gbps
8.5 Gbps
4.5 Gbps
9 Gbps
6 Gbps
2 Gbps
10.5 Gbps
ACCELERATING FABRIC
DEPLOYMENT WITH
DIAGNOSTIC PORTS
DiagnosticPorts(D_Ports)areanew
porttypethatenablesadministrators
toquicklyidentifyandisolateoptics
and cable problems, reducing fabric
deploymentanddiagnostictimes.
OrganizationsalsocanuseD_Portsto
runavarietyofteststhroughBrocade
NetworkAdvisororCommandLine
Interface(CLI)totestports,Small
Form-Factor Pluggables (SFPs), and
cablesforfaults,latency,anddistance.
SIMPLIFYING SERVER
DEPLOYMENT WITH DYNAMIC
FABRIC PROVISIONING
DynamicFabricProvisioning(DFP)
allows organizations to eliminate fabric
recongurationwhenaddingorreplacing
serversthroughthevirtualizationofhost
WorldWideNames(WWNs).Italso
reducesoreliminatestheneedtomodify
zoningorLogicalUnitNumber(LUN)
masking.Inaddition,DFPenables
pre-provisioningofvirtualWWNs,helping
organizations eliminate time-consuming
stepswhendeployingnewequipment
ormovingdeviceswithinaswitch.
Figure 1.
DynamicPathSelection(DPS)augments
BrocadeISLTrunkingtoroutedata
efcientlybetweenmultipletrunkgroups.
* Access Gateway mode for the Brocade 6505
is supported only in 24-port congurations.
System Architecture
FibreChannelports Switchmode(default):12-and24-port
congurations(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
Certiedmaximum 6000activenodes;56switches,19hopsin
BrocadeFabricOS
®
fabrics;31switches,three
hopsinBrocadeM-EOSfabrics;largerfabrics
certied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congured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)
BROCADE 6505 SPECIFICATIONS
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trafc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beropticcableand
portspeed.SupportsSFP+(8and16Gbps)
optical transceivers.
USB OneUSBportforsystemlogledownloadsor
rmware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,Trafc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Notication(RSCN);Reliable
CommitService(RCS);ServerApplication
Optimization(SAO);SimpleNameServer(SNS)
ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES
IN AN ENTRY-LEVEL SWITCH
TheBrocade6505featuresadvanced
monitoring,diagnostics,RAS,and
redundancycapabilitiesinanentry-level
switchtomaximizeavailability,optimize
performance,andsimplifyadministration.
Theseenterprise-classfeaturesinclude:
•Criticaldiagnosticandmonitoring
capabilitiestohelpensureearlyproblem
detectionandrecovery
•Non-intrusiveandnon-disruptive
monitoringoneveryporttoprovidea
comprehensiveend-to-endviewofthe
entire fabric
•ForwardErrorCorrection(FEC)torecover
frombiterrorsinISLs,enhancing
transmissionreliabilityandperformance
• Additional buffers to overcome performance
degradation and congestion due to buffer
credit loss
•Real-timebandwidthconsumptionby
hosts/applicationsonISLstoeasilyidentify
hotspotsandpotentialnetworkcongestion
•Anoptionalsecondpowersupplyto
enabledualpowerredundancy,
enhancingavailability
BROCADE GLOBAL SERVICES
BrocadeGlobalServiceshastheexpertise
tohelporganizationsbuildscalable,
efcientcloudinfrastructures.Leveraging
15yearsofexpertiseinstorage,networking,
andvirtualization,BrocadeGlobalServices
delivers world-class professional services,
technicalsupport,networkmonitoring
services, and education, enabling
organizationstomaximizetheirBrocade
investments,acceleratenewtechnology
deployments,andoptimizetheperformance
ofnetworkinginfrastructures.
MAXIMIZING INVESTMENTS
Tohelpoptimizetechnologyinvestments,
Brocadeanditspartnersoffercomplete
solutionsthatincludeprofessionalservices,
technicalsupport,andeducation.Formore
information,contactaBrocadesales
partner or visit www.brocade.com.
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concerninganyequipment,equipmentfeature,orserviceofferedortobeofferedbyBrocade.Brocadereservesthe
righttomakechangestothisdocumentatanytime,withoutnotice,andassumesnoresponsibilityforitsuse.This
informationaldocumentdescribesfeaturesthatmaynotbecurrentlyavailable.ContactaBrocadesalesofcefor
informationonfeatureandproductavailability.Exportoftechnicaldatacontainedinthisdocumentmayrequirean
exportlicensefromtheUnitedStatesgovernment.
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ltering,LDAP
withIPv6,PortBinding,RADIUS,User-dened
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ofinediagnostics,includingelectrical/
opticalloopback,linktrafc/latency/distance;
POSTandembeddedonline/ofine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airow(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
Corporate Headquarters
SanJose,CAUSA
T:+1-408-333-8000
info@brocade.com
European Headquarters
Geneva,Switzerland
T:+41-22-799-56-40
emea-info@brocade.com
Asia Pacic Headquarters
Singapore
T:+65-6538-4700
apac-info@brocade.com
ForinformationaboutsupportedSANstandards,
visit www.brocade.com/sanstandards.
Forinformationaboutswitchanddeviceinteroperability,
visit www.brocade.com/interoperability.
Forinformationabouthardwareregulatorycompliance,
visit www.brocade.com/regulatorycompliance.
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