Dell 6505 Datasheet

Brand: Dell

Model: 6505

Category: Network switches

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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

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

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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Otherbrands,products,orservicenamesmentionedmaybetrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.

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concerninganyequipment,equipmentfeature,orserviceofferedortobeofferedbyBrocade.Brocadereservesthe

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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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Model: 6505

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