Brocade 6520 BR-6520-48-8G-R Data Sheet

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BR-6520-48-8G-R
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DATA SHEET
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BROCADE 
6520
SWITCH 
HIGHLIGHTS
• Provides high scalability in an ultra- 
dense 96-port switch to support highly 
virtualized, private cloud storage and  
data center consolidation
• Enables “pay-as-you-grow” flexibility from 
48 to 96 ports with speeds up to 16 Gbps 
• Leverages Brocade Fabric Vision 
technology’s powerful monitoring, 
management, and diagnostic tools to 
simplify administration, increase  
uptime, and reduce costs
• Helps pinpoint problems faster  
and simplify SAN configuration  
and management with Brocade  
Network Advisor
• Simplifies deployment with the Brocade 
EZSwitchSetup wizard and supports 
high-performance fabrics by using 
Brocade ClearLink D_Ports to identify 
optic and cable issues 
• Provides up to eight in-flight encryption 
and compression ports, delivering data 
center-to-data center security and 
bandwidth savings 
Scalable Enterprise-Class  
SAN Switch for Highly Virtualized, 
Cloud Environments 
To meet dynamic and growing business 
demands, data centers are evolving into 
highly virtualized environments and cloud-
based architectures. This approach enables 
organizations to consolidate and simplify 
their IT resources, resulting in increased 
business agility and lower capital and 
operating expenses. However, enterprise 
data centers must keep pace with the 
changes driven by increasingly virtualized 
workloads and storage resources. Selecting 
the right network is therefore key to realizing 
the full benefits of these cloud-based 
architectures. By treating the network 
as a strategic part of a highly virtualized 
environment, organizations can increase 
optimization and efficiency even as they 
rapidly scale their environments.
Today, Brocade
®
 Fibre Channel switches 
are the de facto storage networking 
standard for mission-critical workloads 
and highly virtualized environments. Based 
on years of successful deployment in 
enterprise data centers around the globe, 
Brocade Fibre Channel SANs provide highly 
resilient, scalable, and simplified network 
infrastructure for storage.
The Brocade 6520 Switch meets the 
demands of growing, dynamic workloads 
and private cloud storage environments  
by delivering market-leading Gen 5 Fibre 
Channel technology and capabilities. The 
Brocade 6520 is a high-density, purpose-
built, foundational building block for large 
and growing Storage Area Network (SAN) 
infrastructures. It provides industry-leading 
Gen 5 Fibre Channel is the purpose-built 
network infrastructure for storage, 
delivering unmatched reliability and  
16 Gbps performance. The Brocade 
6520 with Gen 5 Fibre Channel and 
Brocade Fabric Vision technology 
unleashes the full potential of server 
virtualization, cloud architectures, and 
next-generation storage.