DELL Brocade 6505 210-40310 Data Sheet

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)

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 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 

 

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)

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

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