DELL Brocade 6510 210-ACCR Data Sheet

Systems Architecture

Fibre Channel ports

Switch mode (default): 24-, 36-, and 48-port 

configurations (12-port increments through 

Ports on Demand [PoD] licenses);  

universal (E, F, M, D, EX) ports
Brocade Access Gateway default port 

mapping: 40 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; 

10 Gbps and optionally programmable to fixed 

port speed.

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 Fabric OS. 

There is no limit to how many trunk groups 

can be configured in the switch.

Aggregate bandwidth

768 Gbps end-to-end full duplex

Maximum fabric latency

Latency for locally switched ports is 700 ns; 

encryption/compression is 5.5 µsec per node; 

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)

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

BROCADE 6510 SPECIFICATIONS

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+ (2, 4, 8, 10, 16 Gbps) optical 

transceivers.

USB

One USB port for system log file downloads or 

firmware upgrades

Fabric services 

 

Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring 

(APM) (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); Extended Fabrics; Enhanced BB credit 

recovery; Brocade Fabric Watch; FDMI; Frame 

Redirection; Frame-based Trunking; FSPF; 

Integrated Routing; IPoFC; 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); Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, 

Logical Fabric)

Extension

Fibre Channel, in-flight compression  

(Brocade LZO) and encryption (AES-GCM-256); 

integrated 10 Gbps Fibre Channel for DWDM 

MAN connectivity

FICON

FICON

®

 cascading; support for lossless DLS; 

FICON CUP

to the core of SAN fabrics. This makes it 
transparent to the SAN fabric, greatly 
reducing management of the network edge. 
The Brocade 6510 in Access Gateway mode

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can connect servers to NPIV-enabled 
Brocade B-Series, Brocade M-Series, or 
other SAN fabrics.

Organizations can easily enable Access 
Gateway mode via Brocade Network Advisor 
or a CLI. Key benefits 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 

configurations without reduced 
functionality for server connectivity

BROCADE GLOBAL SERVICES

Brocade Global Services delivers world-class 
professional services and technical support to 
enable the transition to virtualized data centers 
and cloud-optimized architectures. Brocade 
Professional Services offers assessment, 
design, and implementation services to help 
organizations optimize their SAN architectures 
in cloud-optimized data centers. Brocade 
Premier Support and onsite residencies 
help organizations maximize availability of 
mission-critical data in SAN environments 
through personalized, preferential, and 
proactive technical support.

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.