DELL Brocade 6520 210-AAOC Data Sheet
Product codes
210-AAOC
DATA CENTER
DATA SHEET
www.brocade.com
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
private cloud storage and data center
consolidation
• Enables “pay-as-you-grow” flexibility from
48 to 96 ports using Ports on Demand (PoD)
capabilities with speeds up to 16 Gbps
capabilities with speeds up to 16 Gbps
• Provides up to eight in-flight encryption
and compression ports, delivering data
center-to-data center security and
bandwidth savings
center-to-data center security and
bandwidth savings
• Optimizes link and bandwidth utilization
with Brocade ISL Trunking and Dynamic
Path Selection (DPS)
Path Selection (DPS)
• Helps maximize application uptime and
performance while reducing overall
operational expenses with D_Ports
operational expenses with D_Ports
• Accelerates deployment and troubleshooting
with Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP),
monitoring, and advanced diagnostics
monitoring, and advanced diagnostics
• Simplifies and centralizes management
through Brocade Network Advisor,
reducing operational costs and complexity
reducing operational costs and complexity
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.
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.
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 (16 Gbps) technology and
capabilities. The Brocade 6520 is a
high-density, purpose-built, foundational
building block for large and growing Storage
Area Network (SAN) infrastructures.
demands of growing, dynamic workloads
and private cloud storage environments
by delivering market-leading Gen 5 Fibre
Channel (16 Gbps) technology and
capabilities. The Brocade 6520 is a
high-density, purpose-built, foundational
building block for large and growing Storage
Area Network (SAN) infrastructures.
Gen 5 Fibre Channel (16 Gbps) is the
purpose-built, data center-proven
network infrastructure for storage,
delivering unmatched performance,
reliability, and simplicity. The Brocade
6520 with Gen 5 Fibre Channel unleashes
the full potential of high-density server
virtualization, cloud architectures, and
next-generation storage.
purpose-built, data center-proven
network infrastructure for storage,
delivering unmatched performance,
reliability, and simplicity. The Brocade
6520 with Gen 5 Fibre Channel unleashes
the full potential of high-density server
virtualization, cloud architectures, and
next-generation storage.