Brocade 6520 BR-6520-48-8G-R 데이터 시트
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BR-6520-48-8G-R
scalability, reliability, and 16 Gbps
performance in a flexible, easy-to-deploy
enterprise-class switch, enabling greater
data center consolidation, operational
efficiency, and business continuity. In addition
to increased throughput, it helps improve
bandwidth utilization, security, and network
visibility and management through in-flight
data compression and encryption and
advanced diagnostics. It’s an ideal switch
for bandwidth-intensive workloads, evolving
virtualized data centers, and private
cloud architectures.
performance in a flexible, easy-to-deploy
enterprise-class switch, enabling greater
data center consolidation, operational
efficiency, and business continuity. In addition
to increased throughput, it helps improve
bandwidth utilization, security, and network
visibility and management through in-flight
data compression and encryption and
advanced diagnostics. It’s an ideal switch
for bandwidth-intensive workloads, evolving
virtualized data centers, and private
cloud architectures.
EXCEPTIONAL SCALABILITY FOR
DEMANDING WORKLOADS AND
DATA CENTER CONSOLIDATION
The Brocade 6520 features 96 Fibre Channel
ports in a 2U form factor, delivering
industry-leading port density and space
utilization for data center consolidation.
Designed for maximum flexibility, this
enterprise-class switch offers “pay-as-you-
grow” scalability with Ports on Demand (PoD).
Organizations can quickly, easily, and
cost-effectively scale from 48 to 96 ports in
24-port increments, each supporting 2, 4,
8, 10, or 16 Gbps. In addition, flexible,
high-speed 16 Gbps and 8 Gbps optics allow
organizations to deploy bandwidth on demand
to meet growing data center needs. For
maximum flexibility, the switch also features
dual-direction airflow options to support the
latest hot aisle/cold aisle configurations.
ports in a 2U form factor, delivering
industry-leading port density and space
utilization for data center consolidation.
Designed for maximum flexibility, this
enterprise-class switch offers “pay-as-you-
grow” scalability with Ports on Demand (PoD).
Organizations can quickly, easily, and
cost-effectively scale from 48 to 96 ports in
24-port increments, each supporting 2, 4,
8, 10, or 16 Gbps. In addition, flexible,
high-speed 16 Gbps and 8 Gbps optics allow
organizations to deploy bandwidth on demand
to meet growing data center needs. For
maximum flexibility, the switch also features
dual-direction airflow options to support the
latest hot aisle/cold aisle configurations.
INDUSTRY-LEADING PERFORMANCE
FOR GROWING WORKLOADS
The Brocade 6520 delivers exceptional
performance for growing and dynamic
workloads through a combination of
market-leading throughput and bandwidth
utilization. With the unpredictability of
virtualized workloads and cloud services,
throughput becomes critical to ensuring that
the network does not become the bottleneck.
With 96 ports, the Brocade 6520 provides
an aggregate 1536 Gbps full-duplex
throughput. Up to eight ISLs can be combined
together in a 128 Gbps framed-based trunk.
In addition, exchange-based Dynamic Path
performance for growing and dynamic
workloads through a combination of
market-leading throughput and bandwidth
utilization. With the unpredictability of
virtualized workloads and cloud services,
throughput becomes critical to ensuring that
the network does not become the bottleneck.
With 96 ports, the Brocade 6520 provides
an aggregate 1536 Gbps full-duplex
throughput. Up to eight ISLs can be combined
together in a 128 Gbps framed-based trunk.
In addition, exchange-based Dynamic Path
Selection (DPS) optimizes fabric-wide
performance and load balancing by
automatically routing data to the most
efficient, available path in the fabric (see
Figure 1). This augments Brocade ISL
Trunking to provide more effective load
balancing in certain configurations.
Moreover, the enterprise-class capabilities
of this switch yield 40 percent higher
performance compared to 10 Gigabit
Ethernet (GbE) alternatives at a similar cost.
performance and load balancing by
automatically routing data to the most
efficient, available path in the fabric (see
Figure 1). This augments Brocade ISL
Trunking to provide more effective load
balancing in certain configurations.
Moreover, the enterprise-class capabilities
of this switch yield 40 percent higher
performance compared to 10 Gigabit
Ethernet (GbE) alternatives at a similar cost.
SIMPLIFIED MANAGEMENT AND
ROBUST NETWORK ANALYTICS
Brocade Fabric Vision technology provides
a breakthrough hardware and software
solution that helps simplify monitoring,
maximize network availability, and
dramatically reduce costs. Featuring
innovative monitoring, management,
and diagnostic capabilities, Fabric Vision
technology enables administrators to avoid
problems before they impact operations,
helping their organizations meet Service
Level Agreements (SLAs). Fabric Vision
technology includes:
a breakthrough hardware and software
solution that helps simplify monitoring,
maximize network availability, and
dramatically reduce costs. Featuring
innovative monitoring, management,
and diagnostic capabilities, Fabric Vision
technology enables administrators to avoid
problems before they impact operations,
helping their organizations meet Service
Level Agreements (SLAs). Fabric Vision
technology includes:
• Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite
(MAPS):
Provides a pre-built, policy-
based threshold monitoring and alerting
tool that simplifies fabric-wide threshold
configuration and actions. Administrators
can configure multiple fabrics at one
time using pre-defined or customized
rules and policies for specific ports or
switch elements.
tool that simplifies fabric-wide threshold
configuration and actions. Administrators
can configure multiple fabrics at one
time using pre-defined or customized
rules and policies for specific ports or
switch elements.
• Fabric Performance Impact (FPI)
Monitoring:
Uses pre-defined thresholds
and alerts in conjunction with MAPS
to automatically detect and alert
administrators to severe levels of latency
and identifies slow drain devices that
might impact the network. This feature
uses advanced monitoring capabilities
and intuitive MAPS dashboard reporting
to indicate various latency severity
levels, pinpointing exactly which
devices are causing or impacted by
a bottlenecked port.
to automatically detect and alert
administrators to severe levels of latency
and identifies slow drain devices that
might impact the network. This feature
uses advanced monitoring capabilities
and intuitive MAPS dashboard reporting
to indicate various latency severity
levels, pinpointing exactly which
devices are causing or impacted by
a bottlenecked port.
Brocade Fabric Vision Technology
Brocade Fabric Vision technology, an
extension of Gen 5 Fibre Channel,
provides unprecedented insight and
visibility across the storage network
with powerful built-in monitoring,
management, and diagnostic tools that
enable organizations to:
extension of Gen 5 Fibre Channel,
provides unprecedented insight and
visibility across the storage network
with powerful built-in monitoring,
management, and diagnostic tools that
enable organizations to:
• Simplify monitoring:
– Deploy 15 years of SAN best
practices in one click to simplify
the deployment of monitoring with
pre-defined, threshold-based rules,
actions, and policies
– Instantly identify latency and
congestion issues in the fabric
through increased instrumentation
and granularity
– Gain comprehensive visibility into
network health and performance
using browser-accessible dashboards
with drill-down capabilities
with drill-down capabilities
• Increase availability:
– Avoid 50 percent of common
network problems with proactive
monitoring and advanced diagnostic
tools that address problems before
they impact operations
– Identify hot spots and network
problems before they impact
application performance through
intuitive reporting and trend analysis
– Minimize downtime and accelerate
troubleshooting with live monitoring,
integrated diagnostics, and point-in-
time playback
time playback
• Dramatically reduce costs:
– Eliminate nearly 50 percent
of maintenance costs through
automated testing and diagnostic
tools that validate the health,
reliability, and performance of the
network prior to deployment
– Save up to millions of dollars on
CapEx costs by eliminating the
need for expensive third-party
tools through built-in monitoring
and diagnostics
– Leverage specialized tools for
pre-testing and validating IT
infrastructure to accelerate
deployment, simplify support,
and reduce operational costs