Техническая Спецификация для Brocade 6505 BR-6505-12-0R

System Architecture

Fibre Channel ports

Switch mode (default): 12- and 24-port 

configurations (12-port increment through 

Ports on Demand [PoD] license); E, F, M, D 

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; larger fabrics 

certified as required

Performance

Fibre Channel: 2.125 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 

4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 8.5 Gbps line 

speed, full duplex; 14.025 Gbps line speed,  

full duplex; 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.

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)

Port types

D_Port (ClearLink Diagnostic Port), E_Port, 

F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port); optional port  

type control
Brocade Access Gateway mode: F_Port and 

NPIV-enabled N_Port

BROCADE 6505 SPECIFICATIONS

Data traffic types

Fabric switches supporting unicast

Media types

16 Gbps: Brocade 6505 requires Brocade 

hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 16 Gbps 

SWL, LWL, ELWL
8 Gbps: Brocade 6505 requires Brocade hot-

pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL, 

LWL, ELWL
Fibre Channel distance subject to fiber-optic 

cable and port speed 

USB

One USB port for system log file downloads or 

firmware upgrades

Fabric services 

 

Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS); 

Flow Vision; 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)