DATA SHEET

BROCADE

6505

SWITCH

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DATA CENTER

HIGHLIGHTS

• Provides exceptional price/performance value, combining flexibility, simplicity, and enterprise-class functionality in a 24-port,

1U entry-level switch

• Enables fast, easy, and cost-effective scaling from 12 to 24 ports using Ports on Demand (PoD) capabilities

• Maximizes resiliency with non-disruptive software upgrades and an optional redundant power supply

• Simplifies deployment with the Brocade

EZSwitchSetup wizard

• Streamlines deployment and troubleshooting time with dynamic fabric provisioning, critical monitoring, and advanced diagnostic features

• Simplifies server connectivity and SAN scalability by offering dual functionality as either a full-fabric SAN switch or an

NPIV-enabled Brocade Access Gateway

• Simplifies and centralizes management through Brocade Network Advisor, reducing operational costs and complexity

Flexible, Easy-to-Use

Entry-Level SAN Switch for Private Cloud Storage

To keep pace with growing business demands, data centers are transitioning to highly virtualized, private cloud storage environments. This approach enables organizations to consolidate and simplify their IT resources, resulting in increased business agility and lower capital and operating expenses. But virtualization is not without its challenges. Data centers must keep up with the explosive data growth and dynamic changes driven by virtualized workloads. Selecting the right network is key to realizing the full benefits of these cloud-based architectures.

The Brocade ® 6505 Switch provides exceptional price/performance value, combining flexibility, simplicity, and enterprise-class functionality in an entry-level switch. Designed to enable maximum flexibility and reliability, the

Brocade 6505 is configurable in 12 or

24 ports and supports 2, 4, 8, or 16 Gbps speeds in an efficiently designed 1U package. It comes standard with a single power supply with integrated fans. A second, optional power supply provides additional redundancy for increased resiliency.

A simplified deployment process and a point-and-click user interface make the

Brocade 6505 both powerful and easy to use. Moreover, the Brocade 6505 offers low-cost access to industry-leading

Storage Area Network (SAN) technology while providing “pay-as-you-grow” scalability to meet the needs of an evolving storage environment.

The Brocade One ™ strategy helps simplify networking infrastructures through innovative technologies and solutions. The Brocade 6505 Switch supports this strategy by delivering price/performance value within a flexible, cost-effective, and easy-to-use

1U form factor.

ACCELERATING FABRIC

DEPLOYMENT WITH

DIAGNOSTIC PORTS

Diagnostic Ports (D_Ports) are a new port type that enables administrators to quickly identify and isolate optics and cable problems, reducing fabric deployment and diagnostic times.

Organizations also can use D_Ports to run a variety of tests through Brocade

Network Advisor or Command Line

Interface (CLI) to test ports, Small

Form-Factor Pluggables (SFPs), and cables for faults, latency, and distance.

SIMPLIFYING SERVER

DEPLOYMENT WITH DYNAMIC

FABRIC PROVISIONING

Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP) allows organizations to eliminate fabric reconfiguration when adding or replacing servers through the virtualization of host

World Wide Names (WWNs). It also reduces or eliminates the need to modify zoning or Logical Unit Number (LUN) masking. In addition, DFP enables pre-provisioning of virtual WWNs, helping organizations eliminate time-consuming steps when deploying new equipment or moving devices within a switch.

EXCEPTIONAL PRICE/PERFORMANCE

FOR GROWING SAN WORKLOADS

The Brocade 6505 combines market-leading throughput with an affordable switch form factor, making it ideal for growing SAN workloads. The 24 ports produce an aggregate 384 Gbps full-duplex throughput; any eight ports can be trunked for 128 Gbps

Inter-Switch Links (ISLs). Exchange-based

Dynamic Path Selection (DPS) optimizes fabric-wide performance and load balancing by automatically routing data to the most efficient and available path in the fabric

(see Figure 1). It augments Brocade ISL

Trunking to provide more effective load balancing in certain configurations.

In addition, the Brocade 6505 provides a low

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) thanks to a

12-port base configuration, easy administration,

1U footprint, and low-energy consumption—

0.22 watts per Gbps and 3.3 watts per port.

Enterprise-class capabilities combined with a low TCO yield 40 percent higher performance compared to 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) alternatives at a similar cost.

INDUSTRY-LEADING TECHNOLOGY

THAT IS FLEXIBLE, SIMPLE, AND

EASY TO USE

The Brocade 6505 delivers industry-leading

SAN technology within a flexible, simple, and easy-to-use solution. The base configuration includes 12 ports, with up to 24 ports on demand. In addition to providing best-in-class scalability, the Brocade 6505 is easy to deploy with the Brocade EZSwitchSetup wizard and the new “D_Port” feature, which simplifies setup.

A BUILDING BLOCK FOR VIRTUALIZED,

PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGE

The Brocade 6505 provides a critical building block for today’s highly virtualized, private cloud storage environments. It simplifies server virtualization and Virtual

Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) management while meeting the high-throughput demands of Solid State Disks (SSDs). The Brocade 6505 also supports multi-tenancy in cloud environments through Quality of Service (QoS) and fabric-based zoning features.

BROCADE ACCESS GATEWAY MODE

The Brocade 6505 can be deployed as a full-fabric switch or as a Brocade Access

Gateway, which simplifies fabric topologies and heterogeneous fabric connectivity

(the default mode setting is a switch).

Access Gateway mode utilizes N_Port ID

Virtualization (NPIV) switch standards to present physical and virtual servers directly to the core of SAN fabrics. This makes

Access Gateway transparent to the SAN fabric, greatly reducing management of the network edge. The Brocade 6505 in Access

Gateway mode * can connect servers to

NPIV-enabled Brocade B-Series, Brocade

M-Series, and 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

* Access Gateway mode for the Brocade 6505 is supported only in 24-port configurations.

Figure 1.

Dynamic Path Selection (DPS) augments

Brocade ISL Trunking to route data efficiently between multiple trunk groups.

Frame-based Trunking

ASIC Preserves In-order Delivery

8.5 Gbps

6 Gbps

Up to

128 Gbps

2 Gbps

10.5 Gbps

4.5 Gbps

9 Gbps

...n Gbps

Dynamic Path Selection (DPS)

Balancing data flow between multiple trunk groups

Trunk group

Trunk group DPS

Trunk group

8.5 Gbps

6 Gbps

2 Gbps

10.5 Gbps

Up to

128 Gbps

4.5 Gbps

9 Gbps ...n Gbps

Trunk group

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

BROCADE GLOBAL SERVICES

Brocade Global Services has the expertise to help organizations build scalable, efficient cloud infrastructures. Leveraging

15 years of expertise in storage, networking, and virtualization, Brocade Global Services delivers world-class professional services, technical support, network monitoring services, and education, enabling organizations to maximize their Brocade investments, accelerate new technology deployments, and optimize the performance of networking infrastructures.

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

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BROCADE 6505 SPECIFICATIONS

System Architecture

Fibre Channel ports

Scalability

Certified maximum

Performance

ISL trunking

Aggregate bandwidth

Maximum fabric latency

Maximum frame size

Frame buffers

Classes of service

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

Full-fabric architecture with a maximum of

239 switches

6000 active nodes; 56 switches, 19 hops in

Brocade Fabric OS ® certified as required

fabrics; 31 switches, three hops in Brocade M-EOS fabrics; larger fabrics

Auto-sensing of 2, 4, 8, and 16 Gbps port speeds

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.

384 Gbps end-to-end full duplex

Latency for locally switched ports is 700 ns;

Forward Error Correction (FEC) adds 400 ns between E_Ports (enabled by default).

2112 byte payload

8192 dynamically allocated

Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)

Port types

Data traffic types

Media types

USB

Fabric services

Note: Some fabric services do not apply or are unavailable in Brocade

Access Gateway mode.

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

Fabric switches supporting unicast

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.

One USB port for system log file downloads or firmware upgrades

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)

DATA SHEET

BROCADE 6505 SPECIFICATIONS (CONTINUED)

Management

Supported management software

Security

Management access

Diagnostics

HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management

MIB), SSH; Auditing, Syslog; Brocade Advanced

Web Tools, Advanced Performance Monitoring,

Brocade Fabric Watch; Brocade Network Advisor

SAN Enterprise or Brocade Network Advisor SAN

Professional/Professional Plus; Command Line

Interface (CLI); SMI-S compliant; Administrative

Domains; trial licenses for add-on capabilities

DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices),

FCAP switch authentication; FIPS 140-2

L2-compliant, HTTPS, IPsec, IP filtering, LDAP with IPv6, Port Binding, RADIUS, User-defined

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure Copy

(SCP), Secure RPC, SFTP, SSH v2, SSL, Switch

Binding, Trusted Switch

10/100 Mbps Ethernet (RJ-45), in-band over Fibre

Channel, serial port (RJ-45), and one USB port

D_Port offline diagnostics, including electrical/ optical loopback, link traffic/latency/distance;

POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), frame viewer, nondisruptive daemon restart, port mirroring, optics health monitoring, power monitoring, RAStrace logging, and Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD)

Mechanical

Enclosure

Size

System weight

Back-to-front airflow (port-side exhaust); power from back, 1U

Width: 437.64 mm (17.23 in.)

Height: 43.18 mm (1.7 in.)

Depth: 443.23 mm (17.45 in.)

7.82 kg (17.25 lb) with one power supply, without transceivers

9.16 kg (20.19 lb) with two power supply FRUs, without transceivers

Environment

Operating environment

Non-operating environment

Operating altitude

Storage altitude

Shock

Vibration

Heat dissipation

Power

Power supply

AC input

Input line frequency

Power consumption

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Temperature: 0°C to 40°C/32°F to 104°F

Humidity: 10% to 85% (non-condensing)

Temperature: –25°C to 70°C/–13°F to 158°F

Humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing)

Up to 3000 m (9843 ft)

Up to 12 km (39,370 ft)

Operating: Up to 20 G, 6 ms half-sine

Non-operating: Half sine, 33 G 11 ms, 3/eg axis

Operating: 0.5 g sine, 0.4 grms random,

5 Hz to 500 Hz

Non-operating: 2.0 g sine, 1.1 grms random,

5 Hz to 500 Hz

24 ports at 338 BTU/hr

Base switch includes a single, hot-swappable power supply with integrated system cooling fans. Optional dual redundant hot-swappable power supply.

85 V to 264 V ~5 A to 2.5 A

47 Hz to 63 Hz

80 watts with all 24 ports populated with

16 Gbps SWL optics

60 watts for empty chassis with no optics

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For information about switch and device interoperability, visit www.brocade.com/interoperability .

For information about hardware regulatory compliance, visit www.brocade.com/regulatorycompliance .

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