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 |
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 |
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
Note: Some fabric services do not apply or are
unavailable in Brocade Access Gateway mode |
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) |
Management |
Supported management software |
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 |
Security |
DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), FCAP switch
authentication; FIPS 140-2 L2-compliant, HTTPS, IPsec, IP filtering,
LDAP with IPv6, OpenLDAP, Port Binding, RADIUS, TACACS+, User-defined
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure Copy (SCP), Secure RPC, SFTP,
SSH v2, SSL, Switch Binding, Trusted Switch |
Management access |
10/100 Mbps Ethernet (RJ-45), in-band over Fibre Channel,
serial port (RJ-45), and one USB port |
Diagnostics |
ClearLink optics and cable 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, non-disruptive daemon
restart, port mirroring, optics health monitoring, power monitoring,
RAStrace logging, and Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD) |
Mechanical |
Enclosure |
Back-to-front airflow (port-side exhaust); power from
back, 1U |
Size |
Width: 437.64 mm (17.23 in.)
Height: 43.18 mm (1.7 in.)
Depth: 443.23 mm (17.45 in.) |
System weight |
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 |
Temperature: 0¢XC to 40¢XC/32¢XF to 104¢XF
Humidity: 10% to 85% (non-condensing) |
Non-operating environment |
Temperature: ¡V25¢XC to 70¢XC/¡V13¢XF to 158¢XF
Humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing) |
Operating altitude |
Up to 3000 m (9843 ft) |
Storage altitude |
Up to 12 km (39,370 ft) |
Shock |
Operating: Up to 20 G, 6 ms half-sine
Non-operating: Half sine, 33 G 11 ms, 3/eg axis |
Vibration |
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 |
Heat dissipation |
24 ports at 338 BTU/hr |
Power |
Power supply |
Base switch includes a single, hot-swappable power supply
with integrated system cooling fans. Optional dual redundant
hot-swappable power supply. |
AC input |
85 V to 264 V ~5 A to 2.5 A |
Input line frequency |
47 Hz to 63 Hz |
Power consumption |
80 W with all 24 ports populated with 16 Gbps SWL optics
60 W for empty chassis with no optics |