System Architecture |
Fibre Channel ports |
Switch mode (default): 48-, 72-, and 96-port
configurations (24-port increments through Ports on Demand [PoD]
licenses); (E, F, M, D, EX) 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 |
Auto-sensing of 2, 4, 8, and 16 Gbps port speeds; 10 Gbps
and optionally programmable to fixed port speed |
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 |
1536 Gbps end-to-end full duplex |
Fabric latency |
Latency for locally switched ports is 700 ns; latency
between port groups is 2.1 £gsec, cut-through routing at 16 Gbps between
locally switched groups.
Encryption/compression is 5.5 £gsec per node; 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, EX_Port,
F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port); optional port type control |
Data traffic types |
Fabric switches supporting unicast |
Media types |
16 Gbps: Brocade 6520 requires Brocade hot-pluggable
SFP+, LC connector; 16 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL
10 Gbps: Brocade 6520 requires Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector;
10 Gbps SWL, LWL
8 Gbps: Brocade 6520 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 |
Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) (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;
Enhanced Group Management (EGM); Brocade Fabric Watch; FDMI; Frame
Redirection; Frame-based Trunking; FSPF; Integrated Routing; 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);
Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric) |
Extension |
Fibre Channel, in-flight compression (Brocade LZO) and
encryption (AES-GCM-256); integrated optional 10 Gbps Fibre Channel for
DWDM MAN connectivity |
Management |
Supported management software |
HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH v2;
Auditing, Syslog; Brocade Advanced Web Tools, APM, 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 |
AES-GCM-256 encryption on ISLs; 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 |
10/100/1000 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 |
Front-to-back airflow; power from back, 2U
Back-to-front airflow; power from back, 2U |
Size |
Width: 429.25 mm (16.90 in.)
Height: 86.74 mm (3.42 in.)
Depth: 609.75 mm (24.01 in.) |
System weight |
16.92 kg (37.3 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: -25¢XC to 70¢XC/-13¢XF to 158¢XF
Humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing) |
Operating altitude |
Up to 3000 m (9842 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 |
96 ports at 1582 BTU/hr |
Airflow |
Three hot-swappable, redundant fans; reversible airflow
options (front-to-back and back-to-front); maximum 109 CFM (cu.
ft./min); nominal 33 CFM |
Power |
Power supply |
Dual, hot-swappable redundant power supplies with
integrated system cooling fans |
AC input |
85 V to 264 V ~5 A to 2.5 A |
Input line frequency |
47 Hz to 63 Hz |
Power consumption |
464 W with all 96 ports populated with 16 Gbps SWL
optics; 183 W for empty chassis with no optics |