Device Overview; Brocade 6505 Overview; Platform Features - Brocade Communications Systems 6505 Hardware Installation Manual

Device Overview

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Brocade 6505 overview
The Brocade 6505 is a 24-port auto-sensing 2, 4, 8, or 16 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) switch that delivers the latest Brocade single-chip
architecture for Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs). The Brocade 6505 is a small-to-midsize business-class switch that is
designed to handle smaller-scale SAN requirements.
The Brocade 6505 provides up to 24 ports in a single height (1U) switch that enables the creation of very dense fabrics in a relatively
small space.
The Brocade 6505 offers Ports on Demand (POD) licensing as well. The base models of the switch contain 12 ports, and an additional
12-port POD license can be purchased. The base model also offers a single power supply and fan module with a second module
available as an upgrade for redundancy.
The Brocade 6505 supplies Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) performance and the scalability requirements of an
enterprise switch along with interoperability and ease-of-use advantages.
The Brocade 6505 can also be configured in Access Gateway (AG) mode that lets you configure your Enterprise fabric to handle
additional N_Ports instead of domains. By reducing the number of domain IDs and ports, you simplify configuration and management in
a large fabric.
Switches in AG mode are logically transparent to the host and the fabric. You can increase the number of hosts that have access to the
fabric without increasing the number of switches.

Platform features

The Brocade 6505 offers the following features and capabilities:
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Up to 24 auto-sensing ports of high-performance 16-Gbps technology in a single domain.
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Ports on Demand scaling from 12 to 24 ports.
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2, 4, 8, and 16 Gbps auto-sensing Fibre Channel switch and router ports.
– 2, 4, and 8 Gbps performance is enabled by 8 Gbps SFP+ transceivers.
– 4, 8, and 16 Gbps performance is enabled by 16 Gbps SFP+ transceivers.
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Universal ports self-configure as E, F, or M ports. D-port functionality is also available for diagnostics.
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Airflow is set for port side exhaust.
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Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking, which allows up to eight ports (at 2, 4, 8, or 16 Gbps speeds) between a pair of switches
combined to form a single, logical ISL with a speed of up to 128 Gbps (256 Gbps full duplex) for optimal bandwidth utilization
and load balancing. The base model permits one eight-port trunk plus one four-port trunk.
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Dynamic Path Selection (DPS), which optimizes fabric-wide performance and load balancing by automatically routing data to
the most efficient available path in the fabric.
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Brocade-branded SFP+ optical transceivers that support any combination of Short Wavelength (SWL), Long Wavelength
(LWL), and Extended Long Wavelength (ELWL) optical media among the switch ports.
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