Dell PowerEdge M1000e User Manual page 32

Brocade M6505
16Gb switch
16 Gb Fibre
Channel ports*
Secondary
Management
Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide
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24 Fibre Channel ports
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o Up to 16 internal 16/8Gb server ports*
o Up to 8 external 16/8/4Gb SAN ports**
*The M6505 requires the enhanced midplane 1.1. The M6505 will not
function with the original 1.0 midplane.
**For connection to storage devices and/or other FC switches only
Zero footprint, hot-pluggable design with no
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additional fans or power supplies
Complete redundancy, up to 4 switches per chassis
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Dynamic Ports on Demand (PoD) and "pay-as-you-
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port grow" port upgrades for 12-port configurations
Heterogeneous SAN fabric interoperability
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Access Gateway (NPIV) or fabric switch connectivity
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Auto-sensing and speed-matching connections to
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16/8/4 Gbps to Fibre Channel devices
Fibre Channel