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The Brocade 6510 is a 48-port, high-performance, enterprise-class switch that meets the demands of highly virtualized and private cloud storage environments by delivering market-leading Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology. The Brocade 6510 Switch provides maximum flexibility, simplicity, and reliability in an efficiently designed 1U package.

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 6510 Switch meets the demands of hyper-scale, private cloud storage environments by delivering market-leading Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology and capabilities that support highly virtualized environments. Designed to enable maximum flexibility and reliability, the Brocade 6510 is configurable in 24, 36, or 48 ports and supports 2, 4, 8, 10, or 16 Gbps speeds in an efficiently designed 1U package.

Brocade 6510 Switch Specifications:

• Fibre Channel ports: Switch mode (default): 24-, 36-, and 48-port configurations (12-port increments through Ports on Demand [PoD] licenses); E, F, M, D, EX ports
• Performance: Fibre Channel 2.125 Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 4.25 Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 8.5 Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 10.53 Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 14.025 Gb/s line speed, full duplex; auto-sensing of 2, 4, 8, and 16 Gb/s port speeds; 10 Gb/s optionally programmable to fixed port speed
• Media types: 16 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL; 10 Gbps SWL, LWL; 8 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL
• Aggregate bandwidth: 768 Gb/s end-to-end full duplex
• 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
• 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.
• Management access: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (RJ-45), in-band over Fibre Channel, serial port (RJ-45), and one USB port
• Power supply: Dual, hot-swappable redundant power supplies with integrated system cooling fans
• Power consumption: 110 W with all 48 ports populated with 16 Gb/s SWL optics, 72 W for empty chassis with no optics
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 437.64 x 43.18 x 443.23 mm (17.23 x 1.7 x 17.45")
• Weight: 9.16 kg (20.2 lbs) with two power supply FRUs, without transceivers
• Supported management software: HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; 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
• Optional value-add licenses:

   

  • Integrated Routing
  • 10 Gbps Fibre Channel extension
  • Ports on Demand (PoD)
  • Adaptive Networking
  • Advanced Performance Monitoring
  • Extended Fabrics
  • Fabric Watch
  • Server Application Optimization (SAO)
  • ISL Trunking

The Brocade 5100 Switch is designed for rapidly growing storage environments—combining 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps Fiber Channel technology in configurations of 24, 32, or 40 ports in an efficient 1U form factor. Designed for a broad range of SAN architectures, the Brocade 5100 consumes less than 2.5 watts of power per port for exceptional power and cooling effifibreciency. It also features consolidated power and fan assemblies to improve environmental performance and reduce overall ownership costs.

Maximum-performance, highest-density 1U building block for enterprise, department, and workgroup SANs. Delivers up to 40 ports of 8 Gbps performance for midrange enterprise SAN switches along with redundant, hot-pluggable components and non-disruptive software upgrades.

Brocade 5100 Features:

• Delivers full 8 Gbps 1:1 performance for up to 40 ports in an energy-efficient, optimized 1U form factor
• Offers best-in-class port density and scalability for midrange enterprise SAN switches along with redundant, hotpluggable components and non-disruptive software upgrades
• Features Ports on Demand capabilities for fast, easy, and cost-effective scalability from 24 to 40 ports in 8-port increments
• Provides Adaptive Networking services, such as Quality of Service (QoS), to help optimize application performance in consolidated, virtual environments
• Supports Fiber Channel Integrated Routing for selective device sharing while maintaining remote fabric isolation for higher levels of scalability and fault isolation
• Enables logical partitioning of switches and fabrics into virtual data and management domains through Virtual Fabrics
• Offers dual functionality as either a full-fabric SAN switch or as an NPIV-enabled Brocade Access Gateway that simplifies server connectivity in heterogeneous enterprise fabrics
• Utilizes the Brocade EZSwitchSetup wizard to simplify deployment, and is Microsoft Simple SAN-compatible (Brocade DCFM Professional is included for fabric-wide SAN monitoring and management)

The Brocade 5300 switch is designed to consolidate connectivity in rapidly growing mission-critical environments — combining 1, 2, 4 and 8 Gb/s technology in configurations of 48, 64 or 80 ports in an efficiently designed 2U package. 

The combination of density, performance and 'pay-as-you-grow' scalability can increase server and storage utilization while reducing complexity for virtualized servers and storage. The evolutionary design makes the Brocade 5300 very efficient in power, cooling and rack density to help enable medium- and large-scale server and storage consolidation. 

The Brocade 5300 also includes Adaptive Networking capabilities, which are designed to manage resources more efficiently in highly consolidated environments while providing high service levels to data-center applications. 

Brocade 5300 Specifications:

Fibre Channel ports

• 48-, 64-, and 80-port configurations (16-port increments via Ports on Demand [PoD] licenses); (E_, F_, M_, EX_, and FL_) ports

Scalability

• Full–fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum

Certified maximum

• Single Brocade FOS fabric: 56 domains, 19 hops
• Single Brocade M-Enterprise OS (M-EOS) fabric: 31 domains, 3 hops
• Larger fabrics certified as required; consult Brocade or OEM SAN design documents for configuration details

Performance

• 1.063 Gbps line speed (full duplex); 2.125 Gbps line speed (full duplex); 4.25 Gbps line speed (full duplex); 8.5 Gbps line speed (full duplex); auto-sensing of 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds; optionally programmable to fixed port speed; speed matching between 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps ports

ISL Trunking

• Brocade Frame-based Trunking with up to eight 8 Gbps ports per ISL trunk with optional license; up to 64 Gbps per ISL trunk (8 ports × 8 Gbps [data rate])
• Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade Fabric OS

Aggregate bandwidth

• 640 Gbps: 80 ports × 8 Gbps (data rate)

Fabric latency

• Locally switched ports 700 ns, latency between port groups less than 2.1 μsec with no contention, cut-through routing at 8 Gbps between locally switched groups

Maximum frame size

• 2112-byte payload

Frame buffers

• 1460 dynamically allocated, 268 maximum per port

Classes of service

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

Port types

• FL_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port), E_Port, EX_Port (Fibre Channel Integrated Routing); optional port type control

Data traffic types

• Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast

USB

• 1 USB port for firmware download, support save, and configuration upload/download

Media types

• 8 Gbps: Brocade 5300 requires Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL

• 4 Gbps: Brocade 5300 requires Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 4 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL

The Brocade 300 is an 8 Gbps Fibre Channel switch that provides an affordable entry-level solution for small SANs or the edge of larger SANs. It enables small to medium-sized enterprises to simplify their IT infrastructures, improve system performance, maximize the value of virtual server deployments, and reduce overall storage costs.

Highly Affordable SAN Technology
The Brocade 300 provides exceptional performance and functionality at an entry-level cost. It combines auto-sensing 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel throughput with features that greatly enhance fabric operation. The Brocade 300 provides these capabilities while consuming less than 2.5 watts of power per port for exceptional power and cooling efficiency.

The Brocade 300 features a non-blocking architecture with as many as 24 ports concurrently active at 8 Gbps (full duplex) with no over-subscription—providing an overall bandwidth of 192 Gbps. In addition, enhanced Brocade ISL Trunking enables a single logical high-speed trunk capable of up to 64 Gbps of throughput.

Simplified Management
Brocade 300 setup and configuration is simplified with the Brocade EZSwitchSetup wizard, which makes switch configuration, deployment, and management an easy three-step point-and-click process. For multiswitch environments, Brocade Network Advisor provides comprehensive management of data center fabrics, including configuration, monitoring, and management of Brocade backbones, switches, and adapters. The Brocade 300, which is Microsoft Simple SAN-compatible, also has a USB port that increases serviceability and error logging by facilitating firmware upgrades and downloads of system log files.

Fast And Easy Scalability
The Brocade 300 is easy to deploy, manage, and integrate into both new and existing IT environments. With capabilities such as Ports on Demand (PoD) scalability from 8 to 16 or 24 ports, the Brocade 300 enables organizations to grow their storage networks when necessary, in a non-disruptive manner. In addition, organizations can initially deploy 4 Gbps SFPs and upgrade to 8 Gbps SFP+ when desired.

Advanced Connectivity Options
The Brocade 300 can be deployed as a full-fabric switch or as a Brocade Access Gateway, which provides server connectivity into any SAN (the default mode setting is a switch). Access Gateway mode utilizes N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) switch standards to present servers as logical devices directly to the core of SAN fabrics. Attaching through NPIV-enabled switches and directors, the Brocade 300 in Brocade Access Gateway mode can connect to Brocade, McDATA, or other SAN fabrics.

Brocade 300 Specifications:

Fibre Channel ports

• Switch mode (default): 8-, 16-, and 24-port configurations (8-port increments through Ports on Demand [PoD] licenses); E_, F_, M_, FL_ Ports
• Brocade Access Gateway Default Port Mapping: 16 F_Ports, 8 N_Ports

Scalability

• Full fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum

Certified maximum

• Single Brocade FOS fabric: 56 domains, 19 hops
• Single Brocade M-Enterprise OS (M-EOS) fabric: 31 domains, 3 hops
• Larger fabrics certified as required; consult Brocade or OEM SAN design documents for configuration details

Performance

• 1.063 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 2.125 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 8.5 Gbps line speed, full duplex; auto-sensing of 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds; optionally programmable to fixed port speed; speed matching between 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps ports

ISL Trunking

• Brocade Frame-based Trunking with up to eight 8 Gbps ports per ISL trunk with optional license; up to 64 Gbps per ISL trunk (8 ports × 8 Gbps [data rate])
• Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade Fabric OS

Aggregate bandwidth

• 192 Gbps: 24 ports × 8 Gbps (data rate)

Maximum fabric latency

• 700 ns with no contention, cut-through routing at 8 Gbps

Maximum frame size

• 2112-byte payload

Frame buffers

• 700 dynamically allocated, 484 maximum per port

Classes of service

• Class 2, C lass 3, C lass F (inter-switch frames)

Port types

• FL_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port), and E_Port; optional port type control
• Brocade Access Gateway mode: F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port

Data traffic types

• Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups) and broadcast

Media types

• 8 Gbps: Brocade 300 requires Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL
• 4 Gbps: Brocade 300 requires Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 4 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL

The Brocade 6505 is a 24-port, entry-level switch that provides exceptional price/16 Gbps performance value, combining flexibility, simplicity, and enterprise-class functionality. Delivering market-leading Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology, the Brocade 6505 switch is the industry's easiest SAN switch to install, manage, and support.

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. 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 Gen 5 Fibre Channel 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 Brocade ClearLink Diagnostic Ports (D_Ports) 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). Brocade 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 Brocade Access Gateway transparent to the SAN fabric, greatly reducing management of the network edge. The Brocade 6505 in Brocade Access Gateway mode* can connect servers to NPIV-enabled Brocade B-Series, Brocade M-Series, and other SAN fabrics.

Organizations can easily enable Brocade Access Gateway mode via Brocade Network Advisor or a CLI. Key benefits of Brocade Access Gateway mode include:

• Improved scalability for large or rapidly growing server and virtual server environments
• Reduced management of the network edge, since Brocade 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

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

The Brocade VDX 6710 Switch is a high-performance 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) fixed configuration switch that provides a reliable, scalable, and flexible foundation for supporting the most demanding business applications. It offers a cost-effective solution for connecting 1 GbE servers to an Ethernet fabric using Brocade VCS Fabric technology.

The Brocade VDX 6710 features 48 1 GbE copper interfaces and six 10 GbE SFP+ interfaces with low power consumption, making it an ideal platform for Top-of-Rack (ToR) fabric deployments in existing 1 GbE server environments. Together with Brocade VCS Fabric technology, this switch can simplify network design and operations for a more automated and efficient network, offer the flexibility needed to easily scale networks, and provide a cloud-ready infrastructure.

Brocade VDX 6710 Features:

The Brocade VDX 6730 Switch is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) fixed configuration switch with LAN and native Fibre Channel ports. It supports multiple connectivity options, Ethernet storage connectivity for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), iSCSI, NAS, and bridges to Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs).

Brocade VDX 6730 Models:

• Brocade VDX 6730-32 76 ports, 1U chassis (24 10GBe LAN ports and 8 8Gbps Fibre Channel Ports)
• Brocade VDX 6730-76 76 ports, 2U chassis (60 10GBe LAN ports and 16 8Gbps Fibre Channel Ports)

Brocade VDX 6730 Features:

• Comprehensive Layer 2 LAN capabilities: Supports protocols such as Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and 802.1Q. The Brocade VDX 6730 is also ready for IPv4/IPv6 Layer 3 routing capabilities, which can be implemented in a future Brocade Network OS release.
• High-bandwidth efficiency across trunks: Maximizes performance with hardware-based ISL trunking and wire-speed ports with ultra-low port-to-port latency. 
• Lowest power consumption: Features superior size and the industry’s lowest power consumption—imperative in today’s data centers. 
• Scale-out solution for virtualized data centers: Enables dynamic, large-scale server virtualization deployments in private (IT customers within an enterprise) and public (external customers of managed service providers) clouds with proven scalability capabilities and Layer 2 Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP).
• Local switching: Delivers high performance for intra-rack traffic in virtualized environments, providing ultra-low latency of 600 nanoseconds for the same ASIC on the switch. This helps organizations design a network with no oversubscription for deterministic network performance and improved application response times, making the Brocade VDX 6730 ideal for performance-demanding environments.

The Brocade VDX 6740 and 6740T are Ethernet fabric Top of Rack (ToR) switches featuring 10 GbE ports with 40 GbE uplinks. The new Brocade VDX 6740T-1G Switch offers dual-speed functionality. It can be deployed with1000BASET for existing 1 GbE server connectivity and upgraded via software to 10GBASE-T for future bandwidth growth. Together with Brocade VCS Fabric technology, these switches deliver the high performance and low latency needed to support demanding virtualized data center environments.

Brocade VDX 6740 Switches provide the advanced feature set that data centers require. Together with Brocade VCS Fabric technology, these switches can simplify network design and operations for a more automated and efficient network, offer the flexibility needed to easily scale networks, and provide a cloud-ready infrastructure.

Brocade VDX 6740 Features:

• Delivers high performance and reduces network congestion with 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports, low latency, and 24 MB deep buffers
  

• Improves capacity with the ability to create up to a 160 GbE uplink with Brocade ISL Trunking
• Manages an entire Brocade VCS fabric as a single switch with Brocade VCS Logical Chassis
• Provides efficiently load-balanced multipathing at Layers 1, 2, and 3, including multiple Layer 3 gateways 
• Simplifies Virtual Machine (VM) mobility and management with automated, dynamic port profile onfiguration and migration
• Supports Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies within data, control, and management planes

The Brocade VDX 8770 Switch is a highly scalable, low-latency, 1/10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) modular switch. Designed to easily scale out Brocade VCS fabrics, the Brocade VDX 8770 Switch brings new levels of performance to VCS fabric deployments.

Designed to scale out Brocade VCS fabrics, the Brocade VDX 8770 Switch supports complex, highly dynamic environments with dense virtualization and extensive automation requirements. The Brocade VDX 8770 is a highly scalable, low-latency 1/10/40/100 GbE modular switch, available in both 8U four-slot and 15U eight-slot versions.

The Brocade VDX 8770 Features:

• Simplifies and automates network architectures to enable elastic cloud networking with Brocade VCS Fabric technology
• Manages an entire multitenant Brocade VCS fabric as a single switch through Brocade VCS Logical Chassis, with REST APIs to allow higher-level management frameworks
• Provides efficiently load-balanced multipathing at Layers 1, 2, and 3, and multiple active Layer 3 gateways
• Delivers 1/10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) wire-speed switching with auto-trunking Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) for non-disruptive scaling
• Enables connectivity for over 1,000 server ports with scale-out fabrics, 10,000 ports with multifabrics, and 100,000 ports using multifabrics with overlays
• Simplifies Virtual Machine (VM) mobility and management with automated, dynamic port profile configuration and migration
• Is designed to support Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies within data, control, and management planes