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 | Brocade 6510 Switch Enterprise-class edge switch for mission-critical SANs | Brocade DCX 8510 Director Purpose-built for next-generation I/O tasks and storage virtualization. | Brocade 6505 Switch Maximize the performance of your network. |
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| Type 48-port auto-sensing 2, 4, 8, 10 or 16 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel switch Specifications - Type | Type 32-port 16Gb and 48-port 16Gb port blades Specifications - Type | Type 24 ports, universal (E, F, M, EX, and D) Specifications - Type |
| HIGHLIGHTS Combines up to 48 ports of high-performance 16 Gbps technology and Ports on Demand scaling from 24 to 36 or 48 ports
Based on Brocade’s seventh-generation ‘Condor-3’ASIC technology, supporting 2, 4, 8, and 16Gbps auto-sensing Fibre Channel and 10Gbps Fibre Channel switch and router ports.
FICON, FICON Cascading and FICON Control Unit Port ready
Two hot-swappable, redundant integrated power supply and fan FRUs.
Option for front-to-back and back-to-front airflows via choice of integrated power supply unit
Benefits | HIGHLIGHTS The advanced systems architecture of DCX 8510 family enables all ports to operate with a worse case oversubscription of 1.5:1 at 16Gbit/sec
Almost no oversubscription in real-world SAN and Data Center with 8Gb/16Gb/10Gb speeds.
Dual redundant control processors and core switching blades provide enhanced high availability and enable non-disruptive software upgrades.
The multi-protocol design of DCX 8510 supports other blades such as 10Gb FC-IP Extension (FX8-24) blade.
64Gb QSFP based optical ICLs allow connecting up to 5 DCX 8510 chassis without wasting ports in port blades and helps build Scale out modular only SAN. It allows flexible topologies like core edge and full mesh topologies.
Benefits | HIGHLIGHTS Enhance network performance with exceptional value and flexible, simple, enterprise-class functionality in an entry-level switch.
Benefits |
| GREAT FOR Rapidly growing enterprise SAN workloads, including highly virtualized private cloud storage environments.
Usage | GREAT FOR Data center virtualization and next-generation storage networks that require greater scalability, performance and reliability.
Usage | GREAT FOR Small-to-medium data centers where maximizing the value of virtual server deployments and reducing overall storage costs is a priority.
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 | Brocade 6510 Switch Enterprise-class edge switch for mission-critical SANs | Brocade DCX 8510 Director Purpose-built for next-generation I/O tasks and storage virtualization. | Brocade 6505 Switch Maximize the performance of your network. |