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Brocade 6510 Introduction

● Brocade 6510 overview...................................................................................................11

● Facility requirements....................................................................................................... 13

● Port side of the Brocade 6510.........................................................................................14

● Nonport side of the Brocade 6510.................................................................................. 15

Brocade 6510 overview

The Brocade 6510 is a 48-port auto-sensing 2, 4, 8, or 16 Gbps as well as 10 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC)

switch that delivers the latest Brocade single-chip architecture for Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks

(SANs). The Brocade 6510 is an enterprise-class switch that is designed to handle the large-scale SAN

requirements of an enterprise, and can also be used to address the SAN requirements of a small to

medium-sized workgroup.

The Brocade 6510 provides 48 ports in a single (1U) height switch that enables the creation of very

dense fabrics in a relatively small space.

The Brocade 6510 offers Ports on Demand (POD) licensing as well. “Base” models of the switch

contain 24 ports, and up to two additional 12-port POD licenses can be purchased. The Brocade 6510

provides excellent overall value as the foundation of a SAN with the ability to grow with an

organization’s SAN needs.

The Brocade 6510 supplies Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) performance and scalability

requirements of an enterprise switch along with interoperability and ease-of-use advantages.

The Brocade 6510 can also be configured in Access Gateway 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.

The Brocade 6510 is less than 18 inches deep, allowing for greater installation flexibility. It also has

airflow direction options. You can order either port side exhaust (the default configuration) or nonport

side exhaust airflow to accommodate specific installations.

Platform capabilities

The Brocade 6510 offers the following features and capabilities:

• Up to 48 auto-sensing ports of high-performance 16 Gbps technology in a single domain.

• Ports on Demand scaling from 24 to 36 or 48 ports.

• 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.

• 10 Gbps manual set capability on FC ports (requires the optional 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel

license).

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