Brocade G610
Brocade G610
- Enables the seamless transition to next-generation NVMe flash arrays, without a disruptive rip and replace
- Starts small and grows on demand, from 8 to 24 ports, to support an evolving storage environment
- Powers up from 16 Gbps to 32 Gbps to deliver increased performance on demand
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Flash-Ready Performance |
High Performance |
Affordable and User-Centered Design |
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Flash-Ready Performance
- Meets the high-throughput, low-latency demands of critical applications with flash-ready performance
- Enables the seamless transition to next-generation NVMe flash arrays, without a disruptive rip and replace
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High Performance
- Proactively monitors and optimizes the health and performance of individual Virtual Machines (VMs), and identifies anomalies with VM Insight
- Increases resiliency by automatically discovering and recovering from common networking problems
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Affordable and User-Centered Design
- Provides an affordable storage switch that redefines simplicity and flexibility
- Installs in three easy steps with a point-and-click user interface, simplifying deployment and saving time
- Leverages Brocade Fabric Vision technology to simplify administration, quickly resolve problems, increase uptime, and reduce costs
Tech Specs
Fibre Channel ports |
Switch mode (default): 8-, 16-, and 24-port configurations (8-port increment through Ports on Demand [PoD] license); E_Ports, F_Ports, M_Ports, and D_Ports Brocade Access Gateway default port mapping: 40 SFP+ F_Ports, 8 SFP+ N_Ports |
Scalability |
Full-fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches |
Certified maximum |
9,000 active nodes; 56 switches, 19 hops in Brocade Fabric OS® fabrics; larger fabrics certified as required |
Performance |
Fibre Channel: 4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 8.5 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 14.025 Gbps line speed, full duplex; auto-sensing of 4 Gbps, 8 Gbps, 16 Gbps, and 32 Gbps port speeds |
ISL trunking |
Frame-based trunking with up to eight 32 Gbps ports per ISL trunk; up to 256 Gbps per ISL trunk Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade Fabric OS |
Aggregate bandwidth |
768 Gbps end-to-end full duplex |
Maximum fabric latency |
Latency for locally switched ports is 900 ns (including FEC) |
Maximum frame size |
2,112-byte payload |
Frame buffers |
2,000 dynamically allocated |
Classes of service |
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames) |
Port type |
F_Port, E_Port, M_Port, D_Port (ClearLink Diagnostic Port) on 24 SFP+ ports Brocade Access Gateway mode: F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port |
Data traffic types |
Fabric switches supporting unicast |
Media types |
32 Gbps: Brocade G610 requires Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 32 Gbps SWL, LWL 16 Gbps: Brocade G610 requires Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 16 Gbps SWL, LWL, ELWL Fibre Channel distance subject to fiber-optic cable and port speed |
Fabric services Note: Some fabric services do not apply or are unavailable in Brocade Access Gateway mode. |
One USB port for system log file downloads or firmware upgrades |
Data traffic types |
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS); Flow Vision; Brocade Adaptive Networking (Traffic Isolation, QoS); Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) Monitoring; Slow Drain Device Quarantine (SDDQ); Brocade Advanced Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast zoning, peer zoning, target-driven zoning); Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Brocade Extended Fabrics; Enhanced BB credit recovery; FDMI; Frame Redirection; Frame-based Trunking; FSPF; Brocade ISL Trunking; Management Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Simple Name Server (SNS); Read Diagnostics Parameter (RDP), VM Insight |