Brocade 6510

Flexible, easy-to-use enterprise-class SAN switch for Private Cloud storage

The Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switch offers 16G Fibre Channel speed which is ideal for use in virtualized and heavy I/O traffic environments as well as for high speed SSD technologies.

Brocade 6510

Features	Benefits
16 G Fibre Channel	Meets the demands of virtualized environments and high speed peripherals such as SSD’s and capabilities of highly virtualized environments
Flexible ports on demand	“Pay-as-you-grow” scalability 12 Port “Port on Demand” licenses enable for 36 or 48 port usage
Enterprise-class availability features	Redundant components (PSU, FAN’s provide improved uptime and hitless operation when repair is needed
Link-testing capabilities	Port-to-Port check for link testing ( for cables and structured cabling)
Line encryption	Better protection against wire tapping
Hardware compression	Improves bandwidth and eases fabric traffic load
Access gateway support	Enables large Blade Server farms (Switches in “access gateway” mode do not need a Fibre Channel Domain ID) Allows attachment to Cisco SAN’s

FC Switches

Technology	Switch	Main Features
Generation 5 (FC 16G)	Brocade 6505 Switch	Provides up to 24 ports Enterprise features at an entry-level price "pay-as-you-grow" scalability from 12 to 24 ports
	Brocade 6510 Switch	Provides up to 48 ports Maximizes overall port density and space utilization for consolidation of legacy SAN switches Features enhanced diagnostics and RAS functionality to minimize downtime
	Brocade 6520 Switch	Provides high scalability in an ultra-dense 96-port switch Improved availability and manageability with distributed intelligence across the network Up to eight in-flight encryption and compression ports delivering security and bandwidth savings
Generation 4 (FC 8G)	Brocade 5300 Switch	Provides up to 80 ports "pay-as-you-grow" scalability Enterprise-class availability for disaster recovery and business continuity