Brocade 6505 Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 14)

• Brocade-branded SFP+ optical transceivers that support any combination of Short Wavelength
(SWL), Long Wavelength (LWL), and Extended Long Wavelength (ELWL) optical media among the
switch ports.
• Extended distance support enables native Fibre Channel extension up to 7,500 km at 2 Gbps.
• Support for unicast traffic type.
• Brocade Fabric OS, which delivers distributed intelligence throughout the network and enables a
wide range of value-added applications including Brocade Advanced Web Tools, Brocade
Enhanced Group Management, and Brocade Zoning.
• Licensable fabric services include:
‐ Adaptive Networking with QoS
‐ Brocade Extended Fabrics
‐ Brocade Fabric Watch
‐ ISL Trunking
‐ Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM)
‐ Server Application Optimization (SAO)
• Support for Access Gateway configuration where server ports connected to the fabric core will be
virtualized.
• Hardware zoning is accomplished at the port level of the switch and by World Wide Name (WWN).
Hardware zoning permits or denies delivery of frames to any destination port address.
• Extensive diagnostics and system-monitoring capabilities for enhanced high Reliability, Availability,
and Serviceability (RAS).
• The Brocade EZSwitchSetup wizard that makes SAN configuration a three-step point-and-click
task.
• Real-time power monitoring enables users to monitor real-time power usage of the fabric at a switch
level.
• Port-to-port latency minimized to 800 nanoseconds through the use of cut-through frame routing at
16 Gbps.
Platform components
• A system motherboard that features a PowerPC 440EPx Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC)
CPU running at 667 MHz, with integrated peripherals.
• An RJ45 10/100 BaseT Ethernet system management port, in conjunction with Brocade
EZSwitchSetup, that supports switch IP address discovery and configuration, eliminating the need
to attach a serial cable to configure the switch IP address and greatly increasing the ease of use.
• One RS-232 serial port with an RJ45 connector for initial switch setup (if not using EZSwitchSetup)
and factory default restoration.
• A USB 2.0 port that provides storage for firmware updates, output of the supportSave command,
and storage for configuration uploads and downloads.
• One power supply and fan assembly in the base model. There are two fans per assembly. A second
assembly is available for redundancy and hot-swap capability.
• One LED (green/amber) per FC port to indicate status.
• One LED (green) for system power.
• One LED (green/amber) for system status.
• Two Ethernet port LEDs (integrated with RJ45) for speed and port activity. (A green LED for port
speed and an amber LED for port activity.)
• SEEPROM for switch identification.
• Voltage monitor.
• Fan monitor.
• Temperature monitor.
• Real-time clock (RTC) with battery.
Platform components
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