Hardware Reference Manual

Brocade 6505 Hardware Reference Manual 35
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General specifications
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General specifications
Table 9 lists the general specifications for the Brocade 6505.
Data transmission ranges
Table 10 provides the data transmission ranges for different transceivers, port speeds, and cable
types.
Altitude 0 to 3 km (9,842 feet) above sea level 0 to 12 km (39,370 feet) above sea level
Shock 20 G, 6 ms, half-sine wave 33 G, 11 ms, half-sine wave, 3/eg Axis
Vibration 0.5 G sine, 0.4 gms random, 5-500 Hz 2.0 G sine, 1.1 gms random, 5-500 Hz
Airflow Maximum - 71.36 cmh (42 cfm)???
Nominal - 59.47 cmh (35 cfm)???
NOTE: Airflow is port side exhaust.
N/A
Heat dissipation 338 BTU/hr (24 port configuration) N/A
TABLE 8 Environmental requirements (Continued)
Condition Acceptable during operation Acceptable during nonoperation
TABLE 9 General specifications
Specification Description
Configurable port types F_Port, E_Port, M_Port, EX_Port, D_Port
System architecture Nonblocking shared-memory switch
System processor PowerPC 440EPx @ 667 MHz
ANSI Fibre Channel protocol FC-PH (Fibre Channel Physical and Signalling Interface standard)
Modes of operation Fibre Channel Class 2 and Class 3
Fabric initialization Complies with FC-SW-3 Rev. 6.6
FC-IP (IP-over-Fibre Channel) Complies with FC-IP 2.3 of FCA profile
Aggregate switch I/O bandwidth 384 Gbps
FC Port-to-port latency 800 nanoseconds with no contention (destination port is free)
Switching capacity An aggregate switching capacity of 210??? million frames per second (for
Class 2, Class 3, and Class F frames for the 24 port chassis)
TABLE 10 Supported optics, speeds, cables, and distances
Transceiver
type
Form factor Speed Multimode media
(62.5 microns)
(OM1)
Multimode media
(50 microns)
(OM2)
Multimode media
(50 microns)
(OM3)
Multimode media
(50 microns)
(OM4)
Single mode media
(9 microns)
SWL SFP+ 4 Gbps 70 m (229 ft.) 150 m (492 ft.) 380 m (1264 ft.) 400 m (1312 ft.) N/A
SFP+ 8 Gbps 21 m (68 ft.) 50 m (164 ft.) 150 m (492 ft.) 150 m (492 ft.) N/A
SFP+ 16 Gbps 15 m (49 ft.) 35 m (115 ft.) 100 m (328ft.) 125 m (410 ft.) N/A