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HIGHLIGHTS
• Delivers 16 Gbps performance with up to
48 ports in an energy-efcient, 1U form
factor, providing maximum exibility for
diverse deployment and cooling strategies
• Features Ports on Demand (PoD) capabilities
for fast, easy, and cost-effective scaling
from 24 to 48 ports in 12-port increments
• Provides a exible, simple, and easy-to-use
SAN solution with industry-leading technology
• Utilizes the Brocade EZSwitchSetup
wizard for simple and easy deployment,
and is Microsoft Windows 7 compatible
• Supports highly virtualized, private cloud
storage with multi-tenancy and non-stop
operations
• Offers best-in-class port density and scalability
for midrange enterprise SAN switches, along
with redundant, hot-pluggable components
and non-disruptive software upgrades
• Yields exceptional price/performance
value, exceeding comparable Ethernet
storage-based alternatives
Flexible, Easy-to-Use
Enterprise-Class SAN Switch
for Private Cloud Storage
16 Gbps Fibre Channel technology and
capabilities that support highly virtualized
environments. Designed to enable maximum
exibility and investment protection, the
Brocade 6510 is congurable in 24, 36,
or 48 ports and supports 2, 4, 8, 10, or
16 Gbps speeds in an efciently designed
1U package. It also provides a simplied
deployment process and a point-and-click
user interface—making it both powerful and
easy to use. The Brocade 6510 offers
low-cost access to industry-leading Storage
Area Network (SAN) technology while
providing “pay-as-you-grow” scalability to
meet the needs of an evolving storage
environment.
BROCADE
6510
SWITCH
To remain competitive, IT organizations must
keep pace with ever-increasing workloads
without a similar increase in their budgets or
resources. While virtualization has provided
some relief by enabling the benets of
faster deployment and consolidation, it also
tends to put additional stress on data center
networks. In addition, the move toward
cloud computing, which promises greater
efciency and a more service-oriented
business model, means that these networks
will face even greater demands.
The Brocade
®
6510 Switch meets the
demands of hyper-scale, private cloud storage
environments by delivering market-leading
DATA CENTER
The Brocade One
™
strategy helps
simplify networking infrastructures
through innovative technologies and
solutions. The Brocade 6510 Switch
supports this strategy by delivering
industry-leading 16 Gbps performance
within a exible, cost-effective, and
easy-to-use 1U form factor.