The Brocade M6140 Director is a high-performing, flexible building block for today's very large, data-dependent enterprises. It is the only single-stage, 140-port director that will support transfer rates of 1 to up to 10 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel, so it can meet a wide range of application performance needs. The high port concentration of the Brocade M6140 translates into
less complicated connectivity, management and deployment, and its carrier-class availability (99.999%), supports the most critical business requirements. In particular, the Brocade M6140:
- Adds capacity in 4-port increments (up to 140 ports/unit) for cost-effective scalability
- Supports FICON and Fibre Channel traffic simultaneously
- Supports N_Port Virtualization (NPIV)
- Simplifies management of heterogeneous environments with robust management software
- Enables non-disruptive code activation
- Improves application throughput with consistent latency and bandwidth
- Provides superior throughput and response times over distance
Brocade M-EOS fabrics including the Brocade M6140 support native interoperability with Brocade Fabric OS-based Brocade 48000 Directors.
Brocade 10 Gbit/sec XPM Blade
The Brocade 10 Gbit/sec XPM Blade upgrades your existing m 6000 Series Director to a blazing 10 Gbit/sec - the highest performance available today. Cut costs, optimize usage of your existing Fibre Channel lines, and increase data traffic distances for BC/DR implementations with 10 Gbit/sec blade.
- Simplify infrastructure by reducing the number of ISLs
- Intermix with 2 and 4Gbit/sec blades in your m6064 or M6140 Director
- Work with Brocade Open Trunking
Brocade 4 Gbit/sec QPM Blade
Increase link speeds between existing Brocade M6140 directors to 4 Gbit/sec - without replacing switches. The Brocade 4 Gbit/sec QPM Blade is the cost-effective and non-disruptive way for Brocade M6140 Director users to buy the capacity they need when they need it. The blade:
- Shortens backup times, meeting the bandwidth needs of data-intensive applications
- Simplifies network by reducing the number of ISLs
- Intermixes with 2 Gbit/sec and 10 Gbit/sec blades
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4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel/FICON Director
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Ultra-High Availability
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- Hot-plug, redundant power supplies, fans, processors
- Hot-plug optics and port modules
- Online diagnostics
- HotCAT technology for online, non-disruptive firmware load and activation
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Performance
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- Port speed: 2 Gbit/sec, 4 Gbit/sec, and 10 Gbit/sec at full duplex
- Buffer Credits: 60 per port
- Switch latency: Less than 2 microseconds average
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Scalability
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- Ports per chassis: 140
- Media type: Hot-plug, industry-standard LC Small Form Factor
- Supported optical media types/distance:
- Shortwave: 300m (1,148 ft.) / 4 Gbit/sec
- Longwave: 4 km (2.5 mi.) / 4 Gbit/sec
10 km (6.4 mi.) / 4 Gbit/sec
- With repeaters: 60 km (4 Gbit/sec)
- Cabling: 62.5/125 micron multimode, 300m (1,148 ft.)
50/125 micron multimode, 500m (1,640 ft.)
9/125 micron single mode, 10 km (6.2 mi.)
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Intelligent SAN Management
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- EFCM
- SMI-S interface
- SNMP
- Open Systems Management Software (OSMS)
- Command Line Interface (CLI)
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FICON Support
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- FICON Management Server and CUP
- IBM System z and open systems environments
- Intermix mode
- Cascaded FICON fabrics at 1, 2, 4, and 10 Gbit/sec speeds
- N_Port Virtualization (NPIV) supports multiple Logical Partitions (LPARs) of zLinux
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Investment Protection and Interoperability
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- Auto-sensing for 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec
- Fibre Channel protocols: FC-PH Rev 4.3, FC-PH-2, FC-PH-3, FC-GS-2, FC-FG, FC-SW-2
- Fibre Channel Element MIB: FE-MIB
- TCP/IP MIB-II Groups: System, Interface, Address Translation, IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, SNMP
- Classes of Service: Class 2, Class 3, Class F
- IPv6 addressing
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