Reference Guide
Brocade 6520 Hardware Reference Manual 39
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Appendix
A
Brocade 6520 Specifications
In this appendix
•Weight and physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
•General specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
•Data transmission ranges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
•Memory specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
•Fibre Channel port specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
•Serial port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
•Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
•Electrical cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
•Regulatory certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
•Environmental regulation compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Weight and physical dimensions
Table 10 lists the weight and physical dimensions of the Brocade 6520.
General specifications
Table 11 lists the general specifications for the Brocade 6520.
TABLE 10 Physical specifications
Dimension Value
Height 86.74 mm (3.415 in.)
Depth 609.75 mm (24.006 in.)
Width 429.25 mm (16.900 in.)
Weight (with two power supplies and three fan
assemblies, but no transceivers installed)
16.9 kg (37.3 lb)
TABLE 11 General specifications
Specification Description
Configurable port types E_Port, F_Port, M_Port, and D_Port; EX_Port with license
System architecture Nonblocking shared-memory switch
System processor PowerPC family CPU @ 1.20 GHz
ANSI Fibre Channel protocol FC-PH (Fibre Channel Physical and Signalling Interface standard)










