Dell 88NXW Brocade 6505 24-Ports 16Gb/s (12 x Ports Active) FC Switch

SKU 88NXW

Brand Dell

Brocade 6505 Fibre Channel Switch
24 total ports
16Gb/s Fibre Channel speed
12 ports active
Designed for SAN environments
Scalable network connectivity
High-performance data access

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Key specifications

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Part Number: 88NXW
Brand: Dell (Brocade)
Model: 6505
Port Count: 24
Active Ports: 12
Speed: 16Gb/s FC

Product details

The Dell 88NXW is a Brocade 6505 Fibre Channel (FC) switch, offering 24 ports with a speed of 16Gb/s. It comes with 12 ports active, providing a scalable solution for SAN connectivity.

Technical Information

Part Number	88NXW
Brand	Dell (Brocade)
Model	6505

Additional Specifications

Port Count	24
Active Ports	12
Speed	16Gb/s FC

Description

The Dell 88NXW, based on the Brocade 6505 platform, is a high-performance Fibre Channel switch designed to meet the demands of modern storage area networks (SANs). It provides 24 physical ports, with 12 of them enabled and ready for active use, offering a flexible and scalable solution for connecting servers to storage devices. With a data transfer rate of 16Gb/s per port, this switch ensures rapid and efficient communication between servers and storage arrays. This high speed is crucial for applications requiring low latency and high throughput, such as virtualization, database operations, and high-performance computing. The switch's architecture is optimized for reliability and performance in enterprise environments. This Brocade 6505 switch is an integral component for building robust and efficient SAN infrastructures. Its ability to support 16Gb/s speeds makes it suitable for environments that are transitioning to higher bandwidth storage networking, providing a solid foundation for data-intensive workloads and ensuring data integrity and availability.

Condition: Refurbished