Brocade G610 Switch
Affordable, No-Compromise Storage Switch for the Modern Data Center

Overview
Today’s organizations are under pressure to digitize everything to be more competitive, maximize revenue growth, and increase productivity. Yet explosive data growth, coupled with user expectations of unlimited access from anywhere, at any time, on any device, is pushing storage environments to the limit. To meet these dynamic business demands, the network must evolve to improve speed, efficiency, and costs. This requires looking beyond legacy infrastructure, which was not designed to support the performance requirements of evolving workloads and flash based storage technology—and will therefore impede the performance of an all-flash data center. Organizations need a new approach to storage networking to enable databases, virtual servers, desktops, and critical applications, and to unlock the full capabilities of flash. By treating the network as a strategic part of a storage environment, organizations can maximize their productivity and efficiency, even as they rapidly grow their environments.
Affordable, No-Compromise Storage Switch for the Modern Data Center Brocade® G610 Switch The Brocade G610 provides an affordable storage switch without compromising on performance and reliability. Leveraging the power of Gen 6 Fibre Channel technology, it delivers a flash-ready solution for the always-on, digital business. With its combination of up to 32G performance, unmatched simplicity, and enterprise-class functionality, the Brocade G610 provides exceptional price/ performance value in an entry-level switch.
The Brocade G610 offers small to midsized data centers affordable access to industry-leading Gen 6 Fibre Channel technology. Organizations gain the best of both worlds: high-performance access to industry-leading storage technology, and the ability to start small and grow on demand, from 8 to 24 ports, to support an evolving storage environment. The Brocade G610 is also easy to use and install, with a point-andclick user interface that simplifies deployment and saves time.
Designed in an efficient 1U package, starting with 8 ports and low energy consumption at 0.10 watts per Gb/s and 3.2 watts per port, the switch delivers a low total cost of ownership (TCO) for Gen 6. To help further control costs, the Brocade G610 provides real-time monitoring to enable users to actively monitor the switch’s power usage.

Industry-Leading Technology That Is Flexible, Simple, and Easy to Use
The Brocade G610 features up to 24 Fibre Channel ports, delivering industry-leading Gen 6 Fibre Channel technology in a flexible, simple, and easy-to-use solution. Designed for maximum flexibility, this entry-level switch offers payas-you-grow capability to easily and cost-effectively scale from 8 to 24 ports with Ports on Demand (PoD). Moreover, each of the 24 SFP+ ports supports 4, 8, 16, and 32G Fibre Channel speeds. High speed 32G and 16G optics allow organizations to deploy bandwidth on demand to meet growing data center needs.
With its PoD capability, the Brocade G610 provides excellent overall value and the agility needed to enable rapid deployments to meet user demands and support higher growth. In addition, the switch can be easily deployed in just three steps with the Brocade EZSwitchSetup wizard. This tool features a simple user interface that dramatically reduces deployment and configuration times.

Highlights
• Provides an affordable storage switch that redefines simplicity and flexibility.
• Leverages industry-leading reliability, an unprecedented lifetime warranty, and unmatched product support for peace of mind.
• Meets the high-throughput, low-latency demands of critical applications with flash-ready performance.
• Enables the seamless transition to next-generation NVMe flash arrays, without a disruptive rip-and-replace.
• Starts small and grows on demand, from 8 to 24 ports, to support an evolving storage environment.
• Powers up from 16G to 32G to deliver increased performance on demand.
• Simplifies end-to-end management by automating repetitive daily management tasks.
• Installs in three easy steps with a point-and-click user interface—simplifying deployment and saving time.
• Proactively monitors and optimizes the health and performance of individual virtual machines (VMs), and identifies anomalies with VM Insight.
• Leverages Brocade Fabric Vision technology to simplify administration, quickly resolve problems, increase uptime, and reduce costs.

Gen 6 Fibre Channel Brocade
Gen 6 Fibre Channel is the purpose-built network infrastructure for mission-critical storage, delivering breakthrough performance, operational stability, and increased business agility to accelerate data access, adapt to evolving requirements, and drive always-on business operations. The Brocade G610 with Gen 6 Fibre Channel technology is an affordable storage switch, delivering simplified operations, flash-ready performance, and always-on reliability to grow with the demands of your business