Connectrix DS-6505B is a 24-port Fibre Channel SAN switch in the Brocade 6505 family, designed for entry-level enterprise storage networks. It provides 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports with up to 24 physical ports available, of which 12 are active by default and the remaining ports can be enabled via Port On Demand licensing. The appliance is a 1U, rack-mountable unit with dual AC power supplies and rack ears for installation in standard data-center racks. It serves as the FC switch fabric between servers and storage arrays in SAN environments, delivering high-speed, low-latency connectivity for mid-size storage deployments.
