Brocade directors lead the industry in performance and operational efficiency, resulting in significant TCO savings. Moreover, Brocade directors meet the most demanding requirements in any environment, whether as the core of large SANs or in a standalone or FICON configuration.
Fibre Channel/FICON Directors |
Brocade 48000
Up-to 384 ports
Choice of 16-, 32-, and 48-port blades at 4 or 8 Gbit/sec
6 port blade at 10 Git/sec
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Brocade Mi10K
Up to 256 ports
32-port blade at 4 Gbit/sec
10 Gbit/sec blades
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- Enterprise director with hardware partitioning using SAN LPARs
- Mixed FICON and open systems in separate LPARs
- 10 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel capabilities
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Brocade M6140
140 ports
4-port blade at 4 Gbit/sec
10 Gbit/sec blades
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- The original SAN director
- Building block for expanding existing SANs that use the Brocade M6140
- Up to 140 ports in 4-port increments
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Enterprise-Class Directors for Any SAN Environment
High Availability
Combining reliable architectures with fully redundant hardware components and innovative software, Brocade directors provide ultra-high availability to meet enterprise-class availability requirements. As a result, they help support a strategic SAN infrastructure capable of addressing the most demanding business requirements.
System z (FICON) Support
All Brocade directors support the FICON protocol for IBM System z environments, enabling organizations to utilize a single platform for both open systems and System z environments. They support both local and cascaded environments for all applications. Utilizing the integrated FCIP capabilities of the Brocade 48000, organizations can extend cascaded environments over an IP network to increase network design flexibility and reduce long-distance costs. If desired, all of the director systems have the ability to run both FICON and open systems Fibre Channel traffic within a single platform.
Extensible, Modular, Bladed Architecture
Brocade directors offer an extensible multiprotocol architecture designed for optimal data reliability with support for 4, 8, and 10 Gbit/sec performance. The Brocade Director 48000 also offers multiprotocol blades as well for extended distances and fabric-based applications.
Interoperability
Brocade directors are interoperable with each other as well as with the industry's leading HBAs, servers, and storage devices. Brocade has a large investment in interoperability labs and testing to help organizations build networked environments with confidence. Brocade is committed to continued investment and expanded support for interoperability between switches of all types. Brocade directors also comply with Fibre Channel standards and can be managed through leading third-party management solutions.
Advanced Network Performance and Security
Brocade directors utilize a wide variety of Brocade Advanced Fabric Services that are designed to improve the investment protection, security, performance, scalability, and efficiency of Brocade SAN fabrics. These services include ISL Trunking for improved network performance and efficiency, and enhanced security for tighter access and change control.
Manageability Reduces Cost and Complexity
Organizations with Brocade directors can use SAN management solutions to optimize storage network resources and maximize availability while improving efficiencies and reducing costs. Comprehensive Brocade management software enables centralized management of SAN resources - regardless of vendor, protocol, or geography. Learn more about SAN management solutions.
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