Brocade 48000 Director
4, 8, and 10 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel Director with FICON t.
Scales non-disruptively from 32 to 384 concurrently active 4 or 8
Gbit/sec full-duplex ports in a single domain. Industry-leading
power and cooling efficiency. High availability, multiprotocol
connectivity.
The Brocade 48000 Director is the industry's leading
director-class platform for enterprise SANs, delivering powerful
8Gb and 4Gb connectivity, advanced hardware and software
capabilities, and "five-nines" reliability.
The Brocade 48000's modular design and high port density
provides a flexible and scalable solution for large open systems
and System z environments in round-the-clock data centers.
Organizations can utilize it as a standalone director, at the core
of a multi-switch SAN, or at the edge of a Brocade data center
fabric architecture.
A High-Performance, Highly Reliable Solution for
Enterprise SANs
Utilized in thousands of enterprise SANs worldwide, the Brocade
48000 scales non-disruptively from 32 to as many as 384
concurrently active 8 Gbit/sec or 4 Gbit/sec full-duplex ports in a
single domain.
It supports blades for Fibre Channel Routing and FCIP SAN
extension, iSCSI host connectivity, 10Gb Fibre Channel over dark
fiber, and fabric-based applications. It also connects natively and
non-disruptively in Brocade B-Series and M-Series fabrics,
protecting existing investments. And, to reduce total cost of
ownership, the Brocade 48000 provides best-in-class energy
efficiency.
End-to-End Performance and Reliability
Brocade 8Gb blades require Brocade optical transceiver modules,
which are available in multiple models to satisfy a wide range of
speed and distance requirements. These Small Form-factor Pluggable
(SFP) modules are optimized for Brocade 8Gb products to maximize
performance, reduce power consumption, and help ensure the highest
availability of mission-critical applications.
Improved Cable Management
Brocade Cable Management solutions for the Brocade 48000 Director
provides an organized, easy-to-manage cabling system for high
density environments. They enable organizations to build highly
scalable, flexible and cost-, space-, and energy-efficient cable
infrastructures--the foundation of next generation data
centers.
