Why Brocade?

What's in it for your customer?

Industry-leading Brocade switches are the foundation for connecting servers and storage devices in SANs - enabling organisations to access and share data in a high-performance, manageable, and scalable manner.

Investment Protection
Brocade switches:

Are fully forward and backward compatible across the entire Brocade portfolio
Enable highly scalable core-to-edge configurations

Flexible and Easy to Use
Brocade standalone switch models:

offer flexible configurations ranging from 8 to 80 ports
can function as core or edge switches, depending upon business requirements.
seamlessly integrate and scale with existing SAN infrastructures, to provide reliable operation in mixed fabrics
Brocade Embedded Switches:
Blade servers and Fibre Channel SANs maximise the benefits from server consolidation and virtualisation. Brocade is the
leading provider and innovator of embedded Fibre Channel switches for blade servers:
simplify SAN connectivity
maximise performance and availability
minimise infrastructure costs.

High Availability

The Brocade 5300 and Brocade 5100 switches offering redundant, hot-pluggable components
All Brocade switches feature non-disruptive software upgrades, automatic path rerouting, and extensive diagnostics
Leveraging the Brocade networking model, these switches can provide a fabric capable of delivering overall system availability greater than 99.999 percent

Fast, Reliable 2, 4, and 8 Gbps Performance

full, non-blocking performance across all ports as well as 1:1 subscription.
high throughput and optimised data flows between switches

Simplified Deployment and Management

utilise cost-effective management solutions to optimise storage network resources, improve efficiency, and reduce TCO
easy deployment, management, and maintenance - leveraging tools such as the EZSwitchSetup wizard
simplified administration, through embedded Brocade Web Tools software and Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM)
centralised management - regardless of vendor, protocol, or geography

Excellent Value for a Variety of Environments
A flexible, low-cost solution for standalone departmental SANs or as high-performance edge switches in large enterprise SANs.

SAN Extension
Brocade next-generation SAN extension platforms provide best-in-class Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) port density, bandwidth, and throughput to address the most demanding business continuity, compliance, and data mobility requirements for open systems and mainframe storage. They enable organisations to move more data faster and further than ever before for remote data replication, backup, and migration solutions.

What's in it for you?

Increase your revenues - switching out competitive solutions for more powerful, reliable and profitable switches from Brocade
Enable your customer's big IT initiatives, such as consolidation, data management, business continuity and compliance
Provide a more stable, future-proof SAN environment
Enable more account control and ensure account protection during technology transitions

For more Information