Brocade 5100 SAN Switch

An excellent choice for quickly growing storage environments, the Brocade 5100 SAN switch blends high performance, scalability and availability in an energy efficient solution. It brings together 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel technology in configurations of 24, 32, or 40 ports in a 1U form factor and uses under 2.5 watts of power per port.

Able to support mission-critical environments, the Brocade 5100 delivers best-in-class performance for a midrange SAN switch. And, enterprise-class availability features such as hot-swappable, redundant, and integrated fan and power supply assemblies make the Brocade 5100 highly available.

Brocade 5100 Features:

Fibre Channel ports

Switch mode (default): 24-, 32-, and 40-port configurations (8-port increments through Ports on Demand licenses); universal (E, F, M, EX, FL) ports
Access Gateway Default Port Mapping: 32 F_Ports, 8 N_Ports

Scalability

Full fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum

Certified maximum

Brocade FOS fabric: 56 domains, 19 hops
Single Brocade M-Enterprise OS (M-EOS) fabric: 31 domains, 3 hops
Larger fabrics certified as required; consult Brocade or OEM SAN design documents for configuration details

Performance

1.063 Gbps line speed (full duplex); 2.125 Gbps line speed (full duplex); 4.25 Gbps line speed (full duplex); 8.5 Gbps line speed (full duplex); auto-sensing of 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds; optionally programmable to fixed port speed; speed matching between 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps ports

Aggregate bandwidth

320 Gbps: 40 ports × 8 Gbps (data rate)

For pricing on new or used Brocade 5100 switches, please contact Vibrant sales at sales@vibrant.com or call 888-443-8606 or 952-653-1700.