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BROCADE SILKWORM 48000


The Brocade SilkWorm 48000 Director provides unique capabilities to meet the full spectrum of mission-critical requirements for enterprise SAN environments. It scales non-disruptively from 32 to as many as 256 concurrently active 4 Gbit/sec full-duplex ports in a single domain. Its reliable, high-availability capabilities make it ideal for enterprise management and high volume transaction processing applications such as ERP and data warehousing, as well as data backup.

With its fifth-generation, high-performance architecture, the SilkWorm 48000 is ideal for use in the core of large SANs that require the highest levels of performance. To provide even higher performance, enhanced Brocade ISL Trunking combines up to eight 4 Gbit/sec ports between a pair of directors into a single, logical high-speed trunk running at up to 32 Gbit/sec.

The SilkWorm 48000 is designed to integrate with heterogeneous environments that include IBM zSeries server and open platforms with multiple operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, and i5/OS.

A Cost-effective Platform for High-performance SAN Extension

Designed for use in the Brocade SilkWorm 48000 Director, the SilkWorm 48000 Director Blade FR4-18i is the industry's first 4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel enterprise-class routing blade, providing routing services and performance-optimized FCIP. The SilkWorm FR4-18i offers a wide range of benefits for inter-SAN connectivity, including long-distance SAN extension, greater resource sharing, and simplified management.

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The Brocade SilkWorm 48000 Director provides unique capabilities to meet the full spectrum of mission-critical requirements for enterprise SAN environments. It scales non-disruptively from 32 to as many as 256 concurrently active 4 Gbit/sec full-duplex ports in a single domain. Its reliable, high-av ...