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BROCADE SILKWORM 48000 DIRECTOR


The Brocade Silkworm 48000 Director provides a director-class platform for enterprise SANS, delivering 8GB and 4GB connectivity along with advanced hardware and software capabilities.

The Silkworm 48000's modular design and high port density provide a flexible, and scalable solution that is ideally suited as a standalone director, at the core of a multi-switch SAN, or at the edge of a Brocade data centre.

  • Up to 384 4 or 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports; up to eight Fibre Channel blades (16, 32, or 48 ports per blade); up to 1152 ports per 42U rack
  • Up to eight Brocade FC10-6 blades (six 10 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports per blade)
  • Up to four Brocade FR4-18i SAN Extension blades (16 4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports and two Gigabit Ethernet ports per blade)
  • Up to four Brocade FC4-16IP iSCSI blades (eight 4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports and eight Gigabit Ethernet ports per blade)
  • Up to two Brocade FA4-18 Application Blades (16 4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports and two Gigabit Ethernet ports per blade)
  • 1.063 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex; 2.125 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex
  • Up to eight ports per ISL trunk, delivering up to 64 Gbit/sec per ISL trunk using 8 Gbit/sec ports
  • Full fabric architecture 239 switches maximum

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The Brocade Silkworm 48000 Director provides a director-class platform for enterprise SANS, delivering 8GB and 4GB connectivity along with advanced hardware and software capabilities. The Silkworm 48000's modular design and high port density provide a flexible, and scalable solution that is ideall ...