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BROCADE M5424
8 GBIT/SEC FIBRE
CHANNEL SWITCH
FOR M1000E-SERIES
BLADE ENCLOSURES
HIGHLIGHTS
Simplies SAN connectivity and leverages •
next-generation 8 Gbit/sec technology
to reduce costs, improve reliability and
increase exibility
Easily integrates Dell PowerEdge M1000e •
blade enclosures into any SAN fabric
Reduces up to 80% of the SAN compo-•
nents and more than 40% of the costs
of a pass-through solution
Eliminates the space, power and cooling •
requirements of an external switch
Leverages industry-proven switch tech - •
nology to maximize reliability and resiliency
Expands from 12 to 24 ports with exible •
“pay-as-you-grow” port licensing
Integrates next-generation Brocade Data •
Center Fabric technology for end-to-end
performance, Quality of Service (QOS),
and availability management
Simplifying SAN Storage for
Dell PowerEdge Blade Solutions
Enterprises are deploying high density
blade servers and leveraging virtualization
technology in order to maximize the benets
of consolidation: reduce capital and
operational costs, simplify management
complexity, lower power, cooling and
space requirements and eliminate cable
sprawl. As more applications and servers
are virtualized and consolidated on fewer
physical servers, IT organizations must
deploy computing resources capable of
keeping up with workload demands without
impacting performance or service levels.
The Dell PowerEdge M1000e-Series
Blade Enclosure and Brocade M5424
8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel Switch combine
next-generation blade server and Fibre
Channel switch technology to simplify
IT complexity and eliminate data center
sprawl. The Brocade M5424 simplies
SAN connectivity and delivers substantial
cost-savings, improved reliability and
better exibility to address evolving storage
requirements for enterprise data centers.
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