The Brocade 7500 combines 4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel switching and routing capabilities with powerful hardware-assisted traffic forwarding for Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP). It features 16 Fibre Channel ports and two 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports—delivering high performance to run storage applications at line-rate speed with either protocol. By integrating these services in a single platform, the Brocade 7500 offers a wide range of benefits for storage and SAN connectivity, including SAN scaling, longdistance extension, greater resource sharing (either ...
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The Brocade 7500 combines 4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel switching and routing capabilities with powerful hardware-assisted traffic forwarding for Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP). It features 16 Fibre Channel ports and two 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports—delivering high performance to run storage applications at line-rate speed with either protocol. By integrating these services in a single platform, the Brocade 7500 offers a wide range of benefits for storage and SAN connectivity, including SAN scaling, longdistance extension, greater resource sharing (either locally or across geographical areas), and simplified management.