Brocade 300

8 Gb Fibre Channel technology

The Brocade 300 is an 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel switch and provides the flexible building blocks customers need for high performance easily manageable storage area networks in large or fast growing server and virtual server environments. With a flexible architecture that supports 1, 2, 4 and 8Gbit/sec technology with 8, 16, or 24 ports, the Brocade 300 provides a highly available, lossless networking between application and data as well as between server and storage networks.

Brocade 300

Features	Benefits
Flexible ports on demand	“Pay-as-you-grow” scalability The delivered 8 ports can easily upgrade to 16 or 24 by activating the port license

FC Switches

Technology	Switch	Main Features
Generation 5 (FC 16G)	Brocade 6505 Switch	Provides up to 24 ports Enterprise features at an entry-level price „pay-as-you-grow“ scalability from 12 to 24 ports
	Brocade 6510 Switch	Provides up to 48 ports Maximizes overall port density and space utilization for consolidation of legacy SAN switches Features enhanced diagnostics and RAS functionality to minimize downtime
	Brocade 6520 Switch	Provides high scalability in an ultra-dense 96-port switch Improved availability and manageability with distributed intelligence across the network Up to eight in-flight encryption and compression ports delivering security and bandwidth savings
Generation 4 (FC 8G)	Brocade 300 Switch	Provides up to 24 ports „pay-as-you-grow“ scalability Full fabric architecture
	Brocade 5300 Switch	Provides up to 80 ports „pay-as-you-grow“ scalability Enterprise-class availability for disaster recovery and business continuity