Date: 26-Nov-2009 URL: www.sun.com/storage/storage_networking/blades_modules/brocade_fr4-18i/index.xml

Brocade FR4-18i Director Blade

Looking for a better way to connect your SANs to support business objectives? The new Brocade FR4-18i Director Blade provides you with an integrated platform that lets you interconnect your SAN islands for greater utilization and long-distance extension. The Brocade FR4-18i eliminates the need to physically merge SAN islands into a single fabric, and provides you with an enterprise building block that improves efficiencies and reduces costs.

At a Glance

Provides an enterprise building block for consolidation and business continuity
Reduces cost of SAN design, implementation, and management
Enables secure communications across IP WANs
Optimizes performance for SAN extension across suboptimal WANs
Simplifies interconnection of mixed SAN environments

Key Applications

Mixed-vendor SAN environments
SAN consolidation
Inter-SAN connectivity

Maximize Your Brocade 48000 Director

Enhance the performance of your Brocade 48000 Director with the Brocade FR4-18i Director Blade.