Date: 26-Nov-2009 URL: www.sun.com/storage/storage_networking/switches_directors/brocade_4900/index.xml

Brocade 4900 Switch

No Longer Orderable

This product has reached end-of-life and is no longer orderable. It is superceded by the next generation Brocade 5100 Switch.

Here's the highest-performing 64-port, single-domain SAN switch available. In fact, it's the first 4 Gb/sec SAN switch. It can give you a whole new view on how better, faster switching can boost your entire storage network.

At a Glance

Ultra-fast 4 Gb/sec Fibre Channel (FC) switching
An affordable standalone, core, or edge switch
Up to 64 FC ports in a single-domain 2U enclosure
Scales from 32-64 ports through Ports on Demand licensing
Compatible with older 1 and 2 Gb/sec devices
SAN standards, interoperable with other Brocade switches

More Features

Key Applications

High performance database applications
Consolidated backup
Business continuance
Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
Storage device fan-out
Datacenter consolidation

The Brocade 4900 switch

An affordable small/mid-size SAN switching solution for organizations that need a high port count and a fabric core option, but not the full capabilities of a director-class fabric core. It also makes a great port-aggregation edge switch.

Brocade, the leading storage networking company, offers a complete line of entry-to-enterprise, core-to-edge network switches and directors. Brocade was the first to deliver 4 Gb/sec products, such as the Brocade 4900 switch and 7500 SAN router.