Brocade 5300 - Manual

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• Delivers full 8 Gbit/sec 1:1 performance

for up to 80 ports in a single-domain,
optimized 2U form factor

• Offers best-in-class port density and

scalability for enterprise SAN switches
along with redundant, hot-pluggable
components and non-disruptive
software upgrades

• Protects existing device investments with

auto-sensing 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/sec
capabilities and native operation with
Brocade and Brocade M-Series fabrics

• Features Ports on Demand capabilities

for fast, easy, and cost-effective scalability
from 48 to 80 ports in 16-port increments

• Provides Adaptive Networking services

such as Quality of Service (QoS) to help
optimize application performance in
consolidated, virtual environments

• Supports Fibre Channel Integrated Routing

for selective device sharing while maintaining
remote fabric isolation for higher levels of
scalability and fault isolation

• Improves energy efficiency by combining

increased bandwidth with lower power
consumption

• Includes Brocade DCFM Professional,

enabling centralized management and
monitoring of multiswitch environments

An Industry-Leading Switch for

Virtualized Data Centers

As the value and volume of business data
continue to rise, organizations need
technology solutions that are easy to
implement and manage, and that can grow
and change with minimal disruption. The
Brocade

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5300 Switch is designed to

consolidate connectivity in rapidly growing
mission-critical environments—combining
1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/sec technology in
configurations of 48, 64, or 80 ports in an
efficiently designed 2U package. The
combination of density, performance, and
“pay-as-you-grow” scalability increases
server and storage utilization while reducing
complexity for virtualized servers and storage.

Used at the fabric core or at the edge of a
tiered core-to-edge infrastructure, the
Brocade 5300 operates seamlessly with
existing Brocade switches through native
E_Port connectivity into Brocade Fabric OS

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(FOS) or M-Enterprise OS (M-EOS)*

BROCADE

5300

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* Brocade M-EOS fabrics are McDATA switches and

directors running McDATA Enterprise OS in McDATA

Fabric mode or McDATA Open Fabric mode.

environments. The evolutionary design
makes it very efficient in power, cooling, and
rack density to help enable medium- and
large-scale server and storage consolidation.
The Brocade 5300 also includes Adaptive
Networking capabilities to more efficiently
manage resources in highly consolidated
environments while providing the highest
service levels to data center applications.

sUPERiOR PERFORMANCE

AND DENsitY

To support mission-critical environments,
the Brocade 5300 features a non-blocking
architecture with as many as 80 ports
concurrently active at 8 Gbit/sec full duplex
with no over-subscription—providing an
aggregate bandwidth of 640 Gbit/sec. It
also supports new virtualization technologies
that are driving efficiency and flexibility
benefits. For example, organizations that