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Figure 1. ISL Trunking with 2 and 4 Gbit/sec links. Optimal bandwidth utilization using 4 Gbit/sec with 8 trunks 1 G 4 G up to four 2 Gbit/sec links 2 G 1.5 G 3 G 1.5 G 0.5 G 0.5 G 0.5 G 1 G 2 G 1 G 1 G 4 G 2 G Without Trunking With Trunking With Trunking 1 G ...n congestion 8 Gbit/sec 2 G 4 G 2 G 32 Gbit/sec 1.5 G 3 G 1.5 G 0.5 G 0.5 G 0.5 G ASIC Preserves ASIC Preserves 1 G 2 G 1 G In-order Delivery In-order Delivery 2 G 4 G 2 G 1 G ...n The Brocade 5000 is designed to protect Additional per
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OPEN sAN MANAgEMENt HigHER FABRiC sECURit Y FOR By networking Fibre Channel switches CRitiCAl iNFORMA tiON such as theBr ocade 5000 under a The Brocade 5000 is designed for the common platform, Fabric OS simplifies highest level of SAN fabric security to SAN management through standard helporganizations safeguard theircritical managementint erfacesand support for information. It utilizes Brocade Advanced third-party management applications. Zoningas wellas adv anced po
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DATA ShEET BROCADE 5000 sPECiFiCAti ONs systems Architecture Mechanicals Fibre Channel ports 32 ports, universal (E, F, M, and FL) Enclosure Back-to-front airflow (non-Fibre Channel port side to Fibre Channel port side). Power from rear. 1.0U, Scalability Full fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum 19-inch EIA compliant Certified maximum Single Brocade FOS fabric: 56 domains, 19 hops Size width: 42.9 cm (16.9 in) Single Brocade M-EOS fabric: 31 domains, 3 hops height: 4.4 cm (1
