Brocade 4120 Switch BR-4120-R0000-A Data Sheet

Product codes
BR-4120-R0000-A
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HigHligHts
• Offers Ports on Demand capabilities for
fast, easy, and cost-effective scalability
from 16 to 32 ports in 8-port increments
• Protects existing investments by providing
4 Gbit/sec technology with auto-sensing
capabilities to support earlier 1 and 2
Gbit/sec devices
• Supports full 4 Gbit/sec operations at
distances up to 100 kilometers (or 500
kilometers at 1 Gbit/sec) for cost-
effective business continuance
• Increases network performance with
enhanced Brocade Inter-Switch Link (ISL)
Trunking, which enables a high-speed
data path up to 32 Gbit/sec
• Meets high-availability requirements with
redundant, hot-pluggable components,
non-disruptive software upgrades, and
hot code activation for a wide range of
SAN configurations
• Leverages intelligent Brocade SAN
management and monitoring tools to
increase operational efficiency and 
maximize SAN investments
• Provides FICON
®
support for
IBM zSeries server environments,
including CUP support
A Flexible High-Performance 
Switch for a Variety of SAN 
Environments  
The Brocade
®
4100 is a high-performance,
high-availability Fibre Channel switch designed
for rapidly growing storage requirements in
mission-critical environments. With a flexible 
architecture that supports 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec
technology with 16, 24, or 32 ports in a 1U
package, the Brocade 4100 provides excellent
value at an affordable price point. As a
result, even small organizations can achieve
the levels of performance and availability
typically attainable only by larger enterprises.
The Brocade 4100 provides low-cost access
to industry-leading SAN technology as well
as support for “pay-as-you-grow” scalability
with Ports on Demand. Because it is fully
compatible with previous 1 and 2 Gbit/sec
devices, it protects existing technology
investments while providing a strategic
solution for the future.
These capabilities help make the
Brocade 4100 ideal for branch offices and 
departments in large enterprises as well as
for midsized organizations. It can be used
as the foundation of small standalone SANs
or as an edge switch in larger core-to-edge
SAN infrastructures for enterprise-class
applications such as ERP, MRP, data
warehousing, billing, and e-mail.
iNDUstRY-lEADiNg PERFORMANCE
The Brocade 4100 provides best-in-class
performance for midrange SAN switches
to support mission-critical applications. It
features a non-blocking architecture with
as many as 32 ports concurrently active
at 4 Gbit/sec full duplex to provide an
aggregate bandwidth of 256 Gbit/sec.
BROCADE
4100
SwITCh
StorAgE ArEA 
NEtwork
SAN DATA ShEET