Brocade 7800 BR-7800-0001 Data Sheet
Product codes
BR-7800-0001
HIGHLIGHTS
• Leverages advanced Fibre Channel
and FCIP technology to enable fast,
reliable, and cost-effective remote data
replication, backup, and migration
reliable, and cost-effective remote data
replication, backup, and migration
• Maximizes flexibility with an extensible
hardware platform and flexible software
licensing to support a broad range of
SAN extension requirements
licensing to support a broad range of
SAN extension requirements
• Offers a purpose-built FCIP SAN extension
solution with up to sixteen 8 Gbps Fibre
Channel ports and six 1 GbE ports in a
1U space
Channel ports and six 1 GbE ports in a
1U space
• Maximizes replication, backup, and
migration throughput over distance
using advanced Fibre Channel frame
compression, disk and tape protocol
acceleration, and QoS-aware FCIP
networking technology
using advanced Fibre Channel frame
compression, disk and tape protocol
acceleration, and QoS-aware FCIP
networking technology
• Offers FCIP Trunking and Adaptive Rate
Limiting to maximize WAN link utilization
and resiliency
and resiliency
• Enables consolidation while providing
traffic isolation in mixed environments
with Brocade Virtual Fabrics
with Brocade Virtual Fabrics
• Simplifies management through Brocade
Fabric Vision technology, reducing
operational costs, maximizing uptime,
and optimizing application performance
operational costs, maximizing uptime,
and optimizing application performance
Industry-Leading SAN Extension
for Remote Data Replication
and Backup
IT organizations continue to face unprecedented
data growth as more platforms, applications,
and users connect to the data center network.
In turn, the storage network infrastructure must
continue evolving to enable fast, continuous,
and cost-effective access to mission-critical
data from anywhere in the world.
data growth as more platforms, applications,
and users connect to the data center network.
In turn, the storage network infrastructure must
continue evolving to enable fast, continuous,
and cost-effective access to mission-critical
data from anywhere in the world.
To address this challenge, the Brocade
®
7800
Extension Switch provides a fast, highly
reliable, and cost-effective network
infrastructure for remote data replication,
backup, and migration. Leveraging advanced
Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over IP
(FCIP) technology, the Brocade 7800 provides
a flexible and extensible platform to move
more data faster and farther than ever before.
reliable, and cost-effective network
infrastructure for remote data replication,
backup, and migration. Leveraging advanced
Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over IP
(FCIP) technology, the Brocade 7800 provides
a flexible and extensible platform to move
more data faster and farther than ever before.
Whether configured for simple point-to-point
or comprehensive multisite SAN extension,
the Brocade 7800 addresses the most
demanding business continuity, compliance,
or comprehensive multisite SAN extension,
the Brocade 7800 addresses the most
demanding business continuity, compliance,
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and global data access requirements. Up to
sixteen 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports and six
1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports provide the
Fibre Channel and FCIP bandwidth, port
density, and throughput required for maximum
application performance over WAN links.
sixteen 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports and six
1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports provide the
Fibre Channel and FCIP bandwidth, port
density, and throughput required for maximum
application performance over WAN links.
A SCALABLE, FLEXIBLE
SAN EXTENSION PLATFORM
The Brocade 7800 is an ideal platform for
building or expanding a high-performance
SAN extension infrastructure for replication
and backup solutions (see Figure 1). It
leverages cost-effective IP WAN transport
to extend open systems and mainframe
disk and tape storage applications
over distances that would otherwise be
impossible, impractical, or too expensive
with standard Fibre Channel connections.
building or expanding a high-performance
SAN extension infrastructure for replication
and backup solutions (see Figure 1). It
leverages cost-effective IP WAN transport
to extend open systems and mainframe
disk and tape storage applications
over distances that would otherwise be
impossible, impractical, or too expensive
with standard Fibre Channel connections.