DELL Brocade M5424 210-39044 Data Sheet

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210-39044
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DATA SHEET
BROCADE M5424  
8 GBIT/SEC FIBRE  
CHANNEL SWITCH  
FOR M1000E-SERIES 
BLADE ENCLOSURES
HIGHLIGHTS
Simplifies SAN connectivity and leverages 
• 
next-generation 8 Gbit/sec technology 
to reduce costs, improve reliability and 
increase flexibility 
Easily integrates Dell PowerEdge M1000e 
• 
blade enclosures into any SAN fabric
Reduces up to 80% of the SAN compo-
• 
nents and more than 40% of the costs  
of a pass-through solution
Eliminates the space, power and cooling 
• 
requirements of an external switch 
Leverages industry-proven switch tech - 
• 
nology to maximize reliability and resiliency
Expands from 12 to 24 ports with flexible 
• 
“pay-as-you-grow” port licensing 
Integrates next-generation Brocade Data 
• 
Center Fabric technology for end-to-end 
performance, Quality of Service (QOS), 
and availability management
simplifying san storage for  
Dell Poweredge Blade solutions 
Enterprises are deploying high density 
blade servers and leveraging virtualization 
technology in order to maximize the benefits 
of consolidation: reduce capital and 
operational costs, simplify management 
complexity, lower power, cooling and 
space requirements and eliminate cable 
sprawl. As more applications and servers 
are virtualized and consolidated on fewer 
physical servers, IT organizations must 
deploy computing resources capable of 
keeping up with workload demands without 
impacting performance or service levels.
The Dell PowerEdge M1000e-Series  
Blade Enclosure and Brocade M5424  
8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel Switch combine 
next-generation blade server and Fibre 
Channel switch technology to simplify 
IT complexity and eliminate data center 
sprawl. The Brocade M5424 simplifies 
SAN connectivity and delivers substantial 
cost-savings, improved reliability and 
better flexibility to address evolving storage 
requirements for enterprise data centers.
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