Brocade M4700 Fabric Switch

The 32 port Brocade M4700 Fabric Switch lets you scale from 16 to 32 ports in 8 port increments using FlexPort pay-as-you-grow technology. This top-of-the-line, 4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel fabric switch comes with an install wizard and full fabric services standard. Ideal for mid-size to large fabrics, the M4700 provides high availability features such as hot-swap redundant power and cooling, and dense port count. The switch is designed with exceptional port density: 32 ports in 1U of rack space. The M4700 also provides the highest performance available, with 4 Gbit/sec non-blocking bandwidth on every port and the ability to auto-negotiate to 2 and 1 Gbit/sec to protect existing investments.

• Port Speed: 1.0625, 2.125 and 4.25 Gbit/sec, full duplex
• Aggregate Throughput: 256 Gbit/sec
• Latency: Less than 1 microsecond average Scalability
• Ports per Chassis: 32 GL ports
• Media Type: Hot-plug, industry standard LC small form factor pluggable (SFP)
• Distance: Up to 50km at 4 Gbit/sec, 200km at 1 Gbit/sec

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