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Brocade 5100 Introduction

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Brocade 5100 overview

The Brocade 5100 is an Enterprise class 1U, 40-port Fibre Channel 1, 2, 4 or 8 Gbps Fibre Channel
switch that offers the next generation Brocade, single-chip architecture for Storage Area Networks
(SANs). The Brocade 5100 is designed to function in large-scale enterprise SANs and can also fit
the requirements of small to medium-sized work groups.
Because the Brocade 5100 has a slim 1U height and a high port count, you can use the Brocade
5100 to create very dense fabrics in a relatively small space. With its flexible Ports On Demand
(POD) capability, the Brocade 5100 provides excellent overall value as the foundation of a SAN with
the ability to grow with an organization's SAN needs.
The Brocade 5100 is the latest mid-range offer from the Brocade family of entry-to-enterprise
products. It supports the following features:
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Brocade 5100 overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Port side of the Brocade 5100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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Non-port side of the Brocade 5100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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Field replaceable units (FRUs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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Ports on Demand license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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ISL trunking groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Up to 40 ports of high-performance 8 Gbps technology and POD scaling from 24 to 32 or 40
ports.
Support for 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps auto-sensing Fibre Channel switch and router ports.
FICON , FICON Cascading and FICON Control Unit Port ready.
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Two hot-swappable, redundant integrated power supply and fan FRUs.
Universal ports that self-configure as E, F, M, or FL ports. Ex_Ports are activated on a per port
basis with the optional Integrated Routing license.
Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) service that provides improved scalability and fault isolation
(through the optional Integrated Routing license).
An RJ45 Ethernet management port, that in conjunction with EZSwitchSetup, supports switch
IP address discovery and configuration, eliminating the need to attach a serial cable to
configure the switch IP address and greatly increasing the ease of use.
USB port that provides storage for firmware updates, output of the supportSave command and
storage for configuration uploads and downloads
Single motherboard design with 667 MHz PowerPC 440EPx Reduced Instruction Set Computer
(RISC) CPU and integrated peripherals which provide high performance.
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