Brocade Communications Systems 7500E Complete Investment Protection, Maximizing SAN Investments

overall costs. And with qualifications by all leading storage vendors, the Brocade 7500E provides a proven, interoperable solution.

COMPLETE INVESTMENT PROTECTION

As organizations evolve, they often face investment protection challenges. To protect storage and networking investments, the Brocade 7500E is interoperable with existing Fibre Channel SAN and IP environments, including Brocade switch and router platforms. Moreover, the Brocade 7500E is upgradable to full Brocade 7500 capabilities with a simple software license upgrade for higher scalability and advanced functionality.

This “pay-as-you-grow” strategy helps organizations minimize upfront costs and protect future investments as their business needs change.

MAXIMIZING SAN INVESTMENTS

Brocade and its partners offer complete solutions to meet a wide range of technology and business requirements. These solutions include education and training, support, and services to help optimize technology investments. For more information, contact an authorized Brocade sales partner or visit www.brocade.com.

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Primary Data Center

Brocade 48000

with FR4-18i blade

Brocade

7500E

FCIP

Tunnels

WAN

	Brocade
Fibre Channel	7500E
Gigabit Ethernet IP

Interconnecting remote SAN fabrics to a central data center, the Brocade 7500E enables lower-cost remote data replication for centralized backup.

Remote Site

SAN

Remote Site