BR-5000 Brocade 5000 16-Port SAN Switch
Brocade 5000 8Gbps 16-port active Fibre Channel managed fabric switch with Enterprise Bundle for storage area networks.
The BR-5000 is an internal network communication adapter engineered to deliver high-speed optical data routing and wide-area network (WAN) connectivity across enterprise routing frameworks. Outfitted with 16 line-rate 8Gbps Fibre Channel ports enabled via the integrated Enterprise Bundle, this high-performance fabric switch provides scalable, low-latency optical switching optimized for virtualization clusters and distributed storage infrastructure. It handles critical routing configurations and intelligent traffic management layers directly across the backplane to prevent structural congestion. This configuration cleanly segregates high-bandwidth data paths, optimizing execution rates and safeguarding core lines against data packet dropouts, fabric latency, or single-point-of-failure routing interruptions during heavy transactional storage cycles.
Alternative Part Numbers
- DS-5000B
- 100-652-505
- BR-5000-0001