Part Number: DS-300B
Manufacturer Company: Brocade Communications Systems
Overview: The Brocade DS-300B is a cost-effective and scalable Fibre Channel switch designed for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), remote office deployments, and entry-level SAN (Storage Area Network) environments. It provides reliable and high-performance connectivity for storage systems, servers, and other SAN devices, facilitating efficient data storage and retrieval. With its compact form factor and advanced features, the DS-300B offers simplified SAN management, enhanced security, and seamless integration with existing SAN infrastructures.
Key Features:
High Performance: Delivers high-performance Fibre Channel connectivity with low latency and high throughput, ensuring optimal data transfer speeds.
Scalability: Supports up to 24 Fibre Channel ports, allowing for easy expansion and growth to accommodate changing storage requirements.
Simplified Management: Features a user-friendly web-based management interface for simplified SAN management and configuration.
Advanced Fabric Services: Provides advanced fabric services such as zoning, masking, and monitoring for improved SAN performance and reliability.
Security: Offers built-in security features including role-based access control (RBAC) and authentication to protect against unauthorized access and data breaches.
Redundancy: Supports redundant power supplies and hot-swappable components for enhanced reliability and uptime.
Compact Form Factor: Designed with a compact and space-saving form factor, ideal for small data center environments and remote office deployments.
Cost-Effectiveness: Provides a cost-effective solution for building entry-level SAN environments without sacrificing performance or reliability.
Applications:
Small to Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs): Ideal for SMBs looking to deploy an entry-level SAN solution for data storage and management.
Remote Office Deployments: Suitable for remote office or branch office deployments requiring reliable and high-performance Fibre Channel connectivity.
Entry-Level SAN Environments: Used in entry-level SAN environments for storage consolidation, data protection, and disaster recovery.
Storage Consolidation: Enables storage consolidation by connecting multiple storage systems and servers to a single Fibre Channel fabric.
Data Backup and Recovery: Facilitates data backup and recovery operations by providing reliable and high-speed connectivity between storage devices and backup servers.
Virtualization: Supports virtualized environments by providing high-performance connectivity for virtualized servers and storage systems.
Specifications:
Part Number: DS-300B
Manufacturer: Brocade Communications Systems
Ports: Up to 24 Fibre Channel ports (SFP-based)
Throughput: Up to 8.5 Gbps per port
Management Interface: Web-based management interface
Security Features: Role-based access control (RBAC), authentication
Redundancy: Redundant power supplies, hot-swappable components
Form Factor: 1U rack-mountable chassis
Why Choose:
Scalability: Easily scalable to accommodate growing storage requirements, allowing businesses to expand their SAN infrastructure as needed.
Simplified Management: User-friendly web-based management interface simplifies SAN management and configuration tasks, reducing administrative overhead.
Reliability: Built-in redundancy and hot-swappable components ensure high reliability and uptime for critical storage environments.
Security: Offers robust security features to protect sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access to the SAN fabric.
Cost-Effectiveness: Provides a cost-effective solution for building entry-level SAN environments without compromising on performance or reliability.
High Performance: Delivers high-performance Fibre Channel connectivity with low latency and high throughput, ensuring optimal data transfer speeds for storage-intensive applications.
Compact Form Factor: Space-saving 1U rack-mountable design is ideal for small data center environments and remote office deployments.
Vendor Reputation: Brocade, a leading provider of SAN networking solutions, ensures quality, reliability, and industry-leading support for its products.