Product Bulletin: Brocade 200E: Full Fabric Included at No Charge with 16-Port 200E Brocade Switch

Revision History

Summary of Changes

19 October 2007

Initial Version

 

This Product Bulletin informs NetApp sales and NetApp partners about new or changed Network Appliance™ products or services.

CONFIDENTIAL Restricted to NetApp employees & channel partners under NDA copyright © 2007 Network Appliance, Inc. All rights reserved.

1.       Summary

2.       What's New?

3.       Sales Tools

4.       Customer-Ready Tools

5.       System Requirements

6.       Product Information

7.       Regulatory Compliance

8.       Warranty and Service

9.       Additional Information


 

1. Summary

This product bulletin announces the addition of the Full Fabric license to the 16-port version of the Brocade 200E switch at no cost.

The 16-port version of the Brocade 200E switch will come preconfigured with the Full Fabric license. Every 16-port Brocade 200E switch will have the Full Fabric license installed and enabled. The list price and the COGS structure of the 16-port switch with the enabled Full Fabric license will remain the same as the price and COGS structure of the Brocade 200E switch without the Full Fabric license included on the switch.

2. What’s New

 

The 16-port version of the Brocade switch with the preconfigured Full Fabric license will have a different marketing part # than the existing version of the 16-port Brocade switch:

 

X1611A-R5-C

X1611A-INT-R5

 

Please refer to Marketing Part Number Change bulletin for more details.

 

The 8-port and 12-port versions of the Brocade 200E switch will require customers interested in the Full Fabric functionality to buy a Full Fabric license to enable this functionality.

 

 

3. Sales Tools (Sales Guides, Training Presentations, SE Presentations)

 

NetApp Sales

NetApp Partners

 

4. Customer-Ready Tools (Customer Presentations, Data Sheets)

 

NetApp Sales

NetApp Partners

 5. System Requirements

 

Supported Platforms

The latest Brocade support statements can be found at the NetApp Fibre Channel Switch Support Matrix:

Support Matrix

 

6. Product Information

The following table summarizes the parts available for the 16-port Brocade 200E switch. Partners should contact their Channel Representative for pricing information.

Part Number

Description

Discount Category Code

X1611A-R5-C

Brocade 16-Port 200e FC Switch,-C,R5

B

X1611A-INT-R5

Brocade 16-Port 200e FC Switch,-INT,R5

B

 

Quoting

 

For detailed instructions on how to quote this product or service using the Quote Tool, see QTB-PRODUCT. 

 

Product Availability

 

The 16-port Brocade 200E switch including Full Fabric license at no cost will be available to quote in the December 10, 2007 release of the Quote Tool. 

7. Regulatory Compliance

Meets all defined NetApp EMI and ROHS compliance requirements.

 

8. Warranty and Service

 

The warranty, extended warranty, and NetApp SupportEdge purchases and renewals apply to Brocade 200E switch just as they do to storage controllers (FAS systems) and other Brocade switches already under NetApp SupportEdge services. Customers will be able to order SupportEdge Premium, SupportEdge Standard, and SupportEdge Secure for Government.

 

9. Additional Information

NetApp Sales

Contact Information: Please contact your Network Appliance sales or channel partner representative with questions concerning this bulletin.

 

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