PRODUCT BULLETIN
PB-Brocade-FR4-18i-Blade-0207
Brocade
FR4-18i Fibre Channel and IP Blade
Last Updated: 4 January 2007
Original Date: 4 January 2007
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CONFIDENTIAL |
Revision History
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Date of Revision |
Summary of Change |
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1/04/07 |
Releases of the Brocade FR4-18i Blade
for the Brocade 48000 Director |
1.
Summary
2.
What's New?
1.
Summary
This
product bulletin announces the availability of the Brocade FR4-18i blade, also
known as “
2. What's New?
FR4-18i
Blade
The following items will be added to the Network Appliance, Inc. price book and CE system.
· Switches/Blade
o
FR4-18i—Brocade 16 FC/2 IP Port line card—“
o Blade will include 16 FC and 2 IP SFPs (optics)
· Software
o
FCIP
license for FR4-18i blade
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The FCIP license resides on the chassis and only
one license is needed per system (even though the system allows up to two [2]
§ The FCIP license is tied to the Chassis WWN or serial number
· Services
o Blade will require a hardware service component sold by NetApp but serviced by Brocade
o FCIP software will require a software service component sold by NetApp but serviced by Brocade
· Miscellaneous
o No additional or miscellaneous components are required for this blade
Competitive
Positioning/Value Proposition
The FR4-18i blade offers the user the following capabilities:
· Combines 16 x 4Gbit/sec Fibre Channel routing ports with 2 x 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports
· Utilizes Brocade Extended Fabrics capabilities to reach up to 100 kilometers at 4Gbit/sec Fibre Channel speeds, 250 kilometers at 2Gbit/sec speeds, and more than 500 kilometers at 1Gbit/sec speeds
· Significantly reduces the cost and effort of SAN design, implementation, and management
· Integrates advanced SAN connectivity services into existing environments to further increase ROI
· Enables nondisruptive deployment and device sharing across disparate SANs at 4Gbit/sec speeds with state-of-the-art reliability
· Provides powerful hardware-assisted FCIP capabilities for line-rate performance across high-speed data networks
· Enables reliable SAN extension across suboptimal WANs with Fast Write, hardware-based compression and storage-optimized protocol enhancements
· Provides a seamless and secure way to share resources across multiple SANs without the complexity of physically merging those SANs
· Simplifies interconnection and support for multivendor SAN environments
Adding the FR4-18i allows NetApp and Brocade to offer a solution that is competitive with the Cisco 14/2 blade.
The Brocade products will be
available in the Network Appliance published price list and/or the February
2007 Quote Tool release.
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Part Number |
Description |
Category |
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Hardware |
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X1694A-R5 |
Brocade FR4-18i, 16 FC/2 IP blade, w/ SFPs |
B |
See
Price List |
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X48000-FCIP-R5 |
48000 chassis with FCIP
license for new configurations (when
building a new configuration with the FCIP blade, this chassis configuration
enables NetApp to receive the 48000 with the FCIP software license preloaded) |
B |
See
Price List |
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Software |
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SW-BSW48000-FCIP-QS |
FCIP license for FR4-18i blade— includes
compression and encryption |
J |
See
Price List |
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Services for Blade |
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5x9 Service for FR4-18i blade |
C |
See
Price List |
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NBD Service for FR4-18i blade |
C |
See
Price List |
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4Hr Service for FR4-18i blade |
C |
See
Price List |
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2Hr Service for FR4-18i blade |
C |
See
Price List |
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Software
Maintenance |
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Software support for
FCIP software license |
C |
See
Price List |
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Configuration Requirements
The product shall conform to the following specifications, which will be enforced by the Customer Edge ordering system.
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Product |
Requirements |
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Brocade FR4-18i, 16 FC/2 IP blade, w/
SFPs |
The user should be allowed to
select this new switch blade when configuring a new 48000 Director or as an
individual item to add to an existing Director. The user should be able to
populate the 48000 chassis with up to two (2) FR4-18i cards. When the user selects the FR4-18i
blade in a 48000 chassis, the user shall be required to select a total of
four (4) power supplies (2 P/S that come in base chassis will NOT support
this configuration) Service IS required on the blade
(hardware). The user should be required to select a service offering that matches
the service on the 48000 chassis. If the user selects the FCIP
software option, then he or she is required to select the software
maintenance offering that matches the services (in duration) on the blade
hardware. The user shall be prompted that the
required firmware version for this blade is 5.1 or higher. If the user selects the FR4-18i
blade, the configuration tool should by default select the requisite FCIP
license. Only one FCIP license is required per chassis, even though the 48000
can be configured with two (2) FR4-18i blades. The user should be able to remove the FCIP software selection (uncheck this option) if desired. |
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For configuration requirements and compatibility
information, please see the NetApp FCP Compatibility Matrix at http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/san/fcp_iscsi_config/fcp_switch.shtml OR
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The Brocade product Website at
http://www.brocade.com/products/silkworm.jsp.
Contact Information: Please contact your Network
Appliance sales or channel partner representative with questions about this
bulletin.
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