Brocade 7840 Extension Switch

Today’s IT organizations are under pressure to keep pace with the growing avalanche of data traffic between data centers and the changes driven by virtualized application workloads within Fibre Channel and IP storage environments. Also faced with rising Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirements and recovery expectations, enterprise data centers need their disaster recovery infrastructure to ensure fast, continuous, and easy replication of mission-critical data to anywhere in the world. Storage administrators need to replicate large amounts of data quickly, securely, reliably, and simply while minimizing operational and capital expenses.

To address this challenge, the Brocade® 7840 Extension Switch with Brocade Fabric Vision® technology delivers unprecedented performance, strong security, continuous availability, and simplified management to handle the unrelenting transfer of data between data centers.

A purpose-built data center extension solution for Fibre Channel and IP storage environments, the Brocade 7840 is designed for high-speed, secure transport of data between data centers while maintaining uptime. This enterprise-class solution enables storage and mainframe administrators to optimize and manage the use of WAN bandwidth, secure data over distance, minimize the impact of disruptions, and maintain SLAs.
Product Type: Fibre Channel Switch
Interfaces/Ports
Number of Fibre Channel Ports: 24
Media & Performance
Data Transfer Rate: 16 Gbit/s
Ethernet Technology: 40 Gigabit Ethernet
I/O Expansions
Number of Total Expansion Slots: 16
Expansion Slot Type: SFP+
Management & Protocols
Manageable: Yes
Physical Characteristics
Compatible Rack Unit: 2U
Form Factor: Rack-mountable
Height: 3.4″
Width: 17.3″
Depth: 24″
Weight (Approximate): 44.09 lb