Enables “pay-as-you-grow” scalability from single-switch fabric to full-fabric enterprise capabilities with Ports On Demand scalability from 8 to 16 or 24 ports in 8-port increments.

Simplifies configuration and management with easy-to-use Brocade EZSwitch Setup.

Consumes less than 2.5 watts of power per port for exceptional power and cooling efficiency.

Delivers up to 24 ports of 8 Gbit/sec performance in an energy-efficient, optimized 1U form factor to support the most demanding server and virtual server deployments.

Provides an affordable, flexible foundation for entry-level SANs, and an edge switch for core-to-edge SAN environments.The Brocade 300 FC SAN switch offers the following features and benefits: These offerings can satisfy the wide range of your end-to-end IT infrastructure needs, including handheld devices, notebooks, personal computers, servers, storage, networking, services, management software, and financing. With Brocade FC SAN Switch offerings that are available from Lenovo, Lenovo can be your trusted partner that offers 'one stop shop' and single point of contact for delivery of leading edge technologies and innovations from Lenovo and other leading IT vendors.

With flexible feature expansion capabilities - such as Ports-on-Demand scalability from 8 to 16 or 24 ports (in 8-port increments) - the Brocade 300 enables organizations to start small and grow their storage networks in a non-disruptive manner. The Brocade 300 offers dual functionality as either a full-fabric SAN switch or as an N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)-enabled Brocade Access Gateway that simplifies server connectivity in heterogeneous enterprise fabrics. Brocade is the market share leader in Fibre Channel networking and is deployed in 90% of the Fortune 1000 data centers.

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