BladeIO Guide

• 8/4 Gbps Fibre Channel SAN solution

• Provides up to 24 8/4Gb FC ports

– Up to 16 internal 8/4Gb server ports

– Up to 8 external 8/4Gb SAN ports*

*For connection to storage devices and/or other FC switches only

• One management console port

• Configurable as Brocade full fabric switch or

Access Gateway Mode (NPIV) for multi-vendor

interoperability

• Auto-negotiates between 4Gbps and 8Gbps based

on linked mezzanine cards and top-of-rack

switches

• Supports future FOS features and upgrades

Fibre Channel

Brocade M5424

8Gb switch

Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide