Brocade Silkworm 48000 Director
The Brocade 48000 Director is the industry’s leading director-class platform for enterprise SANs, delivering powerful 8Gb and 4Gb connectivity, advanced hardware and software capabilities, and “five-nines” reliability.
The Brocade 48000’s modular design and high port density provides a flexible and scalable solution for large open systems and System z environments in round-the-clock data centers. Organizations can utilize it as a standalone director, at the core of a multi-switch SAN, or at the edge of a Brocade data center fabric architecture.

Highly Reliable Solution for Enterprise SANs:
  • Switch - 4Gb Fibre Channel + 96 x SFP / 6 x Expansion Slot
  • End-to-End Performance and Reliability
  • Improved Cable Management
  • SAN Standards Compliance - Software
  • A High-Performance, Highly Reliable Solution for Enterprise SANs,
Utilized in thousands of enterprise SANs worldwide, the Brocade 48000 scales non-disruptively from 32 to as many as 384 concurrently active 8 Gbit/sec or 4 Gbit/sec full-duplex ports in a single domain.


With up to 384 ports in a single domain, proven fabric intelligence, and 4 Gb/sec Fibre Channel port speeds, the powerful Brocade 48000 Director delivers the performance and scalability for open system and mainframe enterprise SANs

The Brocade 48000 also supports the Brocade FC4-16IP iSCSI blade module, which enables cost-effective, easy-to-manage Ethernet connectivity so low-cost servers can access high-performance Fibre Channel storage resources. Retail Price: $150,071.15

Our Price $94,544.83 (You Save 37%)

Mfr. Part#: BR-48000-R0001-A

UNSPSC: 43222615

Weight: 50 lbs