Brocade® 48000 Nears End-of-Support Date

Brocade® 48000 Nears End-of-Support Date

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In May 2005, Brocade^® introduced its then flagship 48000 director, a 4 Gbps director with an eight (8) blade capacity, each blade capable of attaching up to 48 ports, for a total capacity of 384 ports. The 48K as it was known was designed to compete with McData^® and Cisco^® its two main rivals (at the time) in the director space. At one time the Brocade^® 48K was “state of the art”.  Now it is a bit old – legacy if you will – and was designated End-of-Life in June 2010 roughly five years after its introduction. Soon, on February 17, 2016, the Brocade^® 48K will reach its Brocade^® End-of-Support date.

There is no need to panic or make a quick decision to upgrade. TeamKCI will pick up support the day your Brocade^® support contract runs out. No need to squirrel away parts, buy spare machines to store in your parts closet or read up on maintenance procedures. TeamKCI will maintain your Brocade^® 48K as good as or even better than the manufacturer at prices that will shock you and make you wonder why you didn’t move your Brocade^® 48K maintenance over to TeamKCI earlier.

We guaranty that you will be able to talk to a technical specialist within fifteen minutes of making a service call any time of day or night. Four-hour onsite response time (though in reality we average less than two hours). A full complement of spare parts stored on premises to facilitate rapid repairs. Product engineers who speak the language and can help you reconfigure your 48k or restore corrupted software. Top of the rack service at bottom of the rack prices. Exactly what you would expect from the leader in switching technology support.