Brocade BR-4140-R0001 BR-4140-R0001 Datacentre Switch

The Brocade BR-4140-R0001 is a genuine SilkWorm 4100 Series Fibre Channel switch, a 1U SAN fabric switch fitted with 32 fibre ports and loaded to full 4Gb/s port licensing across all 32 active connections. As the industry first 4 Gbps Fibre Channel switch generation, the SilkWorm 4100 family was widely deployed as the core fabric switch in mid-range and enterprise storage area networks, connecting servers and storage arrays over a high-availability fibre fabric. The 32-port configuration represented at the time the highest port density available in a single 1U switch, making it a space and cost-efficient choice for data centres consolidating SAN connectivity. Being a full standalone fabric switch rather than a line card or accessory, it functions as a self-contained network node: installed directly into a rack, cabled to hosts and storage, and managed either standalone or as part of a wider multi-switch fabric alongside other Brocade SAN switches. Though the SilkWorm 4100 range has reached official end-of-life, units of this type remain in active service across many existing SAN environments and are commonly sourced on the secondary market for like-for-like replacement or fabric expansion. Tech-Star (UK-based, shipped worldwide) supplies the BR-4140-R0001 for engineers maintaining or expanding Brocade SilkWorm 4100 SAN fabrics. Get in touch to discuss availability and port licensing.