Brocade Communications Systems SilkWorm 3800 - Manual (Page 2)

INDUSTRY-LEADING PERFORMANCE
The SilkWorm 3800 provides high perform-
ance with all ports capable of operating at
1 and 2 Gbit/sec (full-duplex) to enable
32 Gbit/sec of uncongested switch through-
put.Auto-sensing and speed matching of
1 and 2 Gbit/sec traffic ensures interoper-
ability between current 1 Gbit/sec devices
and next-generation 2 Gbit/sec devices.
With the Brocade Extended Fabrics feature
and Dense Wave Division Multiplexing
(DWDM) technology, storage networks
can span up to 100 km over Metropolitan
Area Networks (MANs) at full bandwidth—
significantly increasing the level of disaster
protection to help ensure the highest level
of business continuance.
To provide even higher performance—
as well as simplified management—Brocade
ISL Trunking combines up to four ISLs
between a pair of switches into a single,
logical high-speed trunk running at up to
8 Gbit/sec (see Figure 1).
INTELLIGENCE WITHIN THE SWITCH
To improve security and manageability,
a wire-speed Frame Filtering engine is
built directly into the SilkWorm 3800
third-generation ASIC technology.
This design enables new capabilities such
as fabric zoning based on World Wide
Name (WWN) to be enforced through
hardware for greater security. Organizations
can improve end-to-end performance
analysis by measuring resource utilization
on a fabric-wide basis.They can track
data all the way from the source device to
the destination device to quickly identify
bottlenecks, optimize fabric configurations,
and plan for when additional capacity will
be required.
OPEN SAN MANAGEMENT
The SilkWorm 3800 simplifies management
by networking core and edge switches
with Brocade Fabric OS, an embedded
real-time operating system.This approach
enables heterogeneous device connectivity,
automatic discovery, data routing, and
scalable connectivity. In addition, the
Brocade Fabric Access API provides critical
functions for integrating applications
within the SAN environment.The API
layer is currently used by more than 50
independent software vendors to develop
feature-rich management applications that
leverage the distributed intelligence in
Brocade SANs.
SILKWORM 3800
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