Brocade Communications Systems Brocade Switch 5000 - Manual (Page 3)

OPEN sAN MANAgEMENt
By networking Fibre Channel switches
such as the Brocade 5000 under a
common platform, Fabric OS simplifies
SAN management through standard
management interfaces and support for
third-party management applications.
The Brocade 5000 supports switch
management through a command line
interface, Brocade web Tools, EFCM, or
Fabric Manager.
To facilitate deployment, the Brocade
5000 integrates easily into heterogeneous
environments with operating systems such
as windows NT, UNIX, Linux, Solaris, and
AIX. It is also designed to provide FICON
®
support on a flexible port-by-port basis in
IBM mainframe environments. FICON-ready
capabilities include FICON intermix modes,
cascaded FICON fabrics (supported only in
FOS environments), and CUP support for
monitoring tools.
HigHER FABRiC sECURitY FOR
CRitiCAl iNFORMAtiON
The Brocade 5000 is designed for the
highest level of SAN fabric security to
help organizations safeguard their critical
information. It utilizes Brocade Advanced
Zoning as well as advanced port and switch
Access Control Lists (ACLs) to simplify
administration and significantly increase
control over data access. To simplify
management access security, the Brocade
5000 supports Active Directory with LDAP.
MAXiMiZiNg sAN iNVEstMENts
Brocade and its partners offer complete
SAN solutions to meet a wide range of
technology and business requirements.
These solutions include education and
training, support, and services to help
optimize SAN investments. For more
information, contact an authorized Brocade
sales partner or visit www.brocade.com.
Figure 2.
Dynamic Path Selection augments ISL
Trunking to route data efficiently between
multiple trunk groups.
DPS
Dynamic Path Selection (DPS)
Balancing data flow between
multiple trunk groups
Up to
32 Gbit/sec
Up to
32 Gbit/sec
Trunk group
Trunk group
Trunk group
Trunk group
Trunking
ASIC Preserves In-order Delivery
1 G
4 G
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3 G
0.5 G
2 G
32 Gbit/sec
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