Chapter 1: Introduction - Brocade Communications Systems SilkWorm 2400 Hardware Reference Manual

I
NTRODUCTION
Power Supply #2
Figure 1-1
SilkWorm 2400 is an 8-port Fibre Channel Gigabit Switch that consists of a motherboard
with connectors for supporting up to 8 ports, and fabric operating system for building and
managing a Fabric. A Fabric is an active, intelligent, interconnect scheme for Fibre
Channel server and storage nodes. Figure 1-1 shows the front view of the SilkWorm 2400
switch. Ports are numbered sequentially starting with zero for the left most port. The
switch face plate includes a silk screen imprint of the port number. Up to two power
supplies are supported, these are shown to the left and right of the switch ports in Figure
1-1. This chapter discusses:
Features
System Components
WARNING
SilkWorm 2400 Hardware Reference Manual
Port 0
Front Panel
SilkWorm 2400 contains two power supplies. To remove all power from the
system, disconnect both power supply cords.
1
1:
Port 7
Power Supply #1
1-1