Additional Information
This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find
helpful.
Brocade Resources
The following related documentation is provided on the Brocade Documentation CD-ROM and on
the Brocade Web site, through Brocade Connect.
To get up-to-the-minute information, join Brocade Connect. It's free! Go to
http://www.brocade.com
password.
For practical discussions about SAN design, implementation, and maintenance, you can obtain
Building SANs with Brocade Fabric Switches through:
For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade SAN Info Center and click the Resource
Library location:
Release notes are available on the Brocade Connect Web site and are also bundled with the Fabric
OS firmware.
Other industry resources
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For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site. This Web site
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:
For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association Web
site:
http://www.fibrechannle.org
Optional Brocade Features
The Fabric OS v6.0.0 release includes all basic switch and fabric support software, as well as the
following optionally licensed software that is enabled via license keys:
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Fabric OS Command Reference
53-1000599-01
and click Brocade Connect to register at no cost for a user ID and
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.brocade.com
White papers, online demos, and data sheets are available through the Brocade Web site at
http://www.brocade.com/products/software.jhtml
Best practice guides, white papers, data sheets, and other documentation is available through
the Brocade Partner Web site.
http://www.t11.org
Brocade Ports on Demand - Allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning
additional ports via license key upgrade (applies to some models of switches.)
Brocade Extended Fabrics - Provides up to 500 km of switched fabric connectivity at full
bandwidth over long distances.
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