Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Reference Manual page 15

Extended Fabrics
Supports the reliable, high-speed connectivity of Brocade switches over dark fiber or Dense Wave
Division Multiplexing (DWDM) equipment at distances up to 500 km to enhance business
continuance operations.
Fabric Watch
Continuously monitors SAN fabrics for potential faults based on thresholds set for a variety of SAN
fabric elements and events—automatically alerting administrators to potential problems before
they become costly failures.
ISL Trunking
Optimizes the performance and availability of SAN fabrics while simplifying ISL management. Two 4
Gbit/sec Brocade switches can automatically group up to eight ISLs into a single logical "trunk"
with a total throughput of up to
32 Gbit/sec.
Advanced Zoning
Automatically groups SAN fabric-connected devices into logical zones that restrict access to
"member" devices in the zone. Advanced Zoning uses hardware enforcement at both the port and
WWN level to provide more robust data protection.
Secure Fabric OS
Provides a comprehensive security solution to help protect mission-critical data. Key features
include centralized policy-based security management, management data encryption, and
authentication to create a fabric-wide trusted environment with control over all levels of fabric
access and communication.
FICON
Enables IBM host-based management programs to manage FICON fabric switches in-band by
sending commands to the Fabric OS emulated control device.
FCIP Support
The FCIP Tunneling Service is an optional feature that enables you to use the Fibre Channel tunnels
to connect SANs over IP-based networks. An FCIP tunnel transports data between a pair of Fibre
Channel switches, and can have more than one TCP connection between the pair of IP nodes.
However, from the Fibre Channel fabric point of view, the FCIP tunnel is just a connection.
iSCSI Support
iSCSI (Internet-SCSI) is a transport carrier of the SCSI protocol over IP. The FC4-16IP embedded
switch in a SilkWorm 48000 director functions as an iSCSI target gateway. A Fibre Channel virtual
initiator is created behind each iSCSI port running as a proxy Fibre
OTHER INDUSTRY RESOURCES
In addition to this manual, the following information about fabric security and the Secure Fabric OS
product is available:
•
Fabric OS MIB Reference
53-1000602-01
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CUP
White papers, online demos, and data sheets are available through the Brocade Web site at:
http:// www.brocade.com/products/software.jhtml
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