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.
