6Advanced features for the Brocade Enterprise and Entry SAN switch modules
You can upgrade the switch module to use the following optional features after you purchase them. Except where indicated in Table 3, these features are available for both the Enterprise version and the Entry version of the switch module.
Table 3. Optional features
Optional feature | Description |
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|
Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring | • Provides advanced |
| procedures through the Brocade switch |
| module: |
| — |
| — Small computer system interface (SCSI) |
| read operations |
| — SCSI write operations |
| — SCSI read/write operations |
| — SCSI versus IP |
| • Enables performance tuning of the Brocade |
| SAN |
|
|
Brocade ISL Trunking | • Logically combines the two external switch- |
| module ports (0 and 15) into one 4 Gb trunk |
| link when the ports are connected |
| linked) to another Brocade switch module |
| • Ensures optimum performance for servers that |
| use this trunk |
|
|
Brocade Performance Bundle | Includes both the Advanced Performance |
| Monitoring and ISL Trunking advanced features |
|
|
Brocade Extended Fabrics | Enables full bandwidth performance at extended |
| distances up to 100 km (62.14 miles). |
| For more information about configuring the |
| Extended Fabrics feature, see the Release Notes |
| for Brocade Enterprise SAN Switch Module and |
| Brocade Entry SAN Switch Module on the |
| Resource CD. |
|
|
Brocade Advanced Security (Secure OS) | Provides increased security for the Brocade SAN |
| through encryption, digital certificates, digital |
| signatures, and various |
|
|
Brocade Remote Switch | Connects two Brocade fabrics over a wide area |
| network (WAN) |
|
|
Brocade Entry Switch Upgrade | Increases the scalability of the Entry version from |
| two switches in the fabric to Full SAN Scaling (up to |
| 239 switches). |
| This feature is available only for the Entry version. |
|
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