Brocade Communications Systems SilkWorm 3900 manual

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    The Br ocade ® SilkW or m ® 3900 32-por t, auto-sensing Fibre Channel switch pr o vides an intelligent and cost-effectiv e solution to meet a wide range of Storage Ar ea Netw ork (SAN) requirements. As the latest addition to the Br ocade 2 Gbit/sec f abric switch f amily , the SilkW or m 3900 is ideal for organizations that f ace rapidly chang in[...]

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    HIGH AVAILABILITY FOR BUSINESS CONTINUANCE By combining the pr o ven r eliability of the SilkW or m switch family with a wide range of hardw are and softw are a v ailability features—such as non-disruptiv e upg rades of switch softw are—the SilkW or m 3900 suppor ts a SAN fabr ic capable of deli v er ing o verall system a vailability greater th[...]

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    hardw are-enfor ced zoning based on W orld Wide Name (WWN). Adv anced P erfor mance Monitor ing pr o vides f abr ic-wide perfor mance analysis to support tasks such as load balancing and application charge-back. And ISL T r unking pr o vides 8 Gbit/sec thr oughput to support high-perfor mance applications. OPEN SAN MANAGEMENT The SilkW or m 3900 si[...]

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    Systems Architecture Fibre Channel por ts 32 universal ports (E, F , and FL) Interoperability SilkW orm 2000, 3000, and 12000 switches Performance Auto-sensing of 1 Gbit/sec and 2 Gbit/sec port speeds ISL T runking Up to four 2.125 Gbit/sec ports per trunk; up to 8.5 Gbit/sec per ISL trunk Aggregate bandwidth 128 Gbit/sec end-to-end Switch core Non[...]