HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Fabric OS Message Reference Guide (53-1000242-01 - Page 52

For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade SAN Info Center and click the Resource Library location: http://www.brocade.com Release notes are available on the Brocade Connect Web site and are also bundled with the Fabric OS firmware. Optional Brocade Features Optional Brocade features include: Advanced Performance Monitoring Enables more effective end-to-end SAN performance analysis to enhance performance tuning, increase productivity, optimize resource utilization, and reduce costs. Extended Fabrics Supports the reliable, high-speed connectivity of SilkWorm switches over dark fiber or Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) equipment at distances up to 500 kilometers 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 SilkWorm 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® CUP FCIP Tunneling Enables IBM host-based management programs to manage FICON fabric switches in-band by sending commands to the Fabric OS emulated control device. The optional Fibre Channel over Internet protocol (FCIP) Tunneling Service enables Fibre Channel frames to "tunnel" through IP networks by dividing frames, encapsulating the result in IP packets on entering the tunnel, and then reconstructing them as they leave the tunnel. Fabric OS supports eight FCIP interswitch links between two SilkWorm switches (SilkWorm 7500 or SilkWorm 48000 with a FR4-18i blade) or routes. All 16 links can be used as FCIP links with the remaining links going to other routers. lii Fabric OS Message Reference Publication Number: 53-1000242-01