HP StorageWorks 4/16 Brocade Fabric OS MIB Reference Guide v6.0.0 (53-1000602- - 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® CUP 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: • White papers, online demos, and data sheets are available through the Brocade Web site at: http:// www.brocade.com/products/software.jhtml Fabric OS MIB Reference xv 53-1000602-01