Brocade 4100 Datasheet. - TeamKCI

auto-sensing capabilities for 1, 2, and 4Gbit/sec ports enable rapid implementationin existing SAN environments—reducing bothdeployment cost and complexity.The Brocade 4100 utilizes the sameBrocade Fabric OS ® code stream thatsupports the Brocade product line—from thebase 8-port Brocade 200E to the 384-portBrocade 48000. This helps ensure fullforward and backward compatibility amongBrocade switches while simplifying softwaremaintenance and field upgrades. As a result,the Brocade 4100 enables organizations tobetter leverage their current training, tools,devices, and processes.OPEN SAN MANAGEMENTBy networking Fibre Channel switches suchas the Brocade 4100 under a commonplatform, Fabric OS greatly simplifies SANmanagement. An embedded real-timeoperating system, Fabric OS includesstandard management interfaces, a fullrange of management tools, and support forthird-party SAN management applications.To simplify SAN administration and reducecosts, the Brocade 4100 supports switchmanagement through a command lineinterface, Brocade Web Tools, or BrocadeFabric Manager. It also leverages BrocadeAdvanced Fabric Services to improve theutilization of existing storage and serverassets, increase administrator efficiency,and lower the cost of storage management.To facilitate deployment, the Brocade 4100integrates easily into heterogeneousenvironments such as Windows NT, UNIX,Linux, Solaris, and AIX. It also providesFICON support on a flexible port-by-portbasis in IBM zSeries server environments.FICON capabilities include FICON intermixmodes, cascaded FICON fabrics, and CUPsupport for monitoring tools.HIGHER FABRIC SECURITY FORCRITICAL INFORMATIONThe Brocade 4100 is designed for thehighest level of SAN fabric security tohelp organizations safeguard their criticalinformation. It utilizes Brocade Zoning,Brocade Advanced Zoning, and SecureFabric OS ® to help organizations simplifyadministration and significantly increasetheir control over data access.MAXIMIZING SAN INVESTMENTSBrocade and its partners offer completeSAN solutions to meet a wide range oftechnology and business requirements.These solutions include education andtraining, support, service, and professionalservices to help optimize SAN investments.For more information, contact an authorizedBrocade sales partner or visitwww.brocade.com.Figure 2.Dynamic Path Selection augments ISLTrunking to route data efficiently betweenmultiple trunk groups.trunkingASIC Preserves In-order Delivery4 g3 G0.5 G2 GUp to32 gbit/sec4 g1 G...nDynamic Path selection (DPs)Balancing data flow betweenmultiple trunk groupsTrunk groupTrunk groupDPSTrunk group4 G3 G0.5 GUp to32 gbit/sec2 G4 G1 G...n32 gbit/secTrunk group