Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v11.1x (53-1002167-01, May 2011)

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• Diagnostics, which enables you to test the adapters and the devices to which they are
connected:
- Link status of each adapter and its attached devices
- Loopback test, which is external to the adapter, to evaluate the ports (transmit and receive
transceivers) and the error rate on the adapter
- Read/write buffer test, which tests the link between the adapter and its devices
- FC protocol tests, including echo, ping, and traceroute
- Ethernet loopback test (CNA only)
• Monitoring, which provides statistics for the SAN components.
• Security, which enables you to specify a CHAP secret and configure authentication parameters.
• Event notifications, which provide asynchronous notification of various conditions and
problems through a user-defined event filter.
Host bus adapters
There are five models of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). These models provide reliable,
high-performance host connectivity for mission-critical SAN environments. The Brocade HBAs are
listed in Table 24.
Using Brocade HBAs, you can connect your server (host system) to devices on the Fibre Channel
SAN. The combined high performance and proven reliability of a single-ASIC design makes these
HBAs ideal for connecting hosts to SAN fabrics based on Fabric or M-Enterprise operating systems.
TABLE 24 Brocade Fibre Channel HBA models
Model Number Description Number of Ports
825 Dual-port stand-up HBA with a per-port maximum of 8
Gbps using a 8 Gbps SFP.
1
2
815 Single-port stand-up HBA with a per-port maximum of 4
Gbps using a 4 Gbps SFP.
1
1
804 Dual-port mezzanine HBA with a per-port maximum of 8
Gbps. This HBA installs in server blades that install in
supported blade system enclosures.
2
425 Dual-port stand-up HBA with a per-port maximum of 4
Gbps using a 4 Gbps SFP.
2
2
415 Single-port stand-up HBA with a per-port maximum of 4
Gbps using a 4 Gbps SFP.
2
1
1
A 4 Gbps SFP installed in 815 or 825 HBAs allows 4, 2, or 1 Gbps speed only.
2
An 8 Gbps SFP installed in 425 or 415 HBAs allows 2 or 4 Gbps speed only.