Vacuum Cleaner User Manual

6 Advanced features for the Brocade Enterprise

and Entry SAN switch modules

You can upgrade the switch module to use the following optional features after you

purchase them. Except where indicated in Table 3, these features are available for both the

Enterprise version and the Entry version of the switch module.

Table 3. Optional features

Optional feature Description

Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring • Provides advanced performance-monitoring

procedures through the Brocade switch

module:

— End-to-end operations

— Small computer system interface (SCSI)

read operations

— SCSI write operations

— SCSI read/write operations

— SCSI versus IP traffic-usage comparisons

• Enables performance tuning of the Brocade

SAN

Brocade ISL Trunking • Logically combines the two external switch-

module ports (0 and 15) into one 4 Gb trunk

link when the ports are connected (inter-switch

linked) to another Brocade switch module

• Ensures optimum performance for servers that

use this trunk

Brocade Performance Bundle Includes both the Advanced Performance

Monitoring and ISL Trunking advanced features

Brocade Extended Fabrics Enables full bandwidth performance at extended

distances up to 100 km (62.14 miles).

For more information about configuring the

Extended Fabrics feature, see the Release Notes

for Brocade Enterprise SAN Switch Module and

Brocade Entry SAN Switch Module on the

Resource CD.

Brocade Advanced Security (Secure OS) Provides increased security for the Brocade SAN

through encryption, digital certificates, digital

signatures, and various access-control lists

Brocade Remote Switch Connects two Brocade fabrics over a wide area

network (WAN)

Brocade Entry Switch Upgrade Increases the scalability of the Entry version from

two switches in the fabric to Full SAN Scaling (up to

239 switches).

This feature is available only for the Entry version.