Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0 (53-1000435-01, June 2007)

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Publication Number: 53-1000435-01
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.
OTHER INDUSTRY RESOURCES
For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site. This Web site
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:
http://www.t11.org
For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association Web
site:
http://www.fibrechannel.org
Getting technical help
Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:
1. General Information
- Technical Support contract number, if applicable
- Switch model
- Switch operating system version
- Error numbers and messages received
- supportSave command output
- Detailed description of the problem and specific questions
- Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and results
- Serial console and telnet session logs
- syslog message logs