Brocade SilkWorm 24000 Director

Brocade SilkWorm 12000 Switch The Brocade SilkWorm 24000 Director, is a highly reliable and intelligent solution for deploying enterprise-class SANs in mission-critical environments. It supports key applications such as data backup, remote mirroring, and high-availability clustering as well as high-volume transaction processing applications such as ERP and data warehousing.

With state-of-the-art performance and enhanced scalability for enterprise SAN environments, the SilkWorm 24000 provides unique capabilities to meet a variety of mission-critical requirements. By supporting 128 concurrently active 2 Gbit/sec full-duplex ports in a single domain, the SilkWorm 24000 offers improved performance, reduced management costs through a higher port/domain ratio, lower total cost of ownership, and the ability to upgrade to higher-speed connectivity options (by integrating 4 Gbit/sec SilkWorm 48000 blades).

Designed to integrate with both heterogeneous open system and IBM zSeries server FICON environments, the SilkWorm 24000 gives organizations the flexibility to build cost-effective SANs that support the introduction of utility computing and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).

2 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel Director for Large-Scale Enterprises

Ultra-High Availability

No single points of failure
Dual-redundant control processors with stateful failover
Redundant, hot-swappable components and redundant power and cooling subsystems
Non-disruptive software upgrades (hot code load and activation)
Continuous monitoring of environmental components
Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) traffic rerouting
Error detection and fault isolation facilities

Simplified Manageability

Centralized management
Heterogeneous device connectivity
Automatic data routing and rerouting
Self-healing ISL Trunking capabilities
Call-home capabilities to provide remote notification of system events

FICON Support

Supports 1 and 2 Gbit/sec IBM zSeries server environments
Supports intermix mode and cascaded configurations
Control Unit Port (CUP) support for seamless IBM zSeries server application-based director management

Advanced Security

Hardware-enforced zoning by World Wide Name (WWN)
Secure Telnet access through SSH (Secure Shell)
Utilizes Brocade Web Tools utilization over a secure browser using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol

Interoperability

Full backward and forward compatibility with the entire family of SilkWorm switches and directors
Supports non-disruptive addition of 4Gbit/sec blades

Extensible, Modular, Bladed Architecture

High port density with up to 384 ports per 42U rack
Core backbone switch capabilities to allow SAN scaling well over 4,000 ports, providing investment protection and a clear growth plan
Designed for blades that support IP protocols

Advanced Fabric Services

Advanced Zoning
Advanced Performance Monitoring
Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking
Fabric Watch
Extended Fabrics
Secure Fabric OS

Documentation

Brocade SilkWorm 24000 Director Datasheet

Silkworm Fabric OS Datasheet

Advanced Fabric Services Datasheet

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