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Fabric Watch User’s Guide
Broadcast
The transmission of data from a single source to all devices in the fabric,
regardless of zoning. See also Multicast, Unicast.
Brocade®
Distributed
Fabrics
The combined manual for the software products Brocade Extended Fabrics and
Brocade Remote Switch (“Distributed Fabrics” is not a software product). See
also Brocade Extended Fabrics, Brocade Remote Switch.
Brocade
Extended
Fabrics
TM
A Brocade product that runs on Fabric OS and allows creation of a fibre channel
fabric interconnected over distances of up to 100 kilometers. See also Brocade
Distributed Fabrics.
Brocade Fabric
Access
TM
A Brocade product that consists of a set of APIs that allow third party applications
to interface with Fabric OS.
Brocade Fabric
Assist
TM
A Brocade feature that enables private and public hosts to access public targets
anywhere on the fabric, provided they are in the same Fabric Assist zone. This
feature is available only when both Brocade QuickLoop and Brocade Zoning are
installed on the switch.
Brocade Fabric
Manager
TM
A Brocade product that works in conjunction with Web Tools to provide a
graphical user interface for managing switch groups (such as the SilkWorm 6400)
as a single unit, instead of as separate switches. Fabric Manager is installed on
and run from a computer workstation.
Brocade Fabric
Watch
TM
A Brocade product that runs on Fabric OS and allows monitoring and
configuration of fabric and switch elements.
Brocade ISL
Trunking
TM
A Brocade feature that enables distribution of traffic over the combined
bandwidth of up to four ISLs (between adjacent switches), while preserving in-
order delivery. A set of trunked ISLs is called a trunking group; each port
employed in a trunking group is called a trunking port. See also Master Port.
Brocade
Performance
Monitoring
TM
A Brocade product that provides error and performance information to the
administrator and end user for use in storage management.
Brocade
QuickLoop
TM
A Brocade product that makes it possible to allow private devices within loops to
communicate with public and private devices across the fabric through the
creation of a larger loop.
May also refer to the arbitrated loop created using this software. A QuickLoop
can contain a number of devices or looplets; all devices in the same QuickLoop
share a single AL_PA space.
Brocade
Remote
Switch
TM
A Brocade product that runs on Fabric OS and enables two SilkWorm 2000 fabric
switches to be connected over an ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) connection.
This requires a compatible fibre channel to ATM gateway, and can have a distance
of up to 10 kilometers between each switch and the respective ATM gateway. See
also Brocade Distributed Fabrics.
Brocade SES
TM
A Brocade product that runs on Fabric OS and allows monitoring, configuring,
and maintenance of the Brocade SilkWorm Switch family using SCSI-3
Enclosure Services.
Brocade Web
Tools
TM
A Brocade product that runs on Fabric OS and provides a graphical interface to
allow monitoring and management of individual switches or entire fabrics from a
standard workstation.
