The Brocade SilkWorm 24000 Director provides
a highly reliable and intelligent solution for
enterprise-class Storage Area Networks (SANs)
in mission-critical environments.
With state-of-the-art performance
and enhanced scalability for both
open system and IBM zSeries server
enterprise SAN environments, the
Brocade
®
SilkWorm
®
24000 Director
provides unique capabilities to meet
demanding mission-critical require-
ments. It scales non-disruptively
from 32 to as many as 128 concur-
rently active 2 Gbit/sec full-duplex
ports in a single domain or two
domains of up to 64 ports each. In
addition, it offers improved perform-
ance and the potential to upgrade to
higher-speed connectivity in the
future.The SilkWorm 24000 also
leads the industry in power and
cooling efficiency, helping to reduce
total cost of ownership.
With its intelligent fourth-generation
ASIC, the SilkWorm 24000 provides
a reliable foundation for core-to-edge
SANs, enabling fabrics capable of
supporting thousands of hosts and
storage devices (see Figure 1).Whether
used as a core building block for an
enterprise fabric or as a standalone
director, the SilkWorm 24000 is a
reliable, high-availability solution.These
capabilities make it ideal for enterprise
management and high-volume trans-
action processing applications such as
ERP and data warehousing, as well
as data backup, remote mirroring,
and high-availability clustering.
The SilkWorm 24000 is designed to
integrate with heterogeneous envi-
ronments that include IBM zSeries
server and open platforms with
multiple operating systems such as
Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris,
HP-UX, AIX, and i5/OS. As a result,
Brocade-based SANs can help serve
as the foundation for implementing
utility computing and Information
Lifecycle Management (ILM).
A H i g h - P o r t - D e n s i t y, M u l t i p r o t o c o l
D i r e c t o r f o r E n t e r p r i s e S A N s
Highlights
• Delivers up to 128 ports in a single
domain and a 14U enclosure with up
to 384 ports in a single rack, facilitat-
ing more easily managed SAN fab-
rics with thousands of ports
• Meets ultra-high-availability require-
ments with redundant, hot-pluggable
components, no single points of
failure, non-disruptive software
upgrades, and hot code activation
• Provides FICON
®
support for IBM
zSeries server environments, includ-
ing intermix mode on a port-by-port
basis, cascaded FICON fabrics,
1 and 2 Gbit/sec FICON speeds,
and CUP support
• Increases performance through reduced
latency and Brocade Inter-Switch Link
(ISL) Trunking
• Leverages intelligent Brocade SAN
management and security tools to
increase operational efficiency and
maximize SAN investments
• Protects investments by enabling
upgrade paths to future technologies,
increased port speeds, IP connectivity,
and more
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