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Advanced Performance Monitoring
Enables more effective end-to-end SAN performance analysis to enhance performance tuning,
increase productivity, optimize resource utilization, and reduce costs.
Extended Fabrics
Supports the reliable, high-speed connectivity over dark fiber or Dense Wave Division
Multiplexing (DWDM) equipment at distances up to 500 km to enhance business continuance
operations.
Fabric Watch
Continuously monitors SAN fabrics for potential faults based on thresholds set for a variety of
SAN fabric elements and events—automatically alerting administrators to potential problems
before they become costly failures.
ISL Trunking
Optimizes the performance and availability of SAN fabrics while simplifying ISL management.
Two 4 Gbps Brocade switches can automatically group up to eight ISLs into a single logical
“trunk” with a total throughput of up to
32 Gbps.
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.
Getting technical help
Contact your Brocade 7800 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
• Brocade 7800 model
• Brocade 7800 operating system version
• Error numbers and messages received
• supportSave command output
• Detailed description of the problem, including the Brocade 7800 or fabric behavior
immediately following the problem, and specific questions
• Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results
• Serial console and Telnet session logs
• syslog message logs