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v SMI-S compliant
v Watchdog timers
v Status LEDs
v Predictive diagnostics analysis through Fabric Watch
v SNMP (including version 3) integration with higher-layer managers
Software features
The Fabric OS allows any Fibre Channel-compliant device to attach to the switches
as long as it conforms to the device login, name service, and related Fibre Channel
standards. Each operating environment requires that a Fibre Channel host bus
adapter (HBA) be available with a standards-compliant driver for correct interface
to the fabric.
Fabric OS consists of a set of embedded applications running on top of an
embedded Linux operating system kernel. These applications include:
v Name server
v Alias server
v Zone server
v Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent
v SMI-S compliant API
v Syslog auditing
v RCS (Reliable Commit Service)
v NTP
v Tasks to manage address assignment, routing, link initialization, fabric
v Integrated Routing–This feature allows any port in a SAN768B, SAN80B-4, and
v 8 Gbps FICON Accelerator, an optional feature (FC 7893), leverages emulation
v Server Application Optimization (SAO), an optional feature (FC 9010) is
For more information about these features, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's
Guide. The Brocade Adapters Administrator's Guide provides additional information
that may be useful when setting up SAO.
Security
Table 3 highlights some of the key security features available for the SAN768B and
for other switches running Fabric OS 5.2.0 or newer.
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initialization, link shutdown, shutdown, and the user interface.
SAN40B-4 to be configured as an EX_port supporting Fibre Channel (FC)
routing. This eliminates the need to add a routing blade or use of the SAN18B-R
for FC routing (FCR) purposes, and this also provides double the bandwidth for
each FC router connection when connected to another 8 Gbps-capable port.
techniques to reduce or eliminate performance degradation for mainframe
applications across IP WANs.
designed to bring Quality of Service (QoS) enhancements for server
consolidation and virtualization.
Table 3. Security features
Security Feature
DH-CHAP
SSHv2 (using AES, 3DES, RSA)
Description
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Monitoring of attempted security breaches
(via audit logging)
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