Brocade Fabric OS MIB Reference - Supporting Fabric OS 5.3.0 (53-1000439-01, June 2007)

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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
Gbit/sec Brocade switches can automatically group up to eight ISLs into a single logical “trunk”
with a total throughput of up to
32 Gbit/sec.
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.
OTHER INDUSTRY RESOURCES
In addition to this manual, the following information about fabric security and the Secure Fabric OS
product is available:
• White papers, online demos, and data sheets are available through the Brocade Web site at:
http:// www.brocade.com/products/software.jhtml
• Best practice guides, including the SAN Security Best Practice Guide, white papers, online
demos, data sheets, and other documentation is available through the Brocade Partner Web
site.
• The CERT
®
Coordination Center of Carnegie Mellon University provides industry-level
information about certification at:
http://www.cert.org
For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site. This Web site
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:
http://www.t11.org
For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association Web
site:
http://www.fibrechannel.org