Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000599-02, June 2008)

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• Brocade ISL Trunking - Optimizes performance in multi-switch SAN fabrics. When two or more
adjacent ISLs are used to connect two switches, the switches automatically group the ISLs into
a single logical ISL, or “trunk.” Up to eight ISLs can be combined into a single logical ISL with a
total bandwidth of 32 Gbit/sec that can support any number of devices.
• Brocade Fabric Manager - Enables administration, configuration, and maintenance of fabric
switches and SANs with host-based software.
• Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring - Enables performance monitoring of networked
storage resources. This license includes the TopTalkers feature.
• FC-IP Services (For the FR4-18i and Brocade 7500) -- This license key includes the FC Fastwrite
feature.
• Brocade Fabric Watch-Monitors mission-critical switch operations.
• FICON Management Server- Also known as "CUP" (Control Unit Port), enables host-control of
switches in Mainframe environments. (Available only on FICON-qualified products)
• ICLs, or Inter Chassis Links - Provides dedicated high-bandwidth links between two Brocade
DCX Data Center Directors without consuming valuable front-end 8G ports. Each DCX must
have the ICL license installed in order to enable the ICL connections. (Available on the DCX
only).
• Adaptive Networking with QoS- Ensures that high priority connections obtain the bandwidth
necessary for optimum performance, even in congested environments. This feature is
automatically enabled on all 4G-platforms when upgrading to Fabric OS 6.1.0. Optionally
available on all new platforms. Ingress Rate Limiting and QoS available on new 8G-capable
products.
• FICON Acceleration- Provides performance improvements for FICON Extension on the Brocade
7500 and FR4-18i.
• Integrated Routing - Available for the Brocade DCX, 5300, and 5100. Per-chassis license allows
full use of EX_ports on any port in chassis
• Temporary Licenses - With Fabric OS 6.1.0, temporary licenses are supported for the following
features:
• Fabric (E_ports)
• Extended Fabric
• Trunking
• FCIP
• Performance Monitoring
The following licensed software is bundled with Brocade hardware. No additional purchase is
necessary:
• Brocade Web Tools-Administration, configuration, and maintenance of fabric switches and
SANs.
• Brocade Zoning-Division of a fabric into virtual private SANs.
• IPSec - IP Security (for the Brocade 7500 and FR4-18i blade in the Brocade 48000 and DCX
backbone).
• NPIV - N-port ID Virtualization, allowing up to 256 virtual addresses per physical port. This
feature is supported only on the Brocade 200E and Brocade 300 in Access Gateway mode.