• Increases productivity through As organizations constantly face the mission-critical requirements and
ease of use and simplified
storage management
challenge to “do more with less,” deliver significant business advantages
they need technology solutions that to growing organizations.The
• Provides “pay-as-you-grow” scalability
from entry 2-switch fabrics to small are easy to implement and manage, SilkWorm family includes the
enterprise capabilities that can grow and change with following switch models:
• Protects investments with seamless minimal disruption, and that offer • SilkWorm 3250
upgrades to new functions and future dramatic operational efficiencies.
switch capabilities • SilkWorm 3850
Today, Brocade® SAN solutions can
• Includes 1 and 2 Gbit/sec interfaces • SilkWorm 3800
for compatibility with SilkWorm fabric
help organizations simplify their
switches and directors IT infrastructure, improve system • SilkWorm 3900
• Provides flexibility as a reliable performance, reduce overall storage RAPID DEPLOYMENT AND COST SAVINGS
foundation for entry-level SANs costs, and increase flexibility for
and as an edge switch in larger Brocade simplifies the process of
core-to-edge SAN environments continued growth. implementing SAN solutions,
• Reduces capital expenses and Brocade offers a safe choice for small a significant benefit for organizations
management costs by consolidating with limited IT expertise. Organizations
storage and server devices in a
and medium-sized organizations that
centralized environment—providing need reliable, easy-to-use SAN can rapidly deploy SANs and easily
rapid ROI integrate them into a variety of IT
solutions based on a field-proven
modular “building block” design. environments, with only minimal
The Brocade SilkWorm® family of management required in small SAN
fabric switches is designed to meet configurations.These ease-of-use
quickly evolving storage requirements advantages can dramatically increase
and seamlessly integrate into existing administrator productivity and reduce
IT operations, providing low-cost overall storage costs. Moreover, there
access to SAN technology. In this is low incremental cost to upgrade
way, SilkWorm switches provide the and scale Brocade SANs as business
greatest possible value and investment requirements evolve.
protection, with the ability meet
SILKWORM SWITCH FAMILY
HIGH PERFORMANCE FOR KEY APPLICATIONS • The Brocade Fabric Access API enables
The high-performance 2 Gbit/sec Fibre the integration of powerful SilkWorm
Channel capabilities of the SilkWorm switch functions into a wide range of
switches speed data transfer to help keep popular third-party management
data flowing.This higher throughput applications, enabling organizations to
increases overall system performance for continue using their storage management
key applications such as LAN-free backup, tools of choice.
server and storage consolidation, and SILKWORM 3250
data replication. In turn, the centralized The SilkWorm 3250 8-port fabric switch
SAN approach helps increase operational enables even the smallest organizations to
efficiency and staff productivity, two deploy affordable SANs that improve the
critical requirements for small and efficiency of business operations and
medium-sized businesses. significantly increase performance at an
Auto-sensing and speed matching of entry-level price.The SilkWorm 3250
1 and 2 Gbit/sec data traffic ensures combines innovative hardware and software
interoperability between all SilkWorm entry, features that make it easy to deploy, manage,
midrange, and director switch offerings. and integrate into a wide range of IT
In addition, the switches integrate with environments. A reliable foundation for
heterogeneous environments that include small standalone or departmental SANs,
multiple operating systems such as the SilkWorm 3250 is easily upgradeable
Windows NT, UNIX, Linux, Solaris, and provides seamless expansion to more
AIX, and others.This advanced level of sophisticated core-to-edge network
flexibility enables organizations to build architectures. Even as an entry-level
cost-efficient and easy-to-manage SANs. switch, it provides enterprise capabilities
such as hot code activation.
INDUSTRY-LEADING SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES
SilkWorm switches can utilize the following The SilkWorm 3250 provides high
advanced software solutions from Brocade performance with all ports capable of
to meet specific business challenges: operating at 1 and 2 Gbit/sec (full-duplex)
• Brocade Advanced Zoning permits only to enable up to 32 Gbit/sec of uncongested
authorized devices and applications to throughput.With these powerful yet flexible
access data, thereby increasing security capabilities, the SilkWorm 3250 enables
and control. organizations to start small and grow their
storage networks in a scalable, efficient
• Brocade Advanced Performance
manner as business needs dictate.
Monitoring enables end-to-end
performance monitoring of the SILKWORM 3850
SAN fabric. Like the SilkWorm 3250, the SilkWorm
3850 16-port fabric switch enables small
• Brocade Fabric Watch enables organizations
and medium-sized organizations to deploy
to proactively monitor the health of the
affordable SANs that improve the efficiency
network with comprehensive thresholds
of their business operations. However, the
and alerts that help prevent outages.
SilkWorm 3850 provides twice as many
• Brocade Inter-Switch Link (ISL) SAN ports along with dual power supplies
Trunking provides 8 Gbit/sec data for redundancy. In this way, it provides
throughput for improved performance. excellent performance and reliability for
• Brocade Secure Fabric OS® helps ensure SANs at a cost-effective entry point.
that all of these management capabilities
are available in a secure environment.
B R O C A D E S W I T C H FA M I L Y
All 16 ports are capable of operating capabilities make the SilkWorm 3800
at 1 and 2 Gbit/sec (full-duplex) to ideal for key SAN solutions such as
enable up to 64 Gbit/sec of uncongested LAN-free backup and server and
throughput. In addition, the SilkWorm storage consolidation.
3850 includes innovative functions that SILKWORM 3900
make it ideal for rapidly growing or The SilkWorm 3900 provides an
changing environments—enabling entry point to enterprise SANs,
organizations to start small and grow improving availability, performance,
their storage networks in a scalable, and manageability at an attractive
efficient manner.This is especially price. It is especially useful as a small
beneficial for organizations that want core switch or as a high-port-count
to upgrade existing SAN environments edge switch in more sophisticated
with minimal disruption. core-to-edge configurations built
around SilkWorm directors.With
The SilkWorm 3850 is capable of
32 ports capable of 2 Gbit/sec full-
supporting mission-critical applications duplex performance, the SilkWorm
in small standalone SAN environments, 3900 delivers up to 128 Gbit/sec of
and is easily upgradeable to support aggregated throughput—providing
more demanding business requirements. numerous business advantages for
As a result, it can also function as an organizations that want to increase The SilkWorm 3250
edge switch within an enterprise application performance and
core-to-edge SAN built with other operational productivity.
SilkWorm switches and directors.
With the performance capabilities of
SILKWORM 3800 an enterprise switch and the cost-
Designed for use as a departmental effectiveness of a modular switch
switch at the center of small to solution, the SilkWorm 3900 enables an
medium-sized storage networks or as extremely flexible SAN infrastructure
an edge switch in larger core-to-edge in midsize to large storage networks.
SANs, the SilkWorm 3800 combines This highly available, scalable, and
high-performance and high-availability secure foundation makes it ideal for The SilkWorm 3850
characteristics in both hardware and running SAN applications such as
software. It provides 16 ports in a high-speed data backup, server and
1U enclosure with all ports capable storage consolidation, remote mirroring,
of operating at 1 and 2 Gbit/sec and long-distance data replication. As a
(full-duplex) to enable 32 Gbit/sec result, organizations can easily implement
of uncongested switch throughput. In a SAN infrastructure that meets their
addition, the SilkWorm 3800 provides current needs and expands seamlessly
dual hot-swappable power and cooling as their requirements evolve.
features for higher reliability.
MAXIMIZING SAN INVESTMENTS The SilkWorm 3800
Because it is fully interoperable Brocade and its partners offer complete,
with existing SilkWorm switches, cost-effective SAN solutions to meet a
the SilkWorm 3800 can facilitate wide range of technology and business
SAN expansion and provide higher requirements.These solutions include
performance and availability within education and training, support,
existing fabrics.To simplify integration, service, and professional services to
the SilkWorm 3800 helps automate help optimize SAN investments.
the configuration process, providing For more information, contact an
an affordable switch that is both authorized Brocade sales partner or
easy to deploy and manage.These visit www.brocade.com. The SilkWorm 3900
SILKWORM SWITCH FAMILY
Redundant cooling • • • •
Short Wavelength Laser (SWL) and Long Wavelength Laser (LWL) capabilities • • • •