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Brocade SilkWorm 24000 director

Whether it’s used as a stand-alone director or as one of several core building blocks in your SAN fabric, the Brocade® SilkWorm® 24000 director provides a reliable data infrastructure for core-to-edge SANs that have thousands of hosts and storage devices. It’s ideal for applications requiring ultra-high availability, including data backup, remote mirroring, high-availability clustering and high-volume transaction processing, such as ERP and data warehousing.


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Features and IT BenefitsTop

High port density
Industry-leading port density — up to 128 ports in a single domain and up to 384 ports per rack — allows you to build a cost-effective enterprise SAN with thousands of ports.

Mission-critical availability
Ultra-high availability requirements are met with redundant, hot-pluggable components,
no single points of failure, non-disruptive software upgrades and hot code activation.

Fabric-wide security
Brocade Secure Fabric OS provides end-
to-end security across the entire SAN fabric.

 
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Pricing varies depending on configuration and selected options. Product pricing does not include associated implementation service costs. Contact the "How to buy" help desk at 1-800-275-4785 (01-303-673-2800) for more information.

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SpecificationsTop
Performance
 
Port speed:1.063 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex; 2.125 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex; auto-sensing of 1 Gbit/sec and 2 Gbit/sec speeds; optionally programmable to fixed port speed; speed matching between 1 Gbit/sec and 2 Gbit/sec ports

Aggregate bandwidth:512 Gbit/sec end to end
Latency:< 2.1 microsec any port to any port at 2 Gbit/sec, cut-through routing
Maximum frame size:2112-byte payload

ISL trunking:Up to four 2.125 Gbit/sec ports per ISL link;
Capacity
 
Ports per chassis:128 ports, universal (E,F, and FL); up to eight 16-port Fibre Channel modules; up to 384 ports per 42u* rack
Scalability:Full fabric architecture, 239 switches maximum
Certified maximum:32 switches, 7 hops; larger fabrics certified
Availability
 
Chassis power:2 AC-DC power supply modules, 2N redundancy
Compatibility
 
Interoperability:SilkWorm II, SilkWorm Express, any SilkWorm 2000 family switch, any SilkWorm 3000 family switch, SilkWorm 12000
Classes of service:Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
Port types:FL_Port, F_Port, and E_Port; self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port);
Data traffic types:Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups) and broadcast
Media types:Hot-pluggable, industry-standard Small
Management
 
Fabric services:Simple Name Server; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Alias Server (multicast); Brocade Advanced Zoning, WEB TOOLS, Fabric Watch, Extended Fabrics, Remote Switch, ISL Trunking, and Advanced Performance Monitoring
Management:Telnet; SNMP (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); WEB TOOLS; Fabric Watch; Fabric Access layer
Management access:10/100 Ethernet (RJ-45), in-band over Fibre Channel (requires fabric); 2 serial ports (DB-9) per control processor module
Diagnostics:POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics
Mechanical
 
Height:24.11 in (61.24 cm) for 14u
Depth:29.20 in (74.20 cm) with door
Width:17.22 in (43.74 cm)
Weight:193– 212 lb (88–96 kg)
Environmental
 
Temperature:Operating: +50° to +104° F (+0° to +40° C)
Non-Operating: -13° to +158° F (-25° to +70° C)
Relative humidity:20%–85%
Altitude:Up to 9,800 ft (3000 km)
Vibration:Operating: 0.5 Gs, 5–500 kHz
Non-Operating: 2.0 Gs, 5–500 kHz
Shock:20 Gs, 6 ms duration, half-sine
Power
 
Supported power range:Nominal: 200–240 VAC nominal, 5.0 A, single-phase
Operational: 180–264 VAC auto-sensing; maximum 2,300
Frequency:47–63 Hz
Regulatory Compliance
 
Canada:CSA 60950/ICES 003 Class A
United States:UL 60950/FCC Part 15 Class A
Japan:IEC60950/VCCI Class A ITE
European Community:EN60950/EN55022 Level A
TUV, NEMKO/EN55024
Australia/New Zealand:AS/NZS 3548 Class A
International:IEC 60950/CISPR 22 Class A
Fibre Channel standards and revisions:FC-AL/ANSI X3.272:1996
FC-GS-3/Rev 7.01
FC-GS-4/Rev 7.6
FC-MI/Rev 1.92
FC-MI-2/Rev 2.1
FCP-2/Rev. 7
FDMI
FC-PI/Rev. 1.3
FC-PLDA/NCITS TR-19: 1998
FC-SB-2/Rev. 2.1
FC-SB-3/Rev. 1.2
FC-AL-2/NCITS 332: 1999
FC-SW-2/Rev. 5.3
FC-SW-3/Rev6.3
FC-TAPE
FC-VI/Rev. 1.61
IPFC/RFC 2625
FC-BB/Rev 4.7
FC-BB-2/Rev 5.3
FC-DA/Rev 1.5
FC-FG/ANSI X3.289: 1996
FC-FLA/NCITS TR-20: 1998
FC-FS/Rev 1.7
FC-GS-2/Rev 5.3
 
 

* Rack space is measured in height and expressed as a u. One u is 1.75 in (4.45 cm) in height.


 
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