Brocade Silkworm 3800

Brocade Silkworm 3800 ... third-generation Brocade ASIC technology, the SilkWorm 3800 combines 1 Gbit/sec and 2 Gbit/sec Fiber Channel throughput with new features that greatly enhance switch operation. As a result, organizations can enjoy the advantages of higher security, availability, and performance, as well as centralized data management.

The SilkWorm 3800 meets high-availability requirements with redundant, hot-pluggable components, automatic path rerouting, and extensive diagnostics. Leveraging the Brocade networking model, the SilkWorm 3800 provides a SAN fabric capable of delivering overall system availability greater than 99.999 percent - the "five nines" of availability. Brocade Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) enables the fabric to automatically isolate problems and reroute traffic around failed links onto alternate paths - ensuring availability for mission-critical enterprise applications.

This switch supports the following Sun platforms and storage products:

Netra t 1125 server;
Netra t 1400/1405 server;
Enterprise 220R server;
Enterprise 250 server;
Enterprise 420R server;
Enterprise 450 server;
Enterprise 3X00, 4X00, 5X00, 6X00 and 10000 servers;
Blade 1000, 2000 workstations;
Fire 280R, 480R servers;
Fire V880 server;
Fire 3800, 4800, 4810 and 6800 servers;
Fire 12K, 15K servers;
StorEdge T3 array with full fabric;
StorEdge 3900, 6900 and 9900 series with full fabric;
9840B fiber channel tape drives.

For a complete compatibility list please refer to the original manufacturer's web site.