3850 Key benets Affordable power Entry-level pricing provides an affordable SAN foundation with 2-gigabit-per-second Fibre Channel ports and up to 32 gigabits per second of aggregate switch throughput.
ENTERPRISE FABRIC SWITCH
Pay-as-you-grow architecture Sixteen-port architecture allows you to start small with a two-switch fabric and migrate to full-fabric enterprise capabilities using other Brocade switches and directors.
Brocade SilkWorm 3850 enterprise fabric switch
The 16-port Brocade SilkWorm 3850 enterprise fabric switch allows you to do more with less less time, less budget, smaller investment, fewer headaches. This enterprise switch simplies many IT management tasks, shrinks data backup windows, improves system performance and reduces overall storage costs. With its exible architecture and auto-sensing 1- and 2-gigabit-per-second Fibre Channel ports, its the ideal starting point for organizations with direct-attached storage (DAS) that want to migrate to a SAN deployment to create a secure, affordable solution for data backup/ restore, disaster recovery, storage consolidation and disk mirroring.
High availability Hot code activation, automatic path rerouting, extensive diagnostics and dual-redundant power supplies help avoid downtime and meet high-availability requirements.
Bidirectional compatibility Auto-sensing 1- and 2-gigabit-per-second interfaces provide full forward and backward compatibility to existing and emerging Brocade SAN fabrics.
Ready to grow a step at a time
The SilkWorm 3850 switch includes built-in features that make it easy to deploy, manage and integrate into a wide range of IT environments. Its fully interoperable with existing 1- and 2gigabit-per-second Brocade switches and newer Brocade SAN switches and directors, so you can migrate to more sophisticated architectures and applications as network trafc expands. It integrates easily into heterogeneous environments that include Windows 2000 and NT, UNIX, Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, AIX and others.
Simplied management An easy-to-use interface and simplied management routines help increase productivity and reduce networking and management costs.
Flexible architecture Built-in adaptability provides a solid foundation for small stand-alone SANs or for high-volume edge switching in core-to-edge SAN environments.
Reliability from core to edge
The SilkWorm 3850 switch is designed for reliable data transfer. Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) technology allows the switch to automatically isolate problems and reroute trafc around failed links. Redundant, hot-swappable components and dual-power supplies keep the system online. Network health monitoring, advanced performance monitoring, error detection with fault isolation and other features accelerate troubleshooting. The result: industry-leading availability up to 99.999 percent.
Consolidation is good By consolidating storage, small and medium-sized organizations have fewer physical assets to manage, so internal resources can focus on business growth and strategic initiatives. Thats the competitive advantage of the SilkWorm 3850 switch. You get an easy-to-manage storage infrastructure that improves operational efciency, simplies IT management, accelerates system maintenance and shortens backup and restore windows. And with Brocade Secure Fabric OS , an embedded, real-time operating system, you also get the latest networking security technology to address vulnerabilities within the SAN fabric. Your data pipeline is safe, secure and ready to grow.
Performance Port speed Aggregate bandwidth Latency Maximum frame size 2.125 Gb/sec line speed, full-duplex 64 Gb/sec end-to-end <2.1 microsec with no contention, cut-through routing at 2 Gb/sec 2112-byte payload
Mechanical Height Depth Width Weight 1.7 in (4.3 cm) 12.1 in (30.7 cm) 16.9 in (42.9 cm) 9.4 lb (4.2 kg)
Capacity Fibre Channel ports Scalability Certied maximum 16 universal ports 2-switch fabric, 4-switch fabric, up to a fullfabric architecture with 239 switches maximum 32 switches, 7 hops with optional full-fabric license; larger fabrics certied as required
Environmental Temperature Operating Non-operating Humidity Altitude Vibration Operating Non-operating Shock +50 to +104 F (+10 to +40 C) -13 to +158 F (-25 to +70 C) 20% 85% non-condensing at +104 F (+40 C) Up to 9,800 ft (3,000 m) 0.5 g sine, 0.4 grms random, 5 500 Hz 2.0 g sine, 1.1 grms random, 5 500 Hz 80 g, 2.5 ms, half-sine
Compatibility Interoperability Class of service Port types Data trafc types Media types SilkWorm ll, SilkWorm Express or any SilkWorm 2000 switch Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames) FL _Port, F_Port, E_Port; self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port) Fabric switches support unicast, multicast (256 groups) and broadcast Hot-pluggable, industry-standard Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP), LC connector; ShortWavelength Laser (SWL); Long-Wavelength Laser (LWL); distance depends on ber optic cable and port speed
Power Supported power range Frequency AC input 100 240 VAC, 0.5 A (nominal) 4763 Hz
Regulatory compliance Safety Underwriters Laboratories, UL60950; Canadian Standards Association, CSA60950; TUV Rheinland of North America, EN60950; Nemko, EN60950; Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) for CE Marking in European Union
Management Fabric services Simple Name Server, Registered State Change Notication (RSCN), Alias Server (multicast) and Brocade Advanced Zoning Optional fabric services include: Fabric Watch, Extended Fabrics, Advanced Performance Monitoring, ISL Trunking, Secure Fabric OS and Remote Switch Telnet; SNMP (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); Brocade WEB TOOLS; Brocade Fabric Manager (optional) 10 /100 Ethernet port (RJ-45); Serial port (RS-232); in-band through Management Server POST and embedded online/ofine diagnostics
Management software Management access Diagnostics
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