Specifications

DATA CENTER BEST PRACTICES
SAN Design and Best Practices 5 of 84
Storage Trafc Patterns ...................................................................................................................... 69
Server Trafc Patterns ........................................................................................................................ 69
Backup Trafc Patterns ....................................................................................................................... 70
Tape Library ....................................................................................................................................... 70
Backup Media Server ......................................................................................................................... 70
Brocade Network Advisor .................................................................................................................... 70
SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................... 71
APPENDIX A: IMPORTANT TABLES .............................................................................................................. 72
LWL Optics Support ............................................................................................................................ 72
APPENDIX B: MATRICES ............................................................................................................................ 73
Current Fabrics .................................................................................................................................. 73
Individual Fabric Details ...................................................................................................................... 73
Device Details ................................................................................................................................... 73
Metrics and Impact on SAN Design and Performance ............................................................................ 74
Consolidated SAN Snapshot ............................................................................................................... 75
Application-Specic Details ................................................................................................................. 76
Quantitative Analysis: Radar Maps ...................................................................................................... 77
SAN Admin Radar Map ................................................................................................................. 77
Facilities Radar Map ........................................................................................................................... 78
APPENDIX C: PORT GROUPS ...................................................................................................................... 79
Brocade 5300 Trunk Port Groups ....................................................................................................... 79
Brocade FC8-64 Trunk Groups ............................................................................................................. 79
Gen 5 Fibre Channel Platforms ........................................................................................................... 80
Brocade 6520 Trunk Groups ............................................................................................................... 81
Brocade 6510 Trunk Groups ............................................................................................................... 81
Brocade 6505 Trunk Groups ............................................................................................................... 81
APPENDIX D: TERMINOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 82
APPENDIX E: REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................ 83
Software and Hardware Product Documentation ................................................................................... 83
Technical Briefs ................................................................................................................................ 83
Brocade Compatibility Matrix ............................................................................................................... 83
Brocade Scalability Guidelines ............................................................................................................ 83
Brocade SAN Health ........................................................................................................................... 83
Brocade FOS Features ........................................................................................................................ 83
Brocade Bookshelf ............................................................................................................................. 83
Other ................................................................................................................................................ 83