Specifications
Escala Tower PL & S, E, T System Hardware
Chapter 3: External Storage and SAN Subsystems 97/116
9es3s1c3.doc
Rev 5.9
02/12/2003
Regulatory Compliance (Safety and Electromagnetic)
Safety EMC
European Community EN60950
TUV, NEMKO
EN55022 Level A
EN55024 (Immunity)
Canada CSA 60950 ICES-003 Class A
United States UL 60950 FCC Part 15 Class A
Japan IEC60950 A4 VCCI Class A
Australia / New Zealand
International
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IEC 60950
AS/NZS 3548
CISPR 22
7.4. SilkWorm 2040 Fibre Channel
Discontinued as of 30/09/2002
7.4.1. Highlights
The SilkWorm 2040 is an entry level Fibre Channel switch designed to address the SAN requirements
of small workgroups, servers farms and clusters. It enables cost-effective, "pay-as-you-grow"
migration to - and integration with - advanced SAN configurations.
The SilkWorm 2040 is an 8-port switch that provides 7 ports with fixed Short Wave Length optical
ports (for multimode optical fibers), and 1 configurable GBIC based port. It delivers 100 MB/s full
duplex per port. The non blocking architecture guarantees full-speed data delivery irrespective of
traffic conditions. Cut-through routing guarantees maximum latency of 2 microseconds from switch
port to switch port. The SilkWorm 2040 supports zoning, and a single E-port. It can be cascaded with a
second switch to create a 2-switch fabric. An option, available through SFR, enables to upgrade the
SilkWorm 2040 to a full fibre switch, with multiple E-ports.
The switch is designed as a Field Replaceable Unit, to provide optimal price performance. Highly
reliable components, continuous monitoring of environmental components and a streamlined design
maximize the MTBF.
The SilkWorm 2040 switches are easy to manage. Brocade WEB TOOLS provides a graphical and
intuitive management interface that requires almost no training for the administrators. The telnet
interface enables access to a command line interface. SNMP (with support for industry standard MIBs)
and Brocade SES are also offered to enable easy integration in management applications. The
management is performed out-band, using an Ethernet interface, or in-band over a Fibre Channel port.
7.4.2. Limitations
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Translative mode (for the connection of private loop devices), and Quick loop are not validated in
the AIX environment.
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Connected equipment must support fabric operations.