Just found out that someone approved connection of Brocade Silkworm SAN switches to our switched network infrastructure. Does anyone know how the Silkworms appear on the network? Are they just another host? Do/can they participate in spanning tree? I'm aware that FC is vastly different than ethernet switching; I just want to make sure that these switches will not have any impact on our existing network.
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SAN connection to network
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SAN switch != Ethernet switch !
Although some FC host adapters and SAN switches allow multiple protocols on the SAN (FC for disk/tape access and ethernet for a high-speed IP local network.
Don't think that is available on all device drivers for all types of OS's.
HTH,
p5wizard
Although some FC host adapters and SAN switches allow multiple protocols on the SAN (FC for disk/tape access and ethernet for a high-speed IP local network.
Don't think that is available on all device drivers for all types of OS's.
HTH,
p5wizard
Like Fraxx mentioned, teh Ethernet ports of the silkworm are for managing the switch. They have nothing to do with IO transactions. The Ethernet portsjoin your Ethernet infrastructure like any other node. They don't play any switching or routing role. The Silkworm is a Fiber Channel switching device with FC protocol. It is primarily designed to serve IO traffic from the Hosts to the storage devices using Fibre Channel protocol.
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