Brocade Fibre Channel Switches



SilkWorm 2010, 2040 & 2050

Best-of-Class Products for Entry-Level SANs

SilkWorm 2010SilkWorm 2010 provides high-speed connectivity for FC-AL environments. An arbitrated loop is formed by logically connecting all 8 ports on the switch into a single loop. SilkWorm 2010 delivers better performance, availability, and investment protection than hub-based solutions by providing support for simultaneous data transfers to and from all ports, superior fault isolation, and easy migration to a Full Fabric through a software key.

SilkWorm 2040 delivers market-leading price performance for Entry Fabric configurations. SilkWorm 2040 provides Fabric Services, such as Simple Name Server. With the addition of a software key, SilkWorm 2040 becomes a Full Fabric switch.

SilkWorm 2050 provides market-leading price performance for Full Fabric configurations. SilkWorm 2050 supports cascading, a Full Fabric Service that enables any device on the Fabric to connect to any other device. Cascading enables a resilient multi-switch Fabric. It enables automatic data routing and re-routing, self-healing, and almost unlimited scalability.