Brocade is proud to partner with Syngress Publishing to bring you Building SANs with Brocade Fabric Switches , the first book written by Brocade engineers and published by Syngress. This book begins to detail the design, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Brocade-based SANs.

Building SANs with Brocade Fabric Switches is written for system administrators who are designing, building, and maintaining SANs with Brocade switches. The book begins with a detailed analysis of the benefits of implementing a SAN and an examination of the hardware requirements.

From there, the reader is introduced to the Brocade SilkWorm series of Fibre Channel switches, including guidelines for connecting the various switches with other components of the SAN. In addition, the book describes the techniques necessary for integrating SANs into existing IT environments. The book concludes with examples of real-world SAN designs and applications that are successfully being used by companies around the globe today.

Contents

• Foreword
• Introduction to SANs
• Fibre Channel Basics
• SAN Components and Equipment
• Overview of Brocade SilkWorm Switches and Features
• The SAn Design Process
• SAN Applications and Configurations
• Developing a SAN Architecture
• SAN Troubleshooting
• SAN Implementation Maintenance, and Management
• Building SANs with Brocade Fabric Switches Fast Track
• Index