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    The Brocade SilkW orm 3800 Enterprise Fibre Channel Fabric Switch provides both 1 and 2 Gbit/sec inter faces and includes a wide range of enhanced features to improve SAN security , availability , per formance, and manageability . The Br ocade ® SilkW or m ® 3800 16-por t, auto-sensing Fibre Channel switch significantly incr eases perfor mance an[...]

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    INDUSTRY -LEADING PERFORMANCE The SilkW or m 3800 pro vides high perfor m- ance with all por ts capable of operating at 1 and 2 Gbit/sec (full-duplex) to enable 32 Gbit/sec of uncongested switch thr ough- put. Auto-sensing and speed matching of 1 and 2 Gbit/sec traffic ensures inter oper- ability betw een cur rent 1 Gbit/sec de vices and next-gener[...]

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    SEAMLESS UPGRADES, COST -EFFECTIVE MIGRA TION, AND INVESTMENT PROTECTION T o help pr otect existing in v estments, the SilkW or m 3800 pro vides a seamless upg rade path along with backw ard and forw ard compatibility with SilkW or m entr y , midrange , and core f abr ic switch offer ings. The SilkW or m 3800 integ rates with heter ogeneous en vir [...]

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