Management Solutions
As a key component of the Brocade data center networking
strategy, Brocade fabric management solutions are designed for
unified management of data center environments-from storage ports
all the way to the Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and Converged Network
Adapters (CNAs), both physical and virtual.
Integrated Fabric Management
As IT organizations consolidate, evolve, and operate more as
service providers to their customers, they must deploy
Service-Oriented Infrastructures (SOI) and management processes.
Combined with the expansion of data center virtualization, this
trend has increased pressure to provide greater levels of service
while reducing costs. Meeting this challenge in complex, growing
environments requires a management solution that is easy to use and
helps automate management operations.
Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) is a comprehensive
network management solution that unifies management of data center
environments. Managing data and securing the flow of data across
multiple fabrics empowers organizations to achieve their goals
related to Service Level Agreements (SLAs), security, and
compliance while containing or even reducing their operating
expenses. To account for the enormous growth in data moving within
and across data centers, management solutions must provide
unprecedented scalability and performance to make data available to
users immediately and all the time. Administration tools that
streamline or automate repetitive tasks must also be intuitive and
easy-to-use.
Brocade DCFM integrates with leading third-party data center
automation solutions through frameworks such as the Storage
Management Initiative-Specification (SMI-S). Brocade DCFM provides
the following key capabilities:
- Superior scalability and performance
- Unified data center fabric management to extend the scope of
management from individual switches and directors to pools of
physical and virtualized servers and storage
- Simplified management of physical and virtual data center
infrastructure, to expose policy-based advanced fabric
services
- Open standards interfaces to simplify integration with Brocade
server, storage, and infrastructure management partner
frameworks
- Unified management for both Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) and Brocade
M-Enterprise OS (M-EOS)
Cable Management
As the industry's leading data center networking solutions
provider, Brocade offers standards-based, structured Brocade Cable
Management solutions--enabling data center fabrics to scale up to
tens of thousands of ports. Optimized for Brocade 8 Gbps backbone,
director, and switch products, Brocade Cable Management solutions
help IT organizations implement their next-generation data
centers.
