Mainframe

Mainframe users face complex challenges in today’s dynamic data centers, including simplification and cost reduction, data protection, and the need for a cost-effective and “green” IT infrastructure. With more than 25 years of experience in mainframe IT environments, Brocade helps organizations meet these challenges through the Brocade Data Center Fabric (DCF) architecture.

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Most IT organizations understand the technical and business benefits of FICON technology, such as enhanced performance, higher scalability, and reduced capital and operational costs. For organizations that have already made the move to FICON, Brocade can help design and deploy expansions and upgrades, as well as perform storage health checks, to make sure that FICON infrastructures remain optimized over time. Brocade can also help determine the value of migrating to FICON, develop a sound strategy for deployment, and assist in the migration.

Brocade solutions for mainframe environments combine industry-leading storage networking products, end-to-end services, and partner products.

Managed Infrastructure Evolution for System z:
Brocade, in partnership with Optica Technologies, can show you how the Managed Infrastructure Evolution for IBM System z can help you migrate to an all-FICON z10 while protecting your investment in legacy ESCON devices.

Brocade Infrastructure Solutions for System z Environments:
Brocade provides complete, industry-leading FICON solutions—from strategy, design, and implementation to migration and extension.

Data Protection and Business Continuity Solutions for System z Environments:
Brocade offers unique tools, partnerships, and innovative products for planning, implementing, optimizing, and consolidating local or remote data mobility solutions.

Data Migration Solutions for Mainframe Environments:
Brocade provides the experience, technology, and project management to efficiently migrate data without affecting daily operations.

Brocade Performance Management Solution:
IT organizations responsible for maintaining business-critical mainframe infrastructures can benefit from Brocade tools, experience, and expertise to keep their enterprises running smoothly.

Cable Management

As the industry's leading data center networking solutions provider, Brocade partners with industry leading cable management providers to offer structured cabling solutions - enabling data center fabrics to scale up to tens of thousands of ports. Optimized for Brocade 8 Gbit/sec backbone, director, and switch products, these cable management solutions help IT organizations implement their next-generation data centers.

Learn More

• Data Sheets

  • Brocade Mainframe Infrastructure ROI Analysis (199.4 KB)

  • Brocade Mainframe Storage I/O Healthcheck (635.7 KB)

• Technical Briefs

  • Brocade Emulation and Tape Pipelining for FICON (354.7 KB)

  • Corning Cable Systems Optical Cabling Solutions for Brocade (1009.7 KB)

  • Deploying Strategic Data Protection Solutions in IBM System z Environments (231.6 KB)

• White Papers

  • Best Practices Guide: Cabling the Data Center (11.6 MB)

  • Brocade Cable Management Solution (1.3 MB)

  • Brocade Performance Management Solutions (160.7 KB)

  • Brocade Solutions for Deploying Systems Network Architecture (SNA) in IP-based Environments (899 KB)

  • Buffer-to-Buffer Credits and Their Effect on FICON Performance (207.6 KB)

  • DCX for Mainframe (366.9 KB)

  • Managed Infrastructure Evolution for IBM System z (859.7 KB)

  • Why Switch FICON? Switched FICON vs Direct Attached FICON (252.5 KB)