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As IT organizations embrace server and storage virtualization to support more dynamic business strategies, they can leverage the Brocade DCF architecture and a wide range of strategic solutions and services to achieve the full benefits of virtualization.

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ACHIEVING THE FULL BENEFITS OF VIRTUALIZATION

To maintain a competitive advantage, IT organizations are turning to virtualization solutions built around pools of flexible server and storage resources that can meet dynamic business requirements. However, to implement a holistic data center virtualization strategy, these organizations need a unified, end-to-end solution based on a powerful, reliable, and scalable IT infrastructure.

The Brocade Data Center Fabric (DCF) architecture provides a strategic foundation for implementing this type of holistic data center virtualization solution. It provides the “enabling” layer for server and storage virtualization with the built-in intelligence required for high-performance virtual environments—along with unique Adaptive Networking services and multiprotocol capabilities.

Key aspects of this holistic virtualization strategy include:

  • Data center connectivity
  • Server connectivity
  • Storage fabric extension
  • Centralized fabric management
  • Professional services
  • Best-in-class solutions

Brocade works closely with the leaders in storage and server virtualization to ensure the highest levels of integration and reliability in the virtual data center.

Microsoft
VMware
Oracle
Citrix

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Brocade Chief Technology Officer Dave Stevens is responsible for the company’s technology strategy in the evolving network marketplace. Here he shares his views on the role of Brocade networking solutions in data center virtualization and cloud computing.

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The evolving data center fabric exploits developing virtualization technologies for a data- and application-driven solution that reduces complexity and enables end-to-end management on a common framework.

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With Brocade Server Application Optimization (SAO), Brocade HBAs deliver much more than leading SAN connectivity performance. When used with Brocade storage fabrics with SAO, only Brocade HBAs enable advanced Adaptive Networking features, such as QoS, designed to ensure Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in dynamic or unpredictable enterprise-class virtual server environments with mixed-SLA workloads.

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The guiding principles driving a new architecture for the data center include consolidation, virtualization, service-level resource allocation, and policy-based data management. These principles simplify how business exploits its data for competitive advantage in a cost-effective manner.

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The evolving data center requires innovative technology in the fabric networks that connect servers to servers, servers to storage, and storage to storage.

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Describes and illustrates scenarios that demonstrate how the Brocade DCX Backbone platform can be added non-disruptively into the core of existing SANs and new data center fabrics.

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The data center network plays a critical role in carrying new demanding data traffic. Today, Brocade® networking solutions are delivering the industry-leading performance and scalability to keep applications flowing efficiently across virtual enterprises. Based on open standards and designed for heterogeneous environments, Brocade networking solutions work with all types of virtualization frameworks, helping organizations achieve a faster ROI from their virtualized environments.

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The results of a benchmarking study performed in Brocade test labs demonstrate that SQL Server can be deployed on VMware ESX Server 3.5 for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) applications in very favorable server consolidation ratios to meet corporate IT business requirements.

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Delivering more than twice the performance of competing HBAs, Brocade FC HBAs also offer advanced features supporting enterprise-class, end-to-end storage networking solutions.

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This paper describes how Brocade Adaptive Networking Services help simplify fabric management by dynamically adjusting bandwidth and fabric resources to meet application service levels.

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This paper from Enterprise Strategy Group explains how Brocade storage networking solutions provide a reliable enabling platform for facilitating scalable server virtualization.

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This paper examines the fundamentals and benefits of the Brocade Access Gateway, the latest evolution in Fibre Channel SAN connectivity built on blade server technology.