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As the industry leader in data center networking solutions, Brocade is working with Microsoft to offer products and services that extend virtualization from servers to storage networks.

Brocade Management Pack for Microsoft System Center monitors the health and performance of data center SAN infrastructure. It works with the Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) framework in Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) to provide intelligent recommendations that allow IT administrators to dynamically optimize the performance of their virtualized workloads.

For example, Microsoft SCVMM PRO Alert for Link Congestion monitors I/O performance from the server to the data in the SAN using Brocade Management Pack. If the link congestion exceeds a defined threshold, System Center generates a PRO Tip recommending virtual machine migration from that particular host, or has VMM automatically reassign the virtual machine and its applications to another physical server, avoiding any significant downtime for application and users.

"We are pleased to align with Brocade in their delivery of new capabilities which integrate with the end-to-end virtualization management solutions provided by System Center to simplify infrastructure management and provide powerful new capabilities to the dynamic, virtualized data center."

 - Zane Adam, senior director of integrated virtualization at Microsoft.

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  Microsoft Virtualization
  Microsoft Virtualization Solutions Catalog
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  Performance and Resource Optimization Solutions Brief: Brocade Management Pack for Microsoft System Center

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