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Brocade DCFM Professional

Brocade DCFM Professional is a complimentary network management product for Brocade’s Fibre Channel Storage Area Network products including Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). Designed for small SAN environments, Brocade DCFM Professional provides group management capabilities for one Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) fabric at a time up to 1000 ports.

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SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, XP, Vista, and 2008 Server
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4, AS 4, 5, and 5 Advanced Platform
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
  • VMware ESX Server 3 and 3.5 (Guest OS supported: Same as those listed above.)
  • Sun Solaris 10
CPU, MEMORY, AND STORAGE REQUIREMENTS
Operating System Installation Type  
Windows, Linux,
and SUSE Linux		 Server/Client Intel Core2 Duo 2 GHz or equivalent CPU 2 GB RAM
2.5 GB HDD
Solaris Server/Client 4 Core 1.0 GHz UltraSPARC T1 or equivalent CPU
2 GB RAM
2.5 GB HDD
VMware* Server/Client Requirements same as Guest OS above
* Modem-based Call Home is not supported under VMware. All other Call Home mechanisms are supported.
NOTE: Additional disk space is required to use Brocade DCFM as a firmware repository or trace dump destination for managed switches, or to perform periodic support data collections. Brocade DCFM Professional does not support remote clients.
QUALIFIED BROCADE FIRMWARE VERSIONS
  • Fabric OS 5.0 or higher.
REQUIRED FABRIC OS FEATURES

Some Brocade DCFM Enterprise features might require specific FOS-licensed features:

  • Fabric Watch for port fencing and performance thresholds
  • Advanced Performance Monitoring for end-to-end monitors and Top Talkers
  • Adaptive Networking for QoS zones
  • FCIP (on available platforms) for FCIP tunnel management

DCFM Resources

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Abstract:

Brocade enables a regional medical center to deliver quality patient care while meeting growing data storage needs and compliance requirements

Abstract:

The Call Home event notification capability allows a user to configure DCFM to automatically send an e-mail or dial into a Brocade or OEM support center to report system problems.

Abstract:

Describes how to migrate from Brocade EFCM to Brocade DCFM including planning, installation and deployment, and post-deployment configuration.

Abstract:

Describes the process of migrating from Brocade Fabric Manager to Brocade DCFM including planning, topology maps, installation and deployment, and post-deployment configuration.

Abstract:

This paper explores how key capabilities within Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) help simplify infrastructure management.