If you're using blade servers in your SAN environment, you already understand how well they can increase server and storage connectivity. Now Brocade has a great new way to boost interoperability, manageability, and scalability in your blade sever SAN environments.
The Brocade Access Gateway is a feature of Brocade Fabric OS and a mode of operation that is designed for Brocade blade server SAN switches. Leveraging industry-standard N_Port Identification Virtualization (NPIV) technology, the Brocade Access Gateway provides unprecedented interoperability for multivendor SAN environments.
Because the Brocade Access Gateway does not appear as a switch to the fabric, it does not add a domain or require the same level of management as a traditional switch. As a result, it can help you simplify your IT infrastructure as you scale up your data center deployments.
This unique solution is especially useful in heterogeneous environments that require interoperability for mixed-vendor SAN fabrics - such as during a consolidation project or following a merger/acquisition.
