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Brocade leads the industry in providing the highest-performance, most cost-effective, and most energy-efficient platforms for connectivity throughout data centers and enterprise campus networks.

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Fibre Channel
The Fibre Channel protocol and Brocade have been intimately connected since the first Brocade Fibre Channel platforms over a decade ago. Fibre Channel is the standard connection type for Storage Area Networks (SANs) in enterprise storage environments. Fibre Channel networks have long provided the reliability, performance, and network intelligence for low-latency, high-bandwidth applications.
Learn More		 Mainframe
Mainframe users face complex challenges in today's dynamic data centers, including simplification, 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 unique challenges in the world's largest enterprises.
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DCB/FCoE
Server virtualization, the growth of digital data, more powerful servers and the adoption of Web 2.0 applications are driving the need for more agile and highly scalable data centers with lower operating costs. Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) technology allows organizations to move Fibre Channel traffic over Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE), while protecting investments and preserving Fibre Channel services and utilities.
Learn More		 FCIP
Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP, also known as Fibre Channel tunneling or storage tunneling), is an IP-based storage networking protocol. One of two main approaches to storage data transmission over IP networks, FCIP is among the key technologies enabling rapid development of the SAN market by increasing the capabilities and performance of storage data transmission.
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iSCSI
The iSCSI (Internet SCSI) protocol allows clients to send SCSI commands to SCSI storage devices on remote servers. It allows IT organizations to consolidate storage into data center storage arrays, while hosts (such as database and Web servers) "see" locally attached disks. An advantage to an iSCSI solution is that is can be run over long distances using existing network infrastructure.
Learn More		 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.
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Abstract:

Brocade solutions provide the flexibility, reliability, and ease of use for lower-cost Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Storage Area Networks (SANs). This whitepaper provides an overview of an iSCSI SAN, the challenges with iSCSI SANs, and the Brocade solutions that address those challenges.

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This paper explores both the technical and business reasons for implementing a switched FICON architecture instead of a direct-attached storage FICON architecture.