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Mainframe
Mainframe users face complex challenges in today's dynamic data centers, including the need for simplification, cost reduction, data protection, and a more cost-effective and "green" IT infrastructure. Brocade FICON directors and switches leverage unmatched technological innovation and industry-leading expertise to provide the highest-performing and most reliable FICON infrastructure for System z mainframe environments.
Brocade offers mainframe services to help organizations connect, manage, protect, and profit from their data. Brocade leverages deep mainframe expertise to reduce complexity, enable scalability, and simplify infrastructure management. Leveraging best-practice methodologies and more than 25 years of networked storage infrastructure experience, Brocade Professional Services can help organizations solve their most difficult business challenges.
Mainframe Connectivity Resources
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Technical Briefs
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Brocade Emulation and Tape Pipelining for FICON (354.7 KB)
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Brocade FICON/FCP Intermix (868.6 KB)
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Corning Cable Systems Optical Cabling Solutions for Brocade (1009.7 KB)
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Deploying Strategic Data Protection Solutions in IBM System z Environments (231.6 KB)
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Managed Evolution for the IBM zEnterprise System (682.7 KB)
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White Papers
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Best Practices Guide: Cabling the Data Center (11.6 MB)
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Buffer-to-Buffer Credits and Their Effect on FICON Performance (207.6 KB)
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Deploying Strategic Data Center Solutions for IBM zEnterprise System z Environments (622.7 KB)
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Hitachi Data Systems and Brocade Build the Optimal Mainframe Storage Architecture (3 MB)
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Why Switched FICON? (Switched FICON vs. Direct-Attached FICON) (1.7 MB)
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This guide discusses topics related to mixing FICON and FCP devices in the same Storage Area Network (SAN), focusing on issues that end users need to address. These include specifics for the IBM zEnterprise System, as well as the fabric elements to consider when evaluating a FICON/FCP intermix solution.
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This paper describes how Brocade product offerings can greatly increase the availability, investment protection, and performance of an enterprise IBM System z Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solution.
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To realize the full value of an investment in the zEnterprise requires a transformation in the infrastructure supporting your new mainframe. This paper explores a thoughtfully planned and managed transition from a mixed ESCON and FICON infrastructure to a pure FICON infrastructure, enabling a smarter, centralized, cloud-optimized data center for the future.
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This guide describes best practices for incorporating cabling in a typical data center, plus tips for selecting cabling components and information on data transmission media.
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This paper explains the concept of Buffer-to-Buffer credits and provides an easy method to calculate the optimal number of credits required for maximum FICON performance.
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The Brocade DCX Backbone provides industry-leading performance, scalability, and investment protection, unleashing the full capabilities of IBM System z, especially IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196) solutions.
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The combination of switched FICON connectivity with Hitachi VSP connected to mainframe channels through a Brocade DCX 8510 Director provides a powerful, flexible and highly available solution to support the storage features, performance and capacity needed for today's mainframe environments.
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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.