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As IT organizations embrace server and storage virtualization to support more dynamic business strategies, they can leverage a wide range of strategic Brocade solutions and services to achieve the full benefits of virtualization.

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ACHIEVING THE FULL BENEFITS OF VIRTUALIZATION

To maintain a competitive advantage, IT organizations are turning to virtualization solutions built around pools of flexible server and storage resources that can meet their dynamic business requirements. However, to implement a holistic data center virtualization strategy, these organizations need a unified, end-to-end solution based on a powerful, reliable, and scalable IT infrastructure.

Brocade provides a strategic networking foundation for this type of holistic data center virtualization solution. It provides the “enabling” layer for server and storage virtualization with the built-in intelligence required for high-performance virtualized environments—along with unique Adaptive Networking services and multiprotocol capabilities.

Key aspects of this holistic virtualization strategy include:

  • Data center connectivity
  • Server connectivity
  • Storage fabric extension
  • Fibre Channel SAN and Ethernet fabrics
  • Centralized fabric management
  • Professional services
  • Best-in-class solutions from a broad partner ecosystem

Brocade works closely with the leaders in storage and server virtualization to ensure the highest levels of integration and reliability in highly virtualized data centers. These companies include:

Microsoft
VMware
Oracle
Citrix

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Virtualization Resources

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Brocade Chief Technology Officer Dave Stevens is responsible for the company’s technology strategy in the evolving network marketplace. Here he shares his views on the role of Brocade networking solutions in data center virtualization and cloud computing.

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Brocade announced the availability of the Brocade Management Pack for Microsoft System Center. Brocade’s focus on delivering visibility and control of the storage network to Microsoft System Center customers will be important to those customers deploying production and Tier 1 applications in virtualized environments. In order to be successful, Brocade needs to properly educate the Microsoft channel and its OEM partners with a strong Microsoft practice on the value of having visibility into the data center

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The guiding principles driving a new architecture for the data center include consolidation, virtualization, service-level resource allocation, and policy-based data management. These principles simplify how business exploits its data for competitive advantage in a cost-effective manner.

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Describes and illustrates scenarios that demonstrate how the Brocade DCX Backbone platform can be added non-disruptively into the core of existing SANs and new data center fabrics.

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This paper describes how Brocade's CloudPlex architecture enables large-scale deployment of virtual desktop infrastructure: tens of thousands of desktops on a global scale. It identifies the challenges in the data center, campus LAN and wide area networks that need to be considered and reviews how key elements of the CloudPlex architecture including fabrics, open systems and global reach, effectively meet these challenges.

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The data center network plays a critical role in carrying new demanding data traffic. Today, Brocade® networking solutions are delivering the industry-leading performance and scalability to keep applications flowing efficiently across virtual enterprises. Based on open standards and designed for heterogeneous environments, Brocade networking solutions work with all types of virtualization frameworks, helping organizations achieve a faster ROI from their virtualized environments.

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The results of a benchmarking study performed in Brocade test labs demonstrate that SQL Server can be deployed on VMware ESX Server 3.5 for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) applications in very favorable server consolidation ratios to meet corporate IT business requirements.

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This paper describes how Brocade Ethernet, storage, and converged networking solutions help forward-thinking organizations build strategic data centers that continue to leverage existing network infrastructure.

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This paper describes how Brocade Adaptive Networking Services help simplify fabric management by dynamically adjusting bandwidth and fabric resources to meet application service levels.

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This paper from Enterprise Strategy Group explains how Brocade storage networking solutions provide a reliable enabling platform for facilitating scalable server virtualization.

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This paper examines the fundamentals and benefits of the Brocade Access Gateway, the latest evolution in Fibre Channel SAN connectivity built on blade server technology.