Brocade announced that several of its Ethernet and storage
area networking (SAN) fabric switches have been integrated by Hitachi Data
Systems for networking technology in the new Hitachi Unified Compute Platform
(UCP) converged infrastructure solutions, which were announced. Brocade is
delivering both top-of-rack switches as well as embedded server switches based
on Fibre Channel and Ethernet technologies, reinforcing the company’s
leadership in its ability to offer comprehensive data center networking
solutions for critical IT and service provider environments.
Specifically, Brocade Ethernet and SAN fabric products have
been designed into Hitachi UCP pre-validated reference solutions and integrated
turnkey solutions, which are built with world-class Hitachi storage and
servers. The solutions are designed to offer customers the ultimate choice and
flexibility to support industry-leading hypervisor, database and application
environments, including Citrix, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and VMware.
“Brocade was selected as a valued component of the Hitachi
UCP family of solutions based on our proven track record for delivering
networking solutions with unprecedented simplicity and automation, massive
scalability and reliability for consolidating business-critical enterprise
applications,” said Jason Nolet, vice president, Data Center Networking Group,
at Brocade. “Brocade networking solutions provide a highly resilient foundation
for the Hitachi storage and server options to support industry-leading hypervisor,
database and application environments. Customers simply select the
infrastructure options that meet their needs, with the assurance of built-in
flexibility and interoperability to scale the architecture as business needs
change.”
Taking data center network simplicity, efficiency and
resiliency to a new scale, the Brocade VDX standalone and embedded Ethernet
fabric switches deliver a radically simplified data center network for Hitachi
UCP converged infrastructure solutions. Designed specifically for highly
virtualized environments, Ethernet fabrics built on Brocade VCS® Fabric
technology accelerate application deployment and enable faster virtual machine
(VM) migrations through zero-touch VM discovery, VM mobility and VM port
configuration migration. Using VCS fabrics, Hitachi UCP customers can manage up
to dozens of switches as a single logical device, dramatically reducing
operational costs. They can also save installation time as new switches
self-provision when they are connected to the fabric.
As the industry’s only SAN solutions based on the latest 16
Gbps Fibre Channel industry standard, the Brocade standalone and embedded
switches combine simplicity and enterprise-class functionality to enable
maximum flexibility and reliability for Hitachi UCP solutions. Simplified
deployment and a point-and-click user interface make the Brocade SAN switches
both powerful and easy to use, while providing investment protection and
“pay-as-you-grow” scalability to meet the needs of an evolving storage environment.
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