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DATA SHEET

BROCADE MANAGEMENT
PACK FOR MICROSOFT
SYSTEM CENTER

NETWORK
MANAGEMENT
HIGHLIGHTS
•tBridges operational gaps across server,
network, and storage administrators, and
simplifies management with end-to-end
storage network visibility
•tProvides visibility into the health
of the Storage Area Network
(SAN) infrastructure
•tIntegrates seamlessly with Microsoft
System Center Operations Manager
(SCOM) and Microsoft System Center
Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
•tEnables the management of physical
and virtual assets in the data center
using SCOM
•tEmpowers SCOM administrators with
network bottleneck identification for
faster problem resolution to meet Service
Level Agreements (SLAs)
•tEnables single-pane of glass
management from the SCOM console

The Brocade One™ strategy helps
simplify networking infrastructures
through innovative technologies and
solutions. The Brocade Management
Pack for Microsoft System Center
supports this strategy by extending
server administrators’ visibility into the
health of the SAN.

SAN Health Checks Help Microsoft
Server Administrators Meet
Service Level Agreements
Brocade® Management Pack for Microsoft
System Center integrates Storage Area
Network (SAN) management information
into Microsoft System Center, extending
the server administrator’s view beyond
the server and into the SAN. It monitors
the health and performance of the SAN
infrastructure, alerting server administrators
to data access issues that can jeopardize
the performance of virtualized workloads.
Brocade offers the only management
pack solution that leverages both Host
Bus Adapter (HBA) and switch data to
help server administrators manage
virtual server workloads.

KEY MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
IT organizations are widely deploying
server virtualization to gain the benefits
of consolidation: lower costs, reduced
space and power requirements, and a
more flexible IT infrastructure. Meeting
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in such
a dynamic environment requires seamless
coordination across many elements,
including data, storage, applications,
and converged networks.

As Virtual Machines (VMs) and workloads
move, all storage, security, and disaster
recovery resources need to move with them.
At the same time, individual VM profiles
need to be created to move with VMs
as they migrate across servers.
Performance and complexity are also
concerns when managing virtual workloads.
More applications can be located on
a physical server, which can lead to a
decline in I/O performance. Virtual storage
applications automatically move data
from one storage tier to another, and this
dynamic movement can create unexpected
bottlenecks, causing network congestion.
Provisioning, configuration management,
capacity planning, and fault isolation are
all more complex in a virtual environment.

BROCADE MANAGEMENT PACK
SOLUTIONS
Brocade management pack solutions
use open standards-based interfaces to
integrate with Microsoft System Center
to ensure the reliability and performance
levels that organizations need and to
enable server administrators to address
issues before they impact SLAs.