Latest release of Brocade SAN Health delivers enhanced support for
mainframe and legacy McDATA SAN environments
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brocade(R) (Nasdaq:
BRCD), the leader in networked storage solutions that help enterprises
connect and manage their information, today announced that it has bolstered
its Storage Area Network (SAN) management solutions with greater analytic
and reporting capabilities in the Brocade SAN Health(TM) family of
utilities, including full support for mainframe FICON(R) and McDATA SAN
environments. Supporting more than 13,000 users to date, Brocade SAN Health
Diagnostics Capture and Brocade SAN Health Professional are designed to
improve operational efficiencies in both open systems and mainframe data
center environments.
The enhanced Brocade SAN Health tools, downloadable at no charge, offer
more comprehensive, holistic views of storage networks by discovering and
inventorying devices, switches, and firmware. The new tools support
increased data center productivity by automating topology mapping, which
helps eliminate the time, costs, and errors when this work is performed
manually. FICON administrators, for example, now can easily and quickly
track even the most intricate mainframe infrastructures, including data
paths to switches and storage assets, to document configurations and
simplify change management.
"As the state agency that stores California's tax data, we rely on the
Brocade SAN Health solution for all reporting services in our SAN
environment," said Ramon Carpenter, Software Systems Specialist, California
Tax Franchise Board. "It is easy to use and provides the detail and clarity
we need to operate our infrastructure efficiently."
Powerful Resources for Today's Data Centers
Utilizing Brocade SAN Health Diagnostics Capture and SAN Health
Professional, administrators gain more insight into their SAN operations
through the capture and graphing of historical performance statistics,
detailed topology diagrams, and best-practice configuration recommendations
-- enabling them to make more informed evaluations of networking
strategies. Additionally, administrators can take advantage of improved
reporting capabilities to analyze their networks in finer detail, helping
to ensure higher performance and reliability.
In addition to these free tools, administrators can utilize Brocade SAN
Health Professional Change Analysis, an optional fee-based module with
sophisticated change analysis capabilities and Brocade SAN Health Expert, a
subscription-based Brocade Services offering featuring detailed analysis
and quarterly consultations with Brocade consultants.
"By enabling customers to extract more data from their storage
architectures, Brocade is helping them to maximize performance and
resiliency, and better manage their assets," said Tom Buiocchi, Brocade
Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. "The enhanced SAN Health utilities
augment the Brocade suite of management applications -- including
Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager, Fabric Manager, and our
comprehensive portfolio of SAN and mainframe services -- helping customers
meet their business objectives, SLAs, and regulatory mandates easily and
economically."
For more information on Brocade mainframe and SAN services, visit
http://www.brocade.com. All Brocade SAN Health tools and services are available at
http://www.brocade.com/sanhealth.
About Brocade
Brocade is the leading provider of networked storage solutions that
help organizations connect, share, and manage their information.
Organizations that use Brocade products and services are better able to
optimize their IT infrastructures and ensure compliant data management. For
more information, visit the Brocade Web site at http://www.brocade.com or contact
the company at info@brocade.com.
Brocade, the Brocade B-weave logo, Fabric OS, File Lifecycle Manager,
MyView, Secure Fabric OS, SilkWorm, and StorageX are registered trademarks
and the Brocade B-wing symbol and Tapestry are trademarks of Brocade
Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other
countries. FICON is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation in the U.S.
and other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or
may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products
or services of their respective owners.
SOURCE Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
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