互換性
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ブロケードは、最高レベルのファブリック・スイッチングとデバイス互換性を提供して、企業のデータセンター・インフラ投資の価値を最大化する支援をします。 |
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真の互換性つまり相互運用性は、大規模なテスティング、広範囲にわたるパートナーシップ、適切なテクノロジによってのみ可能となります。ブロケードではSANバックボーン、ダイレクタ、およびスイッチの包括的な製品ファミリ全体にわたってネイティブ・ファブリックの相互運用性をサポートしているため、可能な限り最もシームレスかつ効率的でサポート可能な方法で、既存のファブリックを拡張して新しいSANを構築することができます。このレベルの互換性は、ホストとストレージ・ノードの一方または両方が、複数のベンダからの相互接続されたファイバーチャネル・スイッチを使用して通信できることを表します。
今日では、スイッチ、ストレージ・ノード、およびホスト・ノード（HBA）が単一ベンダによって 提供されることはほとんどないため、SAN内の相互運用性は一般的なことです。実際、事実上すべてのSANに、2つ以上のHBAベンダと複数のストレージ・ベンダ（例えば、ディスク・ベンダとテープ・ベンダ、または2つの異なるディスク・ベンダ） があります。さらに、SANデバイスの相互運用性は十分に理解されています。SANベンダは、互換性マトリックス資料を提供しており、また異機種混合のファブリックの設計、実装、管理、トラブルシューティングの幅広い経験を持っています。
ブロケードでは、主要のOEM、戦略パートナー、システム・インテグレータからの製品と併せて、自社製品の厳密な互換性試験を実施しています。テスティングに加えて、ブロケードではファイバーチャネル・ベースのソリューションの最大ポートフォリオを維持し、エンタープライズSANに関する認定済みの相互運用性ソリューションを公開しています。ブロケードでは、Brocade SANソリューションとの互換性を確保できるように、ブロケード、OEMパートナー、およびデベロッパ・パートナーにより試験したデバイスおよびアプリケーションの詳細なリストを提供しています。
互換性
Resources
テクニカルブリーフ
- Brocade DCX Integration for M-Series Customers [英語：PDF]
- Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager: End-to-End Fabric Management in the Evolving Data Center [英語：PDF]
- Cloud Optimized Performance: I/O-Intensive Workloads Using Flash-Based Storage [英語：PDF]
- Connecting Servers in a DMZ to a Fibre Channel SAN [英語：PDF]
- Corning Cable Systems Optical Cabling Solutions for Brocade [英語：PDF]
- Extending Fabric Services to the Server with Brocade HBAs [英語：PDF]Abstract
Providing server connectivity products is the next step in fulfilling Brocade’s mission to deliver enterprise-class, end-to-end storage networking solutions. With Brocade server connectivity solutions, Brocade is now extending fabric-based services to data center server platforms for dependable and high-performance storage access.
- Leveraging 8Gb Fibre Channel End to End in the Data Center [英語：PDF]
- Leveraging Brocade DCX for Server Virtualization [英語：PDF]
- Migrating from Brocade EFCM to Brocade DCFM [英語：PDF]Abstract
Describes how to migrate from Brocade EFCM to Brocade DCFM including planning, installation and deployment, and post-deployment configuration.
- Operational Simplicity: Automating and Simplifying SAN Provisioning [英語：PDF]
- Optimizing Data Center Consolidation with Server Virtualization [英語：PDF*]
- Quick Configuration Guide: Access Gateway NPIV with EFCM Management [英語：PDF]
- The Benefits and Application of 16 Gbps Fibre Channel [英語：PDF]Abstract
Discusses 16 Gbps Fiber Channel and how it improves throughput in Storage Area Networks to reduce Inter-Switch Link counts, improve application performance, ease management, and reduce power consumption per bit.
- The Brocade DCF Architecture and the Brocade DCX Backbone [英語：PDF]
- The Brocade Data Center Fabric Reference Architecture of VMware vSphere 4 [英語：PDF]Abstract
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.
- Using the Brocade DCX Backbone to Transform a Brocade SAN into a Data Center Fabric [英語：PDF*]Abstract
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.
- Why Fibre Channel over Ethernet? [英語：PDF*]
ホワイトペーパー
- A Real-World Look at Data Center Relocation [英語：PDF]Abstract
This paper delves into the experiences of 30 IT managers who relocated their data centers, analyzing the primary drivers, issues, strategies, and lessons learned.
- Achieving Enterprise SAN Performance with the Brocade DCX Backbone [英語：PDF]Abstract
Describes the internal architecture of the Brocade DCX Backbone and explains how best to leverage its industry-leading performance and blade flexibility to meet business requirements.
- Benchmarking Microsoft SQL Server Using VMware ESX Server 3.5 [英語：PDF]Abstract
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.
- Best Practices Guide: Cabling the Data Center [英語：PDF]Abstract
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.
- Brocade DCFM: Unified Fabric Management in the Evolving Data Center [英語：PDF]Abstract
This paper explores how key capabilities within Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) help simplify infrastructure management.
- Brocade FCoE Solutions for Server I/O Convergence [英語：PDF]Abstract
This paper describes the basics of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and how Brocade FCoE solutions provide greater choice in modern data centers.
- Building a Reliable Foundation for Expanded Data Center Virtualization [英語：PDF]
- DCX for Mainframe [英語：PDF]
- FICON Over Extended Distances [英語：PDF]Abstract
This paper examines how FICON channel architecture greatly expands the distance, throughput, and scale of implementation for IBM mainframe environments.
- Native Fabric Connectivity for Today's SANs [英語：PDF]Abstract
This paper explores the various approaches Brocade is taking toward heterogeneous fabric connectivity following its acquisition of McDATA.
- Optimizing Storage Data Transfers Over FC ISLs and Long-Distance FCIP WAN Links with FastWrite [英語：PDF]Abstract
This paper describes how FastWrite, a Brocade capability available in Brocade SAN Routers, addresses the performance issues of SCSI write operations over long-distance, high-latency links.
- The Growing Need for Security in Storage Area Networks [英語：PDF]Abstract
New features in Brocade Fabric OS 7.0 help increase SAN security in enterprise environments to better protect sensitive data.
- Virtual Fabrics Provide Administrative Flexibility in a Shared Environment [英語：PDF]Abstract
Describes a FOS 6.2 capability: Virtual Fabrics (VFs). Using VFs, customers can partition a physical switch into multiple Logical Switches, each of which belongs to a Logical Fabric, which has independent data paths, fabric configuration (zoning, Quality of Service, fabric mode) ,and management.
- Virtualizing Embedded Switches: The Next Generation of SAN Connectivity [英語：PDF]Abstract
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.
- Virtualizing SAN Connectivity with VMware Infrastructure 3 and Brocade Data Center Fabric Services [英語：PDF]Abstract
This paper shows how the VMware Infrastructure Platform can be deployed in a Fibre Channel-based shared storage environment and how support for NPIV enables critical fabric services to be extended to Virtual Machines in the data center.
マトリックス
- Brocade Compatibility Matrix [英語：PDF]
- Brocade Fabric OS Features Summary [英語：PDF]
- Brocade M-Series Products Fabric Guidelines [英語：PDF]Abstract
This matrics includes Brocade M-Class directors, switches, and routers as well as legacy McDATA SAN products.
- Brocade Scalability Guidelines [英語：PDF]Abstract
This document details the metrics required to establish whether or not Brocade supports a particular fabric and/or metaSAN configuration. It provides scalability guidelines that can be used to design and deploy extremely stable Fibre Channel SANs.
- Data Center Ready Compatibility Matrix that includes 2 Gbit/sec platforms [英語：PDF]Abstract
Archive: This document represents the last version of the Brocade Compatibility Matrix that included 2 Gbps devices and is provided here for your convenience.
- OPENready Product Compatibility Matrice [英語：PDF]Abstract
This matric includes Brocade M-Class directors, switches, and routers as well as legacy McDATA SAN products.
- SAN Health Support Matrix [英語：Excel]
- Transceiver Platform Support Matrix [英語：PDF]