Brocade launches Data Center Fabric Manager

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Brocade, a provider in data center networking solutions, today unveiled its Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) 10.0.a comprehensive storage network management application that helps customers manage and secure the flow of data within and across multiple fabrics to increase productivity, scalability, and operational efficiency.

It even announced the availability of a new family of fabric-based encryption platforms that would help customers meet their security and corporate governance objectives by encrypting critical corporate data with high performance and centralized management.

The DCFM is expected to provide a unified, end-to-end management of data center fabrics - from storage ports on networked storage systems to Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) attached to physical or virtualized servers, said a press release. It is available in two configurations.

Brocade DCFM Enterprise: Provides a non-disruptive path and functional continuity for organizations that are upgrading from Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) or Brocade Fabric Manager.

Brocade DCFM Professional: Provides a subset of Brocade DCFM Enterprise features, making it ideal for organizations that require a less-extensive management solution for smaller SAN environments up to 1000 ports in a single fabric.

The new platform focuses to provide customers with a choice to fit their stored data encryption space requirements.

It is designed to protect existing data center investments and the Brocade encryption platform architecture that offers integration with several leading key management products, the release added.