Brocade enhances ADX series cloud switches

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Brocade announced significant software advancements to its ServerIron ADX series of cloud-optimized application delivery switches.

The new Brocade OpenScript engine is an open platform, with the ability to intelligently predict the effect on the network before introducing scripts into production, says a release.

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Together with an OpenScript community and tools to enhance network management and performance enhancements to IPv6, this comprehensive set of new capabilities increases the competitiveness of the entire Brocade ServerIron ADX family of products, it adds. 

Built on PERL, a standards-based programming language, the OpenScript engine provides the programming framework for network operators to develop customized traffic management capabilities.

The Brocade OpenScript Performance Estimator provides network operators the ability to estimate the performance impact of custom scripts before implementing them in live production environments.

Brocade ADX version 12.4 doubles the IPv6 performance of ADX and delivers consistent services across IPv4 and IPv6. The Brocade ADX switch also enables transition to IPv6 while preserving IPv4 assets through standards-based IPv4-to-IPv6 translation technology, adds the release.

Brocade ADX version 12.4 enables automatic provisioning of application and network resources in a heterogeneous virtual environment and features Brocade Application Resource Broker 2.0, which automates resource provisioning of virtual machines within heterogeneous virtual environments, which include VMware, Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V.

The Brocade ServerIron ADX software release version 12.4 is generally available now. This is a no-cost software upgrade for customers with valid service contracts.