Brocade Introduces Unified Network Management Platform for SAN and IP Control

Brocade^® has announced Brocade Network Advisor, the industry’s first and only unified network management platform for SAN and IP networks. The new platform provides a single, easy-to-use management solution across Brocade Fibre Channel SANs, IP networks, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) networks, wireless networks and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks.

“Customers are experiencing significantly high operating expenses associated with disparate islands of tools and fragmented lifecycle management processes,” said Jason Nolet, Vice President, Data Center and Enterprise Networking Group at Brocade. “Brocade Network Advisor addresses these pain points with a robust, scalable architecture that integrates SAN, Ethernet, MPLS and wireless management into a single, cohesive management application. Most importantly, Brocade Network Advisor helps reduce customer OpEx by minimizing training, increasing automation and consolidating tools.”

“Managing a complex network infrastructure in a dynamic enterprise customer lab facility is definitely a challenge,” said Mike Poulson, Program Manager, Microsoft Enterprise Engineering Center. “Our network configuration changes from week to week and devices are added and removed on a regular basis to support different customer test requirements. Using multiple tool sets to manage and capture the entire view of the network can be challenging and time-consuming. In order to efficiently and effectively manage our network infrastructure, a single unified network management platform covering LAN and SAN on a single user interface will be a significant benefit.”