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posted on 29 April 2008 10:27

Brocade®, the leading provider of data centre networking solutions that help enterprises connect and manage their information, today announced that it is working with Microsoft to develop a management pack to incorporate the newly announced Performance and Resource Optimisation (PRO) feature within Microsoft’s System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. 

PRO can help dynamically address alerts from hardware, operating systems and applications by shifting virtual machine resources using knowledge-based policies and rules.  By extending many of the Brocade data centre fabric and Host Bus Adapter (HBA) management capabilities into Virtual Machine Manager, this solution will help server administrators improve the management of their physical and virtual resources in data centres. 

The new Brocade-focused management pack for PRO enables System Center to use specific device and network information such as overall health, performance, and configuration data.  As a result, server administrators will have visibility beyond the confines of the server and into the storage network to help them make informed decisions on where to place, migrate, or reconfigure applications, hardware, or virtual machines. 

“Customers continually ask for simpler ways to track and manage devices in the evolving data centre, and virtualisation magnifies that need,” said Madhu Matta, Vice President of Brocade’s Server Connectivity Division. “Brocade is working with Microsoft to provide seamless incorporation with System Center by extending Brocade Adaptive Networking technologies into the data centre management solutions. This allows administrators to easily deploy and manage end-to-end data services such as virtualisation, quality of service, and security across the entire data centre fabric.”

“Microsoft has collaborated with Brocade to provide customers with a scalable, high-performance storage infrastructure for virtualised IT environments,” said Dai Vu, Director of Virtualisation Products and Solutions Marketing for Microsoft Corp. “Brocade’s intelligent management of the SAN infrastructure, combined with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, helps customers optimise data and server resources in the virtualised data centre.”

About Brocade
Brocade is a leading provider of data center networking solutions that help organizations connect, share, and manage their information in the most efficient manner. 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 www.brocade.com or contact the company at info@brocade.com.

^{[Formatted by Psaul Warren.]}