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DATA SHEET: SAN VERSION www.brocade.com
BROCADE NETWORK ADVISOR
HIGHLIGHTS• Deploys 15 years of SAN best practices
in one click to simplify the deployment of monitoring with pre-defined, threshold-based rules, actions, and policies
• Monitors health and performance indicators using customizable, browser-accessible dashboards
• Enables fast troubleshooting and problem isolation through comprehensive Brocade Fabric Vision diagnostics and dashboard playback
• Helps reduce costs by automating tasks across the network management lifecycle
• Provides unprecedented visibility and insight into the SAN fabric through integration with Brocade Fabric Vision technology
• Uses third-party applications to consume Brocade Fabric Vision data, events, dashboard summaries, SAN zoning, inventory, and other services through exposed REST APIs
• Maximizes existing investments with seamless integration into VMware, Microsoft, EMC, HP, and IBM management tools
Simplified Network Management for Today’s Increasingly Dynamic SAN Fabrics Under pressure to reduce costs and increase agility, organizations can get stuck in a reactive mode, overspending through inefficiencies to keep their networks up and running. By standardizing and automating processes, however, network teams can proactively address availability and performance issues, and dramatically reduce costs.
Brocade® Network Advisor simplifies Storage Area Network (SAN) management and helps organizations proactively diagnose and troubleshoot issues to maximize uptime, increase operational efficiency, and reduce costs. Customizable dashboards represent data from discovered devices, including advanced diagnostics information delivered through integration with Brocade Fabric Vision technology. As network issues arise, teams can drill-down through the user-friendly interface for more details and rapidly identify, diagnose, and troubleshoot problems before operations are affected.
PROACTIVE MONITORING Brocade Fabric Vision technology, an extension of Gen 5 Fibre Channel, provides unprecedented insight and visibility across the storage network through critical monitoring and diagnostic capabilities. To transform this data into intelligence that storage teams can easily act upon, Brocade Network Advisor visualizes health and performance data, along with details on out-of-policy conditions, in customizable dashboards and interactive SAN topology views. Administrators can
NETWORK MANAGEMENT
Figure 1. Customizable SAN dashboard (Web client view).
then quickly identify potential issues, abnormal behaviors, and trends at the device and fabric level. To further simplify network management and reduce costs, Brocade Network Advisor provides simple wizards and right-click menu options to automate critical tasks, from configuration through troubleshooting and reporting. These powerful capabilities enable storage teams to proactively manage their SAN environments in order to maximize uptime and optimize resources.
Fabric Vision technology features that can be managed through Brocade Network Advisor include:
• Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS): Apply pre-built, customizable rules and policies to multiple ports, switches, or fabrics in a single click and instantly visualize health and performance statistics of the SAN infrastructure in the dashboard, topology, and event views. Click through wizards to adjust configurations to ensure availability is maintained; minimal expertise is required.
• Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) Monitoring: Set pre-defined thresholds in a single click from MAPS and take action on latency alerts highlighted in the dashboard or via e-mail. Use customizable topology views to visually pinpoint which devices and hosts are impacted by a bottlenecked port (see Figure 2). Use the wizard and right-click menus to diagnose and troubleshoot before performance begins to degrade.
• Brocade ClearLink Diagnostics: Configure ports to diagnostic mode and view reports to validate optic and cable signal integrity before deployment.
• Flow Vision: Automatically configure specific application flows directly from the network topology view to accelerate and simplify troubleshooting and maximize performance.
RAPID TROUBLESHOOTING FOR INCREASED AVAILABILITY Once network issues have been identified, organizations need to be able to diagnose and fix them quickly. Brocade Network Advisor enables rapid troubleshooting with multiple dashboard views, highlighting out-of-range conditions and providing drill-down menus for more details. As a result, administrators can correlate multiple data points across the SAN to make fast, informed decisions.
Brocade Network Advisor provides the following troubleshooting features:
• Live monitoring and point-in-time playback: Correlate real-time or historical device data across a choice of time scopes for advanced troubleshooting and performance management (see Figure 3).
• Network and time scope filters: Set a variety of network and time scope filters across dashboard widgets to quickly isolate, correlate, and troubleshoot error conditions (see Figure 4).
• Event management: Receive SNMP traps, syslog event messages, and customizable event alerts for monitoring and reporting on specific conditions.
• Configuration change management: Select a default configuration and track changes between the current and default state to isolate the root cause. In the event of a failure, the default configuration can be restored to minimize disruption during troubleshooting.
• Advanced Call Home: Automatically collect diagnostic information and send notifications for fast fault diagnosis, isolation, and remote support operations.
SIMPLIFIED MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZED RESOURCES Brocade Network Advisor helps organizations manage the entire network management lifecycle, automating time-consuming tasks and freeing up valuable resources. The easy-to-use graphical user interface minimizes administrative effort, guiding the user through otherwise complex operational tasks. In addition, bulk deployment and configuration offer significant time savings over repetitive switch-by-switch administration tasks, reducing costs and increasing resource efficiency.
Other key capabilities that help simplify SAN management include:
• Multivendor adapter management: Monitor and report on adapter properties for a more holistic view of the SAN.
• VM-to-storage visibility: Gain VM-to-LUN visibility and management by integrating Brocade Network Advisor with leading virtualization solutions such as VMware vCenter.
• Multi-protocol support: Automate manual operations with configuration wizards for FICON® and cascaded FICON environments, Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) tunnels, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) network environments.
• Zoning operations: Configure devices logically into zones to increase security and network availability, and test changes pre-deployment to avoid downtime.
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Define granular administrator roles and privileges to support multiple SAN teams.
Figure 2. Summary of out-of-range violations in a single widget.
Figure 3. Point-in-time playback for analyzing historical data and identifying issues.
FLEXIBILITY THROUGH PARTNER INTEGRATION To ensure organizations maximize their existing investments, Brocade Network Advisor integrates with a wide range of network management solutions, including tools from VMware, Microsoft, HP, EMC, and IBM, to provide end-to-end network visibility. Organizations also have the flexibility to extract data directly from Brocade Network Advisor for integration with homegrown applications through Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) or SMI-S.
Integration options include:
• Brocade Network Advisor REST APIs: Enables third-party applications to leverage REST services to access Brocade Fabric Vision performance data, events, dashboard summaries, SAN zoning, and inventory. This enables further programmability and paves the way for cloud, virtual, and Software-Defined Networking (SDN).
• Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite: Delivers SAN health, risk, and efficiency insights to VMware vCOPs via Brocade Network Advisor, enabling faster root-cause analysis and better VM performance.
• Brocade Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager: Provides visibility into the network connectivity of Microsoft SCOM servers and proactively responds to bottlenecks through policy-based actions.
SUPPORTED TECHNOLOGY AND PLATFORMS Brocade Network Advisor provides comprehensive management for Fibre Channel SANs, including:
• Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel platforms
• Brocade DCX® Backbone family
• Brocade SAN switches
• Emulex adapters
• QLogic adapters*
BROCADE GLOBAL SERVICES Brocade Global Services has the expertise to help organizations build scalable, efficient cloud infrastructures. Leveraging 15 years of expertise in storage, networking, and virtualization, Brocade Global Services delivers world-class professional services, technical support, and education services, enabling organizations to maximize their Brocade investments, accelerate new technology deployments, and optimize the performance of networking infrastructures.
Training and Education Brocade Global Education Services offers Web-based training and instructor-led courses to share product information, tips, and best practices—and to provide hands-on experience with the product.
Figure 4. Network time and scope filter options within the dashboard.
AFFORDABLE ACQUISITION OPTIONS Brocade Capital Solutions helps organizations easily address their IT requirements by offering flexible network acquisition and support alternatives. Organizations can select from purchase, lease, Brocade Network Subscription, and Brocade Subscription Plus options to align network acquisition with their unique capital requirements and risk profiles. To learn more, visit www.Brocade.com/CapitalSolutions.
MAXIMIZING INVESTMENTS To help optimize technology investments, Brocade and its partners offer complete solutions that include professional services, technical support, and education. For more information, contact a Brocade sales partner or visit www.brocade.com.
* Availability planned for October 2014.
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SUPPORTED SERVER AND CLIENT OPERATING SYSTEMS
†16 GB RAM is required for SAN+IP bundle and medium or large networks.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR 64-BIT WINDOWS AND LINUX SYSTEMS
Small Network Medium Network Large Network
Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz or equivalent, 8 GB RAM, 20 GB disk
Intel Core 2 Duo Dual-CPU, 2.4 GHz or equivalent, 8 to 16 GB† RAM, 60 GB disk
Intel Core 2 Duo Dual-CPU, 2.4 GHz or equivalent, 8 to 16 GB† RAM, 80 GB disk
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR WEB CLIENTS
Web Browser Version Supported Platforms
Firefox 24.0 or later Windows and Linux
Internet Explorer 11.0.7 Windows 7 with SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1, Windows Server 2012 R2
Chrome 33.0 Windows
License License Description
SAN Professional Up to 300 SAN switch ports and 2 SAN fabrics
SAN Professional Plus SAN management, supports up to 2,560 switch ports and 36 fabrics
SAN Enterprise SAN management, supports up to 15,000 switch ports and 100 fabrics
SAN Professional Plus with IP SAN+IP management, supports up to 2,560 SAN switch ports, 36 SAN fabrics, and 150 IP devices
SAN Enterprise with IP SAN+IP management, supports up to 15,000 switch ports, 100 fabrics, and 550 IP devices
BROCADE NETWORK ADVISOR SAN LICENSES
System Requirements
Brocade Network Advisor software and documentation are available via download. For details on the recommended system specifications, refer to the Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide.Software Evaluation
A 120-day, full-featured evaluation version of Brocade Network Advisor is available for download from www.brocade.com/networkadvisor. Install the software in minutes and start managing your network more effectively today.Ordering Information
Brocade Network Advisor comes in several packages, providing organizations with the flexibility to choose what best meets their network requirements. Package options include SAN-only and SAN+IP. For additional details, refer to the Brocade Network Advisor Software Licensing Guide.
