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IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager

Simple I/O management. Powerful blade virtualization.

Overview

I/O software

I/O hardware

I/O virtualization

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Highlights

Save time - pre-configure LAN and SAN connections once for each blade server
Manage growth and complexity - up to 100 chassis and up to 1400 blade servers from a single Advanced Management Module
Remain open with infrastructure flexibility - works with all Ethernet, FCoE, Fibre Channel and SAS switch modules; across all chassis and most Intel (including the latest HS22), AMD and Power blade servers
Connect with ease - with a simple Web-based user interface based on IBM Systems Director 6.1 for easy server and switch set-up, deployment and management
Manage risk to keep your business running - available automated I/O failover to standby blades

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		Why You Need to Pay Attention to How Your Blade Vendor Handles I/O Address Virtualization (632KB)

		IBM's Answer for Improved Data Center I/O (413KB)

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Simplify blade deployment, re-deployment and expansion.
IBM BladeCenter® Open Fabric Manager software is designed to help you easily manage I/O and network interconnects by virtualizing network parameters such as the World Wide Name (WWN) and Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. When you replace a blade or failover from one blade in a chassis to another blade in a different chassis, the LAN and SAN configurations are not affected. Once installed, the utility is resident in the built-in Advanced Management Module (AMM) so you can pre-configure LAN and SAN connections - I/O connections are made automatically when you plug in a blade. No special tools or training are required; just manage with an easy-to-use Web-based user interface. And since this software can be deployed on both new and existing BladeCenter systems through firmware upgrades, you can protect your current BladeCenter investment and simplify I/O.

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