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IBM System Storage Data Center Fabric Manager V10

Configure and manage multiple IBM System Storage b-type and mixed b-type and m-type network fabrics from a single interface

  
Overview   |   Features and benefits   |   Specifications

Feature Benefits
Innovative capabilities for monitoring, troubleshooting, diagnostics and proactive event notification
  • Proactively monitor critical fabric health information

  • Configure Quality of Service (QoS) priorities for applications running on both physical and virtual servers

  • Collect and display performance statistics in real-time and with historical views for proactive problem determination

  • Capture, back up, and compare switch configuration profiles through advanced cloning

  • Perform automatic data collection and trigger Call Home notification for earlier fault isolation, diagnosis and remote support
Automate repetitive tasks through an intuitive wizard-driven approach
  • Streamline firmware download, switch configuration, backup/restore and the collection of diagnostic data across groups of switches

  • Edit zone information and preview the impact of proposed changes without affecting the production fabric

  • Provide a configurable fabric snapshot/compare capability to track changes to fabric objects and membership

  • Generate reports for status changes, port usage, zoning activation, and more—either on-demand, automatically on a scheduled basis, on in response to a fabric event

  • Configure and manage FICON™ and cascaded FICON environments while providing powerful analysis and diagnostic facilities

  • Configure, monitor and optimize Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) tunnels across WAN links

  • Support Fibre Channel Routing, including configuration, zoning, visualization, analysis and troubleshooting
Provide detailed visibility into performance utilization of hardware and network bandwidth
  • Measure and display real-time and historical network performance to identify under- and over-utilized links and maximize application availability and performance

  • Maximize Return on Investment (ROI) by better utilizing existing infrastructure resources and identify new network requirements

  • Generate a comprehensive inventory of components while creating an intuitive device map to visualize the end-to-end topology of data center fabrics

  • Facilitate capacity and availability planning with reports that can be shared across organization



 
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