Centralizes management of IBM System Storage SAN b-type (Brocade®) and mixed b-type and m-type (McDATA) network fabrics within and across datacenters
Maximizes productivity and reduces expenses by automating tasks and providing easy-to-use wizard-driven operations
Delivers real-time and historical performance monitoring to enable proactive problem diagnosis, maximize resource utilization and facilitate capacity planning
Supports server virtualization, including setting Quality of Service (QoS) levels for applications running on virtual machines
Helps administrators meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) via innovative event notification, monitoring, troubleshooting and diagnosis capabilities
IBM System Storage™ Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM™) is a comprehensive network management application that enables end-to-end management of data center fabrics. DCFM manages and secures the flow of data across multiple fabrics—empowering IT organizations to achieve their SLA, security and compliance goals while containing operational expenses. It provides exceptional scalability and performance that helps maximize data availability. In addition, DCFM features easy-to-use administrative tools that streamline and automate repetitive tasks so organizations can achieve new levels of productivity and efficiency.
Data Center Fabric Manager is a key component of IBM’s New Enterprise Data Center architecture and supports and complements Brocade’s Data Center Fabric architecture. DCFM is designed for unified management of data center fabrics—from ports on storage devices all the way to the Host Bus Adapters in physical or virtualized servers. It can be used to configure IBM System Storage SAN768B and Brocade DCX™ backbone directors along with other SAN products manufactured by Brocade.
