Brocade unified physical and virtual networks for on-demand data centers

Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD), a leading provider of data center networks and matrix solutions, launched a strategy that comprehensively combines the advantages of physical and virtual networks, it helps improve business agility, reduce complexity, and upgrade virtualization to a new level.

Brocade's On-Demand Data Center™"Strategy is another major evolution to promote the development of a highly virtualized, open, and flexible network infrastructure. By integrating the infrastructure of physical and virtual network elements, customers can configure computing, network, storage, and service capacity to deliver high-value applications faster and more easily than traditional data center networks. With industry-leading Brocade®VCS®Fabric technology-based, "On-Demand Data Center™The strategy allows customers to simplify and automate their networks and significantly improve network efficiency, utilization, and performance. In addition, this strategy also represents the logical implementation of a large number of customers in adopting the Software Defined Network (SDN) pragmatic path.

Brocade supports this strategy by making software and hardware improvements to the entire data center network portfolio. In addition, brocade has strengthened its commitment to open software management, Orchestration and SDN controller plans by providing new technologies that support the OpenDaylight Project and OpenStack. The OpenDaylight Project and OpenStack Project are strategic open-source software projects designed to build private, public, and hybrid clouds. Specifically, brocade announced the launch of the following:

· Virtual network solution: Brocade Vyatta®VRouter and Brocade Virtual ADX®Application delivery switch.

· Physical network solution: Brocade MLXe 4 × 40 GbE core router module, Brocade NetIron®CES/CER Carrier Ethernet switch/router module and Brocade NetIron OS update.

· Orchestration and management solution: Brocade OpenStack solution is a founding member of OpenDaylight open source SDN project and Brocade Application Resource Broker.

Zeus Kerravala, founder and chief analyst at ZK, said, "one of the most attractive advantages of virtualization is capital expenditure reduction. However, we started to see that due to the lack of appropriate business processes, automation and management tools, operating costs are constantly increasing in a highly virtualized environment. From matrix to storage, to physical and virtual infrastructure, brocade's on-demand data center strategy provides a high degree of flexibility and a complete blueprint for the unified data center field. In addition, brocade's on-demand data center strategy uses the emerging software defined network (SDN) technology to provide a pragmatic approach.

Brocade software network solution brings advanced features into IT infrastructure

As a software device that provides advanced routing, security, and high availability features, Brocade Vyatta 5400 vRouter series is a software network solution for highly virtualized data centers. Today, Brocade announced that Brocade Vyatta vRouter 6.6 will support multicast routes and dynamic multi-point VPN (DMVPN). These two technologies are crucial for large enterprises and cloud service operators.

Brocade Vyatta vRouter can build complex multi-layer networks. These networks can be deployed, configured, or changed as needed, significantly reducing capital and operating expenditures. The deployment of Brocade Vyatta vRouter has nothing to do with the platform and management program. It has been deployed in various environments, including from virtual private data centers to public Clouds such as Amazon Network Services (AWS; it also supports all important management processes including VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and Red Hat.

Brocade Virtual ADX is also released today. It provides a Virtual application delivery platform that can accelerate application resource deployment and respond to dynamic cloud environments of Differentiated Services. As part of the full portfolio of Brocade application delivery controllers (ADC), Brocade Virtual ADX provides flexibility and scale to significantly reduce total operating costs and accelerate deployment of new revenue sources.

Brocade Virtual ADX has the following advantages:

· Fast application delivery service configuration

· Control Application Management and configuration through SOAP/XML APIs to achieve integration with third-party or self-owned Orchestration and automated tools

· Simplify Orchestration at the application delivery network layer

· Ability to verify, test and replicate production or QA environments as needed

· Reduce the capital and operation costs of network infrastructure.

Brocade also enhances its cloud configuration capability by updating Brocade Application Resource Broker, and continues to work hard to develop an OpenStack plug-in that uses Server Load balancer as a service. Designed to launch new automated services and adapt to changing business conditions, Brocade Application Resource Broker is developed based on the advantages of its dynamic Resource configuration function to implement hybrid cloud services, and business continuity on global distributed data centers to avoid disasters.

Ken Cheng, vice president of Brocade routing, Application delivery and software Network, said: "Brocade Virtual ADX, coupled with Brocade Vyatta vRouter and Brocade Application Resource Broker, further strengthens the combination of Brocade software network products, an end-to-end software network solution is provided, which improves the flexibility of the data center and reduces the network complexity. Brocade's ability to integrate physical and virtual network elements not only gives our customers high flexibility in terms of deployment options, but also has great flexibility in adopting emerging technologies that simplify business processes ."

Build the physical network infrastructure through Brocade NetIron CER/CES enhancements of Brocade MLXe

On-demand data centers require high-performance hardware that can withstand critical environment requirements. Brocade has enhanced its flagship product Brocade MLXe Core Router's network infrastructure portfolio for data centers with 40 GbE interfaces and added a new high-performance module for Brocade NetIron CER Router, in addition, the SDN function is significantly improved in the new NetIron OS version.

Specifically, Brocade introduces a new four-port 40 GbE Brocade MLXe module for key tasks and data-intensive services required for data centers and enterprise core networks. With the wire speed performance of the 40 GbE module, Brocade solution provides a 40 GbE solution for end-to-end multi-tenant in the data center and seamlessly integrates with the Brocade VCS Fabric technology. For small data centers integrated into the carrier's Ethernet network, Brocade also released the new compact Brocade NetIron CER router, which can use up to four 10 GbE ports. These carrier-level routers provide an economical way to expand the carrier's Ethernet coverage and facilitate rapid deployment at the network edge. As a supplement to the Brocade CER router, the new Brocade NetIron CES switch is also available today.

Brocade also released NetIron software updates to enhance high-performance routing and SDN functions. The new version supports the OpenFlow Hybrid Port Mode technology to help customers deploy both OpenFlow and traditional routes on the same Port for seamless migration to SDN. This allows customers to use OpenFlow to optimize specific data streams without interrupting existing production traffic. In addition, the new software also supports multi-tenant data center environments to improve cloud service delivery and enforce stricter service level agreements.

Josh Snowhorn, Vice President and General Manager of CyrusOne InterConnection, said: "because we want to transmit a large amount of data for some of the world's largest enterprises, CyrusOne cannot rely on traditional network methods to address modern business challenges. The Brocade MLXe router enables CyrusOne infrastructure to evolve along with the needs of our customers, whether from 10 Gigabit Ethernet to 100 Gigabit Ethernet, we still adopt new technologies that allow us to better serve our customers."

Simplify resource configuration through Orchestration

Providing Network Resources anytime and anywhere is a basic element of brocade's vision for on-demand data centers.

Brocade was the first to launch a series of OpenStack solutions that provide advanced Orchestration and automation functions. For Brocade VDX®The Brocade OpenStack plug-in of the vswitch series enables customers to build industry-leading VCS Fabric technology and horizontally Scalable Data Center Infrastructure.

To speed up the adoption of SDN, The OpenDaylight Project will provide a framework for standard solution customers to apply it to their own SDN strategy. As a founding member and platinum-level sponsor of OpenDaylight, brocade is committed to providing an open and modular solution to meet customers' unique business needs. For details about how brocade participates in OpenDaylight, visit www.brocade.com/opendaylight.