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Today’s data center networks are complex and manually configured. What worked in the past is no longer viable for future technology. Next-generation data center networks (also known as 'fabrics') must enable automation of virtual machine movement across data centers. Dell has taken significant steps over the past 3 years to expand its enterprise presence into a complete solutions provider, including development of an integrated stack of leading server, storage, networking and services resources that help customers streamline operations to reduce IT costs, manage data growth and simplify management. The addition of networking is a natural complement to Dell’s server strength.
Open Automation
Enhanced Network Flexibility, Availability and Manageability The Force10 Open Automation Framework brings network automation to virtual data center environments, providing a network that is more flexible, available and manageable while reducing operational expenses.
With the adoption of virtualization, data centers have become more responsive but more complex. IT managers must now manage hundreds to thousands of virtual machines and their associated storage and networks. Data center infrastructure must be more responsive, quickly adapting to changes in application requirements. Additionally, server, storage and network infrastructure can no longer be managed as separate silos, but rather as a single, dynamic environment. Open Automation addresses these challenges using industry standards and common industry technology, allowing IT managers to deploy virtualized environments using best of breed technology.
Key Benefits
- Faster network installation and configuration
- Eliminate network switch configuration errors
- Improve manageability and availability with standard configurations
- Enable improved network monitoring
- Enable customized network management
- Enable accelerated network problem identification and resolution
- Reduce operational expenses
- Easy script development
- Automated VLAN provisioning in virtual environments
- Maintain network connectivity and security policies in virtual environments
- Support for VMware vSphere 4.0 and 4.1
- Support for Citrix XenServer 5.6
- Simultaneously support multiple hypervisors
- Support for third party system management tools
- Support Advanced Web GUI access with customizable features and skins
- Community Support via the Dev Exchange portal
- Resource and scripting solutions available via the Script Store
The Open Automation Framework is comprised of a suite of inter-related network management tools that can be used together or independently. These tools provide data center managers with a complete set of capabilities required in today’s dynamic, virtual data center environments:
- Bare Metal Provisioning reduces installation time, eliminates configuration errors and enforces standard configurations by automatically configuring network switches.
- Smart Scripting improves network monitoring and management with a robust, Perl/Python scripting environment.
- Virtual Server Networking increases network flexibility by automatically provisioning VLANs when VMs are migrated.
- Programmatic Management simplifies network management by integrating with multiple third party system management tools.
- Web GUI, Portal & Script Store increases Web connectivity to platforms via the Exensible Web GUI and the user community via the Dev Exchange portal
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With the adoption of virtualization, data centers have become more responsive but more complex. IT managers must now manage hundreds to thousands of virtual machines and their associated storage and networks. Data center infrastructure must be more responsive, quickly adapting to changes in application requirements. Additionally, server, storage and network infrastructure can no longer be managed as separate silos, but rather as a single, dynamic environment. Open Automation addresses these challenges using industry standards and common industry technology, allowing IT managers to deploy virtualized environments using best of breed technology.
Key Benefits
- Faster network installation and configuration
- Eliminate network switch configuration errors
- Improve manageability and availability with standard configurations
- Enable improved network monitoring
- Enable customized network management
- Enable accelerated network problem identification and resolution
- Reduce operational expenses
- Easy script development
- Automated VLAN provisioning in virtual environments
- Maintain network connectivity and security policies in virtual environments
- Support for VMware vSphere 4.0 and 4.1
- Support for Citrix XenServer 5.6
- Simultaneously support multiple hypervisors
- Support for third party system management tools
- Support Advanced Web GUI access with customizable features and skins
- Community Support via the Dev Exchange portal
- Resource and scripting solutions available via the Script Store
The Open Automation Framework is comprised of a suite of inter-related network management tools that can be used together or independently. These tools provide data center managers with a complete set of capabilities required in today’s dynamic, virtual data center environments:
- Bare Metal Provisioning reduces installation time, eliminates configuration errors and enforces standard configurations by automatically configuring network switches.
- Smart Scripting improves network monitoring and management with a robust, Perl/Python scripting environment.
- Virtual Server Networking increases network flexibility by automatically provisioning VLANs when VMs are migrated.
- Programmatic Management simplifies network management by integrating with multiple third party system management tools.
- Web GUI, Portal & Script Store increases Web connectivity to platforms via the Exensible Web GUI and the user community via the Dev Exchange portal
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