IBM Cisco MDS 9506 Advanced security and management, Storage Network Applications, each VSAN

Additionally, data plane traffic is secured through VSANs, which are designed to segregate traffic between multiple vir- tual fabrics within the single physical fabric infrastructure, and through hardware-enforced zoning, which further segregates traffic within

each VSAN.

Advanced security and management

The Enterprise Package feature is designed to provide advanced security and management capabilities. The package helps improve management with Quality of Service (QoS) and helps improve security with Inter-VSAN Routing for Fibre Channel, and enhanced network security capabilities including Switch-Switch and Host Authentication.

The Fabric Manager Server Package feature is designed to extend Cisco Fabric Manager by providing historical performance data collection, centralized management services and support for

advanced application integration. This feature helps simplify management of large enterprise SAN infrastructures.

The package provides Fibre Channel statistics monitoring, performance thresholds, reporting, graphing and per- formance database capabilities which can helps simplify management of large enterprise, metro and global SAN infrastructures.

The Mainframe Package feature is designed to enable mainframe storage network applications including

IBM FICON® protocol; FICON Control Unit Port (CUP); FICON and FCP inter- mixing; FICON Switch Cascading and Fabric Binding. This feature helps pro- vide secure mainframe and open sys- tem SAN infrastructure consolidation.

Storage Network Applications

The Storage Services Module, based upon the 32-port Switching Module, is a highly specialized feature which pro- vides intelligent storage services in addition to 1 and 2 Gbps Fibre Channel

switching. When combined with the

Storage Services Enabler Package,

the module is designed to enable inde- pendent software vendors (ISVs) to develop intelligent fabric applications. IBM support for these ISV applications is limited to IBM System Storage Proven™ Solutions. For the most current IBM System Storage Proven application information, visit: ibm.com/storage/proven

Capabilities to help reduce TCO

VSAN capability is designed to allow more efficient SAN utilization by creat- ing multiple isolated environments within a single SAN fabric. Each VSAN maintains its own fabric services for added scalability and resilience. VSANs allow the cost of the SAN infrastructure to be shared among more users, while helping to provide segregation and security of traffic and retaining inde- pendent control of configurations on a VSAN-by-VSAN basis.