IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2017 - 43
SPO NSORE D AD V E R T I SI NG CONT E NT ® Integrated by Design Brocade Gen 6 IBM z Systems IBM Power Systems IBM Storage Are You Ready for the Cognitive Era? Brocade Gen 6 SAN, IBM Storage, IBM z Systems* and IBM Power* are designed, developed, tested and qualified together to enable the infrastructure required for the cognitive era. Prepare for the digital transformation: As businesses evolve to adapt and thrive in this cognitive era, what better platform to use than the IBM z13* mainframe and Gen 6 infrastructure? Mobile and Internet of Things are exploding transaction growth; analytics must move in real time to capture new opportunities; and cloud services must deliver with agility, security and efficiency. Modernize your Infrastructure: IBM b-type Gen 6 Storage Networking solutions help drive always-on business operations, accelerate data access and quickly adapt to evolving business requirements. Integrated by Design: IBM z Systems, Brocade SAN and DS8880* technologies are jointly developed to provide the lowest latency, greatest availability and integrated monitoring. No other I/O architecture delivers 24-7 availability and optimizes performance for your business critical applications. Some of the unique features include: 1 CUP Diagnostics integrated into IBM Health Checker for IBM z/OS* provides z Systems servers with visibility into fabric events that the z/OS OS has historically not been aware of. 1 Inspection of every port in the fabric to find latency issues impacting application performance. 1 Read Diagnostic Parameters (RDP) that differentiates between errors caused by dirty links and those errors caused by failing optical components-saving time and effort to locate and fix problems. 1 FICON* Dynamic Routing provides the most effective load balancing distribution over available ISLs and enables consolidation of fabric resources. 1 Integrated Metro and Global Business Resiliency technologies that include linerate encryption and WAN-optimization for up to 50X throughput improvement. 1 Gen 6 ports that are future proofed with 32 Gbps port capability and 128 Gbps Inter-Chassis Links (ICL) and technology that is ready for the increased transactional demands of the next-gen digital applications. Accept no alternatives: Do not accept just "compatible" or pieced together solutions. Build your digital business on infrastructure that provides integrated features and functions designed to simplify your day-to-day operations and meet your service-level requirements. Learn more: At SHARE San Jose , attend session 20462 by Dr. Steve Guendert, "FICON Dynamic Routing (FIDR): Technology and Performance Implications" to learn how FIDR helps ensure optimum application performance. Monday, March 6, 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. Room 112 (San Jose Convention Center) Register for the IBM and Brocade Integrated by Design Roadshow at a city near you. For more information: Contact your local IBM, IBM Business Partner or Brocade representative, or visit ibm.com/systems/storage/san/b-type. Register for the IBM and Brocade Integrated by Design roadshow near you: brocade.regsvc.com/t1256 1 IBM Corporation 1 New Orchard Road Armonk, New York 10504-1722 800-426-4968 ibm.com ibm.com/scripts/contact/contact/us/en ibmsystemsmag.com MARCH/APRIL 2017 // 43 pg 38-43.indd 6 2/7/17 1:53 PM
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