Enhanced Network Flexibility, Availability and Manageability 

The Dell 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. The Open Automation Framework™ 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.

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