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August 11th, 2009 06:00
Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager Professional: any thoughts ?
As a test I recently installed DCFM to see what it does, since in 3 weeks we're going to firmware 6.1.1 and I'd like to know what functionality is being moved from webtools to DCFM.
I found out that I can only manage 1 fabric in the free version ! What ? Do I have to buy ther enterprise version to be able to do the same thing I can now already do using webtools ?
Does anyone have any experience with this new tool ?
I found out that I can only manage 1 fabric in the free version ! What ? Do I have to buy ther enterprise version to be able to do the same thing I can now already do using webtools ?
Does anyone have any experience with this new tool ?
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andreas.scht
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August 13th, 2009 11:00
I`ve tested DCFM Pro and you are rigth that you only can manage 1 Fabric with professional edition. I remember a mail by brocade sales that same features are transfered from web tools to DCFM starting by 6.1.1. I think there is a guide called "WebTools on Fabric OS v6.1.1 ReadMe Frist" where all features are listed that are no longer available to Web Tools. And also in release notes 6.1.1a there is a chapter on page 19 called "Web Tools Functionality Moved to DCFM ".
http://community.brocade.com/home/servlet/JiveServlet/download/7051-1672/v6.1.1a_releasenotes_v1.0.pdf
For example FCIP and GbE port configuration could now only be done by DCFM or by cli commands. So why I tested DCFM. But we have only one Backbone FCIP fabric which consists of three BRC 7500.
I hope I could help you a little bit.
Regards,
Andreas
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September 9th, 2009 01:00
I've heard rumours that Brocade will present some sort of an intermediate DCFM which will be able to manage 4 fabrics.
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September 12th, 2009 04:00
I was wonder which one do you prefer? WebTools or FM?
Good w/e
Henry