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Brocade Unveils Routing Solution To Support Growth In Network Traffic

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Mumbai: Global network solutions provider Brocade Communication Systems today announced the launch of what they called the next generation data-center routing solution.

The company said that the new solution would be capable of overcoming challenges on bandwidth limitations of existing data centers and WAN networks caused by the fast-paced growth of mobility, internet of things (IoT) and enhanced video traffic.

The Brocade SLX 9850 is designed to support the exponential growth in network traffic and deliver the advanced functionality that organizations require as they accelerate their digital transformation, the company said in a press release.

The SLX 9850 router includes the embedded Brocade SLX insight architecture that delivers pervasive network visibility for unparalleled insight to meet increasingly stringent service levels.  The SLX 9850 also takes advantage of brocade workflow composer to provide server-based, DevOps-style network automation that integrates across IT domains for end-to-end workflow automation.

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“Customers tell us that they need networking solutions that not only address their immediate requirements, but that will sustain the next several generations of port speeds and densities, while delivering advanced capabilities to help deeply analyze network traffic as well as automate network operations,” said Jason Nolet, senior vice president, Switching, Routing and Analytics Products Group, Brocade in a press statement.

“The Brocade SLX 9850 routing solution was designed to address these needs with an innovative, extensible architecture providing organizations with maximum platform longevity, combined with advancements to deliver unparalleled network visibility and automation,”Nolet added.

The Brocade SLX Insight Architecture includes an open kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) environment to run third-party and customer-specific monitoring, troubleshooting and analytics applications.

It also provides a dedicated 10 GbE analytics path between the packet processor on each SLX 9850 interface module and the KVM environment on the management modules.  This allows applications running in the KVM environment to extract data via an internal, isolated link, without disrupting forwarding or control plane traffic.

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The captured data to analytics applications off the platform, the SLX Insight Architecture provides flexible streaming options, including a dedicated 10 GbE services port on each management module for out-of-band streaming as well as streaming via any interface module port.

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