What is a Brocade Switch?
A Brocade Switch, developed and manufactured by Brocade Communications Systems, is a Storage Area Network (SAN) switching solution. It plays a pivotal role in the management and transfer of data between storage devices and servers in a network. These switches are designed to handle high-speed, high-volume data traffic with low latency, ensuring reliable and efficient data transfer operations, particularly in data-intensive environments. They offer advanced features like redundant components for improved reliability, security measures, and support for multi-protocol routing.
How to monitor a Brocade Switch?
ServicePilot makes it very easy to monitor a Brocade Switch. Simply configure the SNMP interface of the Brocade Switch. Then use the ServicePilot web interface to add a resource from the ServicePilot network-brocade-switch package.
Statistics are collected for a single device, in order to provide an overall view of the status and health of the system and its components.
The different statistics gathered this way include:
- System
- Sensors
- Fiber Channel Ports
How to install a brocade-switch resource?
- Use your ServicePilot OnPremise installation or a SaaS account.
- Add a new brocade-switch resource via the web interface (
/prmviewsor/prmresources) or via API (/prmpackagespage), the default ServicePilot agent or another agent will be provisioned automatically.
Details of the brocade-switch package are located in the
/prmpackagespage of the software.
Benefits
ServicePilot enables you to deliver IT services faster and more securely with automated discovery and advanced monitoring features.
By correlating the technology BROCADE SWITCH with APM and infrastructure monitoring, ServicePilot is able to provide a more comprehensive view of an organization's IT environment.
This allows IT teams to quickly identify and diagnose issues that may be impacting application performance, and take corrective action before end-users are affected.
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