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DATA CENTER TECHNICAL BRIEF
Operational Simplicity: Automating and Simplifying SAN Provisioning 2 of 15
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 3
OPERATIONAL SIMPLICITY .......................................................................................................................... 3
Infrastructure Validation and Diagnostics ............................................................................................. 4
Validating Optics and Cables ................................................................................................................. 4
How Does ClearLink D_Port Work? .................................................................................................. 5
Validating SAN Robustness and Performance ......................................................................................... 7
How Does Flow Generator Work? .................................................................................................... 7
Threshold-Based Monitoring and Alerting ............................................................................................... 8
How Does MAPS Work? .................................................................................................................. 8
Zone Management: Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP) ............................................................................ 9
What Do Customers Do Now? ....................................................................................................... 10
How Does Dynamic Fabric Provisioning Work? ................................................................................ 10
USE CASE: PRE-DEPLOYMENT OF PRIVATE CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE ........................................................... 10
Infrastructure Validation ..................................................................................................................... 10
Pre-Provisioning of Zones .................................................................................................................... 11
Conguring for Threshold-based Monitoring .......................................................................................... 12
USE CASE: POST-DEPLOYMENT OF PRIVATE CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE ......................................................... 12
Monitoring SAN Health and Performance .............................................................................................. 12
Verifying Disruptive Links .................................................................................................................... 13
Verifying Integrity of New Link .............................................................................................................. 13
Server Migration or Replacement ........................................................................................................ 13
SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................... 14