Dell has followed on the successful introduction of its PowerEdge M-Series blade server solution with a patent pending tool for blade chassis virtualization and persistent identity, Dell FlexAddress. While reducing data center downtime, Dell FlexAddress is a simple, low-cost way for customers to deploy and manage blade infrastructures. For the PowerEdge M1000e Chassis Management Controller (CMC) and the latest firmware, Dell FlexAddress is enabled by a special SD card. The FlexAddress SD card is now available worldwide with a starting price of $499. For more information, visit www.dell.com/blades.
Dell FlexAddress allows any M-Series blade enclosure to abstract the Fibre Channel World Wide Name (WWN) and Ethernet/iSCSI Media Access Control (MAC) from the blade hardware and, instead, tie it persistently to a slot in the M1000e chassis. Customers are provided by this with an efficient, flexible and consistent infrastructure. Keeping it agnostic to the IO module and avoiding the need to “switch your switch”, Dell FlexAddress is managed by the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) in the PowerEdge M1000e. By enabling automated deployment configuration in advance and network stacking, customers can achieve 100 percent more network and storage (LAN and SAN) connectivity at half the cost of HP Virtual Connect. By virtualizing the switches across up to 8 chassis (up to 128 servers), making them appear as a single virtual switch this speeds network configuration and management. FlexAddress also works with all Dell pass-through modules.
Vice president of product management, Server Access and Virtualization Business Unit for Cisco, Ed Chapman, declared:
“Dell has provided M-Series customers with a powerful tool to help simplify the management of the data center while taking advantage of the intelligent network, management and advanced security capabilities of Cisco's Ethernet switches.” He added: “Dell’s FlexAddress offers seamless integration with Cisco network and device management tools. This integration eliminates the need for additional changes to existing management and infrastructure.”
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