Integrating SAN Management Applications Into An Appliance Ted Chen Executive Vice President Prisa Networks

SAN ELEMENT MANAGERS ) (Brocade WebTools, Gadzoox Ventana, etc.) SAN Software Layers Circa 1999 SHARED FILE SYSTEMS (ADIC, HP Transoft, IBM, etc.) STORAGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (Sun Highground SRM, BMC Software, Veritas, etc.) DATA MANAGEMENT (Veritas NetBackup, Legato Networker, CA ARCserve, etc.)

SAN ELEMENT MANAGERS ) (Brocade WebTools, Gadzoox Ventana, etc.) SAN NETWORK MANAGEMENT (Prisa Networks VisualSAN, Veritas SANPoint Control, etc.) SAN VIRTUALIZATION (Datacore Software, Storage Apps, StoreAge, Compaq Versastor, etc.) SAN Software Layers Today SHARED FILE SYSTEMS (ADIC, HP Transoft, IBM, etc.) STORAGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (Sun Highground SRM, BMC Software, Veritas, etc.) DATA MANAGEMENT (Veritas NetBackup, Legato Networker, CA ARCserve, etc.)

Fibre Channel Ethernet SAN Storage Device Bridge Tape Storage Device Appliance Management Server Remote Console HBA Can It All Be Done In One “Appliance” ? Element Managers SAN Network Mgt Virtualization SRM Data Management

What is Needed Tighter partnerships between software suppliers Integration between SAN applications Application programming interfaces and standards SAN Network Management Software Can Help Integrate Applications

Integration Challenges GUI integration between different applications Event management integration between different applications each with its own event management services Storage systems management integration –Few APIs exist –Possible future help from CIM standardization efforts SAN device integration and certification as devices proliferate –Possible future help from CIM standardization efforts Integrating SAN virtualization and SAN network management software Unifying management for Fibre Channel, IP Storage, and InfiniBand

Application Integration Enablers APIs: –Fibre Alliance MIB –SNIA HBA API –Brocade Fabric Access API –EMC Symmetrix API –Prisa’s “SANDAPI”, Veritas’s “V 3 SAN Access Layer” Protocols: –SNMP –XML, HTTP –CIM / XML (future) WWW –Browser –Applets –HTTP server