Brocade demonstrated service-oriented orchestration using OpenStack software and its Ethernet fabric technologies. Specifically, Brocade is leveraging a customized plug-in for OpenStack Quantum to build a prototype that delivers cloud management capabilities for its Ethernet fabrics deployed in public and private cloud environments.
Quantum is an OpenStack project to provide ‘network connectivity as a service’ between interface devices (e.g., vNICs) managed by other OpenStack services.
Brocade is demonstrating OpenStack Quantum support for Brocade VCS Fabric technology using RESTful APIs.
Brocade said this demonstration shows how extensions enable OpenStack to orchestrate both physical and logical networking resources as part of a virtual machine (VM) deployment to support multitiered application topologies.
“Our commitment to the OpenStack Foundation is testament to our company’s support of open technologies for managing the entire lifecycle of the cloud. Brocade is committed to an open framework for management and orchestration, in order to promote multivendor and system-to-system interoperability for all cloud environments,” said Ken Ross, director of product management, Brocade.
