“As good as OpenStack is with compute resources, when it comes time to provision networking resources, you’re really very limited,” Kelly Herrell, VP and GM of the Software Networking Business Unit at Brocade, explained to Enterprise Networking Planet. “You don’t get to choose between physical and virtual network resources, and you also don’t get to choose between different vendor products.”
DNRM will change that situation and allow OpenStack administrators to provision multiple physical or virtual network devices. Any combination of networking vendor gear can also be supported in an OpenStack deployment.
Read the full story at Enterprise Networking Planet:
Brocade Opens Up OpenStack with DNRM
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.