Reliability on fibre-channel side. We’ve never had one go out in 3 years I've been with UK. We can’t afford to lose any.
Once you configure your zones and stay up and it's fast enough, all it does is pass traffic. However, we use SSH through CLI, and it would be nice if the UI was more user friendly.
Valuable Features
Improvements to My Organization
Hard to say because it’s an invisible player and the fact that it stays that way is the advantage. Once you configure your zones and stay up and it's fast enough, all it does is pass traffic. No need to ever touch.
Room for Improvement
Only thing I would suggest is a better UI. We use SSH through CLI, and it would be nice if there was something more user friendly.
Stability Issues
Never had to touch it. Every once and a while, there's a firmware upgrade, but that’s a simple process that hasn't been a problem. Uptime on this is ridiculous, but recently, one Brocade switch had a very, very rare defect that was a manufacturing defect where metal filing fell off the chassis and shorted out motherboard.
Scalability Issues
The scalability is not an issue
Customer Service and Technical Support
Brocade support is fairly good.
Initial Setup
It was there before I started.
Other Advice
Have someone know what they’re doing working on it.
