Install Into A Virtualized Environment Or Cloud; Vmware; Xenserver; Hyper-V - Brocade Communications Systems 5600 Quick Start Manual

Install into a virtualized environment or cloud

Install into a virtualized environment or cloud
The Brocade vRouter runs as a software appliance in a virtual or cloud computing environment,
allowing you to virtualize your network. The Brocade vRouter software appliance is optimized for a
number of virtual environments. These environments provide a great deal of flexibility as to how the
virtual machine is configured, especially with respect to memory and Ethernet interfaces. Multiple
Brocade vRouter systems run simultaneously on a single hardware platform that is configured for
multiple virtual machines.
The Brocade vRouter software runs in the following virtual environments:
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VMware

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XenServer

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Hyper-V

• RedHat KVM
• Amazon machine image
VMware
Like other virtualization platforms, VMware products provide the ability to run multiple virtual systems
on a single hardware platform. The Brocade vRouter can be run on VMware ESX and ESXi. VMware
ESX and ESXi are virtualization platforms that run directly on system hardware in a 64-bit
environment.
Brocade provides a prebuilt VMware template that can be used to create Brocade vRouter virtual
machines on VMware ESX or ESXi. Brocade also provides an ISO that can be installed on VMware
ESX or ESXi.
You can read about installing onto VMware in Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on
VMware.
XenServer
Citrix XenServer is a server virtualization platform. Like other virtualization platforms, XenServer
provides the ability to run multiple virtual machines on a single hardware platform.
XenCenter is the management system for XenServer. XenCenter allows you to manage multiple
physical servers running XenServer in addition to all the virtual machines running on each physical
server.
You can read about installing onto XenServer in Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on
XenServer.
Hyper-V
Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based virtualization platform running in a Microsoft Windows Server role. Like
other virtualization platforms, it provides the ability to run multiple virtual machines on a single
hardware platform.
A Hyper-V system is managed by either Hyper-V Manager or Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). VMM
allows you to manage multiple physical machines running Hyper-V in addition to all virtual machines
running on each physical server.
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