Virtualization Technology – Citrix

Citrix and Force10 Networks: Automating Virtual Data Centers

As virtualization technology continues to be aggressively deployed in data centers around the world, Citrix and Force10 are working together to ensure IT managers are able to integrate their dynamic network infrastructure into their virtual server environment.  By integrating physical network infrastructure with virtual server environments, customers are able to deploy a fully dynamic technology stack, ranging from the application to the network.

Force10’s Open Automation Framework offers full support for Citrix XenServer, automating VM/VLAN provisioning. When customers migrate VMs across their data center using XenServer, VLANs are automatically provisioned, ensuring network connectivity and security are maintained without any manual intervention.

Citrix XenServer is the enterprise-ready, cloud-proven virtualization platform that contains all the capabilities required to create and manage a virtual infrastructure. It is trusted by demanding organizations to run the most mission critical applications and used by the largest clouds and xSPs.

The Force10 Open Automation Framework helps IT managers improve the responsiveness, efficiency and reliability of virtual data centers. The Force10 Open Automation Framework simplifies virtual network management by improving network management, simplifying network monitoring and automating switch provisioning. Additionally, Open Automation allows virtualization management tools and system management tools to manage virtual network resources, making it possible for IT managers to provision VMs and virtual network resources using a single management tool.