SANnav enables you to manage your SAN infrastructure efficiently through various easy-to-use functions. SANnav implements a highly scalable client-server architecture for SAN management. With a modern browser-based UI, SANnav eliminates the need for a Java-based thick client. The user interface of SANnav is designed based on real world use-cases and user workflows, providing a highly intuitive user experience. SANnav uses a micro-services based architecture based on Docker container technology that allows it to scale to meet the management needs of both small and large SAN environments, and those that may change over time. This scalable architecture also allows SANnav to support new functionality in the future without causing degradation to the performance of the application.

To address the management needs of very large scale SAN environments or those that are distributed due to function or location, SANnav supports a hierarchical management model, where a higher level “global” application, SANnav Global View, provides comprehensive visibility, summarization, and seamless navigation across multiple instances of the SANnav Management Portal application.

There are two distinct SANnav product offerings:

SANnav Management Portal allows management of one or more SAN fabrics that are in the same or different geographical locations, and supports up to a maximum of 15,000 physical SAN ports. For environments that are larger than 15,000 ports, you can deploy multiple SANnav Management Portal instances.

Use SANnav Management Portal to monitor and manage fabrics, switches, switch ports, and other elements of your SAN. Dashboards provide summary status and performance information, from which you can drill down to get detailed views. Using filters and tags, you can sort and search your inventory to find exactly the information you want. A highly flexible reporting infrastructure enables you to generate custom graphical or tabular reports.

SANnav Management Portal does not replace Brocade Web Tools or the Fabric OS command line interface.

You can get a comprehensive view of a SAN environment that spans multiple SANnav Management Portal instances through the SANnav Global View product. SANnav Global View enables you to navigate seamlessly across multiple SANnav Management Portal instances and drill down to any individual SANnav Management Portal instance to perform detailed monitoring, investigation, and troubleshooting.