Faced with increasingly complex business requirements and a never-ending influx of data, organizations are searching for broader management solutions that cover not only SAN environments, but servers, storage systems and host applications as well. This white paper describes how Brocade and its Fabric Access Partners are leading the way for efficient storage area management (SAM) through a unique management approach based on Brocade Advanced Fabric Services, fabric-focused applications and a variety of SAN management applications. (2002)