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PowerFlex software components provide software-defined storage services. The software components help to simplify the infrastructure management and orchestration with comprehensive ITOM and LCM capabilities that span compute and storage infrastructure, from BIOS and firmware to nodes, software, and networking.
PowerFlex, the software foundation of the PowerFlex platform, delivers high performance and a highly resilient block storage service that can scale to thousands of nodes.
PowerFlex Manager is the software component in the PowerFlex family that enables ITOM automation and LCM capabilities while enabling flexible APIs and extensive automation.