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