# Brocade

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/brocade/  
**Website:** https://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking  
**APIs profiled:** 12

Brocade, now part of Broadcom, provides Fibre Channel networking solutions for storage area networks (SANs). The Brocade portfolio includes SAN switches, directors, Fabric OS software, and the SANnav management platform, all offering REST APIs for programmable management and automation of SAN infrastructure.

## Kin Score — 44.3 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 44.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 48.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 57.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (12)

- **Brocade Fabric OS REST API** — The Brocade Fabric OS REST API provides a programmable web-service interface for managing Brocade SAN switches across a fabric. It supports YANG-based modules for configuring an...
- **Brocade SANnav Management Portal REST API** — The Brocade SANnav Management Portal REST API provides a programmable web-service interface for accessing and managing the SANnav Management Portal server. REST API services inc...
- **Brocade SANnav Northbound Streaming API** — The Brocade SANnav Northbound Streaming API enables real-time streaming of SAN telemetry and event data from the SANnav Management Portal to external systems. It provides northb...
- **Brocade Network Advisor REST API** — The Brocade Network Advisor REST API provided a web-services interface for configuring and monitoring Brocade SAN switches, including fabric management, topology, zoning, and pe...
- **Brocade Workflow Composer API** — The Brocade Workflow Composer was a network automation platform based on StackStorm for event-driven automation and orchestration workflows. The product was transferred to Extre...
- **Brocade VCS Fabric API** — The Brocade VCS Fabric API provided REST interfaces for Virtual Cluster Switching fabric configuration on Brocade VDX switches. The VCS Fabric product line was transferred to Ex...
- **Brocade Chassis API** — The Chassis API from Brocade — 1 operation(s) for chassis.
- **Brocade Interfaces API** — The Interfaces API from Brocade — 2 operation(s) for interfaces.
- **Brocade Operations API** — The Operations API from Brocade — 4 operation(s) for operations.
- **Brocade Session API** — The Session API from Brocade — 2 operation(s) for session.
- **Brocade Switch API** — The Switch API from Brocade — 1 operation(s) for switch.
- **Brocade Zoning API** — The Zoning API from Brocade — 2 operation(s) for zoning.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Brocade Agentic Access** — 15 operations · 8 acting

## Security (2)

- **Brocade Authentication** — apiKey/http · 2 schemes
- **Brocade Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Brocade Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Data-Center, Directors, Fibre Channel, Network Automation, Networking, SAN, Storage Area Networks, Switches, Fortune 1000

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/brocade/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.