BTI 7000 Series Enhances Interoperability Capabilities in Brocade-based SAN Environments

OTTAWA, Canada — Wednesday, August 19, 2009 // BTI Systems, a global supplier of Intelligent Service Edge solutions for the delivery of high-bandwidth, multi-protocol services, today announced that the BTI 7000 Series has additional client services modules, verified by Brocade Communications Systems Inc., as compatible with Brocade-based Storage Area Networking (SAN) infrastructure.

The Brocade Data Center Ready program offers companies like BTI Systems a complete certification of their products in Brocade SAN fabric environments. Certification includes comprehensive and rigorous testing for compatibility with Brocade switches and directors in multi-vendor SAN environments.  BTI Systems certified the Dual 4G Multiprotocol Transponder (1, 2, 4G Fibre Channel), Dual 10G Multiprotocol Transponder (10G Fibre Channel), and the 10-port Multiprotocol Muxponder (1, 2, 4G Fibre Channel), complementing the Dual 1G and 2.5G Multiprotocol Transponders previously certified.  Testing was conducted at the Brocade Data Center Ready labs, which are state-of-the-art facilities supporting end-to-end interoperability and performance testing of SAN products in multi-vendor and large fabric environments. The Brocade Data Center Ready Program boasts an impressive group of members joining the program since its launch in 2000.

“BTI Systems’ membership in the Brocade Developer Program and the BTI 7000 Series’ Data Center Ready certification demonstrates our capabilities in Storage Area Networking interoperability with Brocade-based SANs in enterprise and service provider networks,” said Jason Smith, Solutions Marketing and Certifications Program Manager, BTI Systems. “This is a key industry stamp that is important to our customers.  They know that BTI Systems’ platforms meet the high standards of Brocade’s rigorous testing and they can be confident about the performance we deliver.”

Integrating both advanced wavelength and packet-oriented service delivery functionality, the BTI 7000 Series delivers all the capabilities of large core network platforms in the industry’s most compact, modular, low power consumption, easy-to-use packet optical network system.

“We are pleased that BTI Systems has successfully completed the Data Center Ready testing with Brocade switches and directors in multi-vendor SAN environments,” said Ben Taft, Senior Director of Strategic Alliances at Brocade. “Storage area networks are being deployed worldwide at a rapid rate as a scalable, high-performance networking foundation for storage environments. The Brocade Data Center Ready program is an example of our continued commitment to delivering end-to-end interoperability to customers.”