BTI 7000 Series Demonstrates Compatibility in Heterogeneous Brocade-Based Storage Area Network Environments
OTTAWA, Canada (Business Wire) — Tuesday, July 15, 2008 // BTI Systems, a global supplier of Packet Optical Edge solutions for the delivery of Gigabit services, today announced that the BTI 7000 Series has been verified by Brocade Communications Systems Inc. as compatible with Brocade-based Storage Area Networking (SAN) infrastructure, according to the testing requirements of the Brocade Data Center Ready Program. The program is an initiative designed to foster interoperability in multi-vendor Brocade-based data center environments.
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.
“Becoming a member of Brocade’s Data Center Ready program is validation that the BTI platform is a reliable, scalable solution for enterprise and carrier storage area networks,” said Glenn Thurston, Vice-President, Corporate Marketing, BTI Systems. “As the Packet Optical market continues to grow, it is important that our customers know that BTI’s platforms meet the high standards of Brocade’s rigorous Data Center Ready testing; they can be confident about the performance we deliver.”
The BTI 7000 Series addresses the increasing demand for multiple services, greater transport capacity, dynamic networking, and management simplicity right to the network optical edge. Integrating both advanced wavelength and packet-oriented functionality, the BTI 7000 Series delivers all the capabilities of large core network platforms in the industry’s most compact, 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 fabric switches in multi-vendor SAN environments,” said Tom Buiocchi, Brocade Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. “Storage area networks are being deployed worldwide at a rapid rate as a scalable, high performance networking foundation for storage environments. The Data Center Ready program is an example of our continued commitment to our customers.”
The Brocade Data Center Ready program is a comprehensive testing and configuration initiative designed to foster end-to-end SAN interoperability. As part of the program, testing is conducted in configurations that comprise a heterogeneous mix of servers, storage subsystems, Brocade fabric switches, SAN management and enterprise applications, and other SAN technologies. Brocade has created a dedicated lab with heterogeneous fabrics, in which the company tests and validates partner equipment in specific configurations. Vendors receive Brocade Data Center Ready Certification after successfully completing tests to confirm that vendors’ products meet compatibility guidelines. For more information, visit http://www.brocade.com/partners/developers/data_center_ready.jsp.
BTI Systems enables service providers and enterprises to respond rapidly and cost-effectively to the accelerating demand for bandwidth in today's gigabit world. BTI provides packet-enabled networking systems that expand the capacity of a single fiber up to 320Gbps. The BTI 7000 Series - the industry's first Packet Optical Edge system - provides wavelength and packet-level delivery of high capacity services such as video, storage, wired data, wireless data and voice, and media to the network edge. The compact 2U platform consolidates key transport capabilities including CWDM/DWDM, optical multiplexing, amplification, dispersion compensation, software-provisionable multiprotocol client service interfaces, and packet-switching. The BTI 7000 Series enables network operators to dramatically improve the economics of delivering today’s services with fully-featured Ethernet and multi-service network solutions. For more information, visit www.btisystems.com.
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