Brocade offers End-to-End Gen 5 Fibre Channel SAN options

Brocade has announced that end-to-end Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) solutions are now supported with the EMC VMAX product family.

The combined EMC and Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel solution can enables networking and storage to support highly virtualized Cloud infrastructures. This solution allows enterprises to deploy a storage infrastructure featuring EMC Connectrix 16 Gbps Fibre Channel modular and fixed-port switches and 16 Gbps Fibre Channel-capable VMAX storage arrays. Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel SAN switches are sold by EMC under the Connectrix brand.

EMC and Brocade continue to collaborate to deliver customers best-in-class storage and SAN products to support the ever-increasing demands for performance and mission criticality in virtualized cloud environments. VMAX now offers 16 Gbps Fibre Channel to leverage Brocade's Gen 5 Fibre SAN connectivity solution on Connectrix, allowing enterprises to future-proof their data centers while adding our newest technology, said Isabelle Guis, Vice President, Marketing, Enterprise Storage Division, EMC Corporation.

Jack Rondoni, Brocade Vice President, Data Center Storage and Solutions said, We are excited that EMC is now delivering enhanced VMAX storage arrays that can fully leverage the breakthrough capabilities we have designed into our Gen 5 SAN solutions that help simplify administration and reduce operational costs. These innovations also include our recently announced Fabric Vision technology, combing to create the industry's most advanced SAN management solution.

The EMC end-to-end Gen 5 Fibre Channel solutions are now available from EMC and its global network of channel partners.