True Fabric Interoperability for Today SANs

Brocade is committed to providing native fabric interoperability throughout its integrated family of Storage Area Network (SAN) directors and switches. This means that SAN users can expand their existing SANs and build new SANs in the most seamless, efficient, and supportable manner possible. This paper describes the various approaches Brocade is taking toward interoperability, including: Brocade in 2007 Fabric Interoperability Challenges Direct EPort Fabric Interoperability Brocade Fibre Channel Routing Fabric Interoperability Brocade Access Gateway Fabric Interoperability