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May 15, 2009

SDSC Selects Brocade Host Bus Adapters

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Brocade introduces Server Connectivity Certification Program for assured compatibility of Brocade HBAs in multi-vendor, heterogeneous environments

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 15 -- Brocade today announced continued market momentum for the Brocade 815 and 825 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) as demonstrated by continued customer adoption as well as a number of key partner certifications enabled through the newly launched Brocade Server Connectivity Certification Program.

Facts on San Diego Super Computer Center (SDSC)

SDSC, one of the nation's leading academic high-performance computing centers, is the main data repository for the TeraGrid, the largest open scientific discovery infrastructure linking compute resources among 11 partner sites in the U.S.
Based at the University of California, San Diego, SDSC currently hosts a 4.4-teraflop IA 64 Linux cluster, 36 petabytes of archival tape storage, 3 petabytes of online disk storage, 1 petabyte of General Parallel File System mounted across the TeraGrid, and is connected to the other national TeraGrid partners by a 20-Gbps cross-country backbone.
SDSC manages a SAN infrastructure that is 100 percent Brocade along with a mix of storage resources from HDS, Sun, IBM and Data Direct.
Simplifying SAN management is a top priority for SDSC. This was a key factor in SDSC's decision to deploy a mix of Brocade 815/825 HBAs.
SDSC can take advantage of either Brocade Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) native GUI or Command Line Interface (CLI) tools to configure and monitor its HBAs as part of its unified, end-to-end management strategy.
SDSC now also has the foundation to leverage N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) and Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities to implement end-to-end services across next-generation datacenters.

Customer Quote

"As one of the founding supercomputer sites in the TeraGrid large-scale infrastructure for open scientific research, we are always striving to deploy the best available, datacenter-class storage and storage network solutions. SDSC's decision to use Brocade HBAs was based on our need to simplify operations, which they have delivered through products that are easy to deploy and administer. Overall, we have been impressed with user experience in our deployment of the Brocade HBAs as part of our Brocade SAN."

-- Haisong Cai, SAN Engineer, SDSC

Facts on the Brocade Server Connectivity Certification Program

Program provides Brocade partners and developers the tools and resources to test compatibility of the Brocade HBA with their products and optionally, any installed Brocade switches, operating systems, and advanced fabric services.
Program participants receive a Brocade-supplied test plan, which guides partners through the testing of their products at their location. This test plan can be used as a guide to test all the advanced features within a Brocade HBA in correlation with any existing test criteria.
Upon completion of the testing, the test results are sent to the Brocade Server Connectivity Certified team for analysis to determine the solution's eligibility for inclusion in the Brocade Compatibility Matrix as "Compatible."
Program emphasizes new levels of functionality for customers with integrated solutions demonstrating enhanced management, virtualization and performance capabilities.

Latest Certifications

Brocade has certified the following companies and their respective products as compatible under the parameters of the Brocade Server Connectivity Certification Program:

Cloverleaf -- iSN Storage System

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