Company's Celerity 8-Gb fibre channel host adapters demonstrate compatibility in heterogeneous Brocade-based storage area network environments.

ATTO Technology Inc., a provider of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, today announced that its Celerity FC-84EN, FC-82EN, and FC-81EN Fibre Channel Host Adapters have been verified by Brocade Communications Systems Inc., a provider of data center networking solutions, as compatible with Brocade-based Storage Area Networking (SAN) infrastructure, according to the testing requirements of the Brocade Data Center Ready Program.

The company says that the program is an initiative designed to foster interoperability in multi-vendor Brocade-based data center environments. It articulates that testing was conducted at the Brocade Data Center Ready labs, which are facilities supporting end-to-end interoperability and performance testing of SAN products in multi-vendor and large fabric environments.

"Today's announcement reinforces ATTO's commitment to deliver SAN solutions that function in heterogeneous storage environments," states Tim Klein, President and CEO of ATTO Technology. "Brocade's Data Center Ready certification is a key component of ATTO's commitment to provide a complete product line of interoperable 8-Gb Fibre Channel solutions for a variety of vendors. The powerful combination of 8-Gigabit Fibre Channel, PCI Express 2.0 architecture, and the only host adapter with four independent channels, makes the Celerity FC-84EN the industry's highest performing adapter, and ensures that our customers will experience accelerated SAN implementations and superior interoperability."

"We are pleased that ATTO Technology 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."