MRV Communications, a leading provider of scalable network infrastructure equipment, announced today that its Lambda Driver has been verified by Brocade as interoperable with Brocade-based Storage Area Networking (SAN) infrastructure, according to the testing requirements of the Brocade Fabric Aware Program, an end-to-end interoperability initiative for SANs. The program is a comprehensive testing and configuration initiative designed to foster SAN interoperability in multi-vendor Brocade-based SAN environments. Testing was conducted at the Brocade interoperability 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 SAN environments. The Brocade Fabric Aware Program has added more than fifty members since its launch in 2000. In addition, as part of its investment in SAN interoperability, Brocade actively supports its members’ interoperability initiatives. The Lambda Driver series consists of multi-functional, compact modular Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) systems that can create up to 64 independent virtual fiber optic links over a single pair of fibers over distances of up to 100 km. The LD400, LD800 and LD1600 systems are targeted for carriers’ central offices or multi-tenant office buildings and are ideally suited for MAN/SAN networks as well as large enterprise and access networks. MRV just recently announced the availability of a 10 Gigabit and STM64/OC-192 (9.955 Gbps) transponder module for its Lambda Driver CWDM/DWDM transport platform. “Optical high-speed connections are essential for today’s SAN environments, including applications for disaster recovery and remote backup sites,” said Chris Tenes, Vice President of Sales, Americas. “By proving interoperability between MRV’s Lambda Driver product line and Brocade’s marketing leading SAN fabric switches, our mutual customers can be assured that MRV’s Lambda Driver product has been tested and passed through one of the most comprehensive SAN testing facilities in the world.” “We are pleased that MRV Communications has successfully completed the Fabric Aware testing with Brocade fabric switches in multi-vendor SAN environments,” said Jay Kidd, Brocade CTO, Infrastructure Systems Group. “Storage area networks are being deployed worldwide at a rapid rate as a scalable, high performance networking foundation for storage environments. The Fabric Aware program is an example of our continued commitment to delivering end-to-end interoperability to SAN customers.”