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SGI High-Performance Computing Families Demonstrate Interoperability in Heterogeneous Brocade Technology-Based SAN Environments. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — SGI, supplier of advanced data management solutions for high-performance computing and visualization environments, today announced that its families of SGI® Origin® and SGI® Onyx® systems have been verified by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., as interoperable with Brocade technology-based storage area networking (SAN) infrastructure. The testing was conducted through the Brocade Fabric Aware™ Program, an end-to-end interoperability initiative for enterprise SANs. The program is a comprehensive testing and configuration initiative designed to foster end-to-end SAN interoperability in multivendor Brocade technology-based SAN environments. “Today’s announcement ensures SGI customers will have access to the most reliable, interoperable, heterogeneous SAN environment available in the industry,” said Bob Murphy, marketing manager, SGI Storage Solutions. “The Brocade Fabric Aware certification is a key component of SGI’s commitment to provide the best solutions for managing the world's most data-intensive environments for technical applications.” With the unique SGI® NUMAflex™ approach to modular computing, SGI® Origin® 300 and SGI® Origin® 3000 series servers deliver industry-leading application performance, scalability and customization options, making it ideal for computational throughput, media streaming or the management of complex data. SGI® Onyx® 3000 series and SGI® Onyx® 300 systems with InfiniteReality® and InfinitePerformance™ graphics offer the highest level of system performance, graphics scalability and digital media features available, the pinnacle of visual supercomputing. Testing was conducted at the Brocade interoperability labs, state-of-the-art facilities supporting end-to-end interoperability and performance testing of SAN products in multivendor and large-fabric SAN environments. In addition, as part of its investment in SAN interoperability, Brocade actively supports its partners’ interoperability initiatives. “The Fabric Aware program is an example of our continued investment in delivering end-to-end SAN interoperability to our partners and their customers, and we are pleased that SGI has successfully completed the Fabric Aware testing with Brocade fabric switches in heterogeneous SAN environments,” said Jay Kidd, Brocade vice president of Product Marketing. “Storage area networks are being deployed worldwide at a rapid rate as a scalable, high-performance networking foundation for storage environments. End users are implementing large-fabric SANs comprising hundreds of storage subsystems, servers and networking technologies, all from multiple vendors.”