As the industry's leading provider of networked storage solutions, Brocade is committed to promoting heterogeneous IT environments that support scalable, interoperable data and storage management. Brocade works with OEM and Developer Partners to test a wide variety of solutions for compatibility with Brocade SAN and File Management solutions.

Based on compatibility testing and existing product installations, Brocade has developed the following guidelines. Solutions created by members of the Brocade Developer Program have undergone rigorous interoperability testing by Brocade and are certified as Brocade Data Center Ready.

• View the current Data Center Ready Compatibility Matrix for Brocade data center products (PDF)
• View the last Data Center Ready Compatibility Matrix that includes 2 Gbit/sec platforms (PDF)

The Data Migration Manager Interoperability Matrix identifies Certified and Validation Candidate storage arrays and Certified multipath software, HBAs, and other products.

• View the Brocade Data Migration Manager Interoperability Matrix (PDF)

The Brocade Server Connectivity Compatibility Matrix covers compatibility for the Brocade 410 FC HBA (4 Gbit/sec, single port) and the Brocade 420 FC HBA (4 Gbit/sec, dual ports). It includes current component versions and server OS, switch, storage, multipath software, and tape library support.

• View the Brocade Server Connectivity Compatibility Matrix (PDF)

This document details the metrics required to establish whether or not Brocade supports a particular fabric and/or metaSAN configuration. It provides scalability guidelines that can be used to design and deploy extremely stable Fibre Channel SANs.

• View the Brocade Scalability Guidelines (PDF)

These matrices include Brocade M-Class directors, switches, and routers as well as legacy McDATA SAN products. Areas covered in the matrices include:

• HBAs
• Storage devices
• Tape devices
• Transceivers
• Operating systems
• Fabric management applications
• SAN appliances
• Networked solutions (including MAN/WAN)
• SAN applications

• View the OPENready Compatibility Matrices (PDF)
• View the Brocade M-Series Products Fabric Guidelines (PDF)

Get more Compatibility Matrices for Brocade M-Class Products:

• Visit the M-Class technical document center

Based on testing and existing product installations, Brocade has developed the following compatibility guidelines:

• View the Compatibiity Matrix for Brocade StorageX 6.1(PDF)
• View the Compatibility Matrix for Brocade StorageX 6.0 (PDF)

This document provides the requirements for running Brocade FLM 4.0.

• Brocade FLM Requirements (PDF)