Ciena's CN 2000  Storage & LAN Extension Platform and CN 4200  FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform have been verified by Brocade as interoperable with Brocade-based Storage Area Networking (SAN) Infrastructure in testing conducted through the Brocade Fabric Aware™ Program. Ciena's CN 2000 enables enterprises to cost-effectively extend Brocade SilkWorm fabrics across metropolitan and long distance networks with maximized throughputs and guaranteed performance for business continuance/disaster recover networks. Ciena's CN 4200, a next-generation multiservice transport and aggregation solution  features a universal line card that can be remotely programmed and provisioned to support any speed, any function, any wavelength and any protocol, including Brocade's 4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel SAN connectivity solutions. The CN 4200 delivers to enterprises cost-effective, flexible options for the extension of Brocade SilkWorm fabrics across metropolitan networks supporting back-up and restore, business continuance, high availability and storage consolidation.