"As long as [users] want to buy those products, they're going to get them," Buiocchi said. "Customer retention and satisfaction is paramount." This could also include keeping competing products in the product line, he said.

Buiocchi denied analyst comments that the merger had anything to do with competing more aggressively against Cisco. "Nothing. Zero. This is all about delivering on a vision," he said. Similarly, Buiocchi shrugged off a disapproving stock market, which sent Brocade stock down almost 20%, as a one-day reaction.

Both end-user and reseller customers, including EMC Corp., have been unanimously supportive of the McData buyout, Buiocchi said. In the case of resellers, the deal is likely to reduce their costs, he said.