Storage:
McDATA 2Gbps/SANavigator 3.0 Launch
McDATA announced its next generation solutions at Storage Networking World in
Palm Desert, Calif. The following information is a brief recap of the primary
benefit the announcements will bring to customers as well as the general
availablity dates.
McDATA's Next Generation Solutions
2gb/s version of a true core-to-edge family
- Intrepid 6000 Series Director (6064) - Availability mid-May 2002
- Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch - Availability mid-May 2002
- Sphereon 3216 Fabric Switch - Availability June 2002
- All products feature McDATA Flexport technology - capacity on demand
- Customer benefit: McDATA's 2Gb/s product family of directors and
switches
are built on a common EON Architecture that brings industry leading
functionality to the market. McDATA's EON Architecture is the only storage
networking hardware platform based on Director-class products. McDATA's
Intrepid 6000 Series Director is compatible with the current install base, and
all products allow for seamless scalability and growth from anywhere in the
enterprise. Bottomline, McDATA's core-to-edge family of SAN solutions ensures
investment protection and optimization of a customer's SAN. In addition,
McDATA's Flexport Technology allows customers to pay as they grow.
McDATA Open Trunking Solution -- Availability 2nd half of 2002
- Customer benefit: Allows for optimization of ISL performance, provides
a
low-cost benefit to customers and can be deployed with little disruption to
the customer.
SANavigator 3.0 Software -- Availability mid-May 2002
- Customer benefit: SANavigator optimizes a customer's heterogeneous SAN
by
simplifying management and automating day-to-day tasks. It is a powerful,
efficient storage network management platform that truly addresses the entire
SAN lifecycle.
McDATA Professional Certification -- Availability April 2002
- Customer benefit: Customers can benefit from McDATA's comprehensive and
thoroughly tested program that certifies IT professionals with the skills
needed to design, implement and manage heterogeneous SANs.
For more information about the products or to view the press conference,
please go to www.mcdata.com.
Contact Joe Austin, JPR Communications, 818-386-0403, joea@jprcom.com.
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