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Computer Associates Delivers Open Standard For Management
of Storage Area Networks
SANITI Draws Extensive Support from Leading SAN Hardware, Software, Platform and Solutions Vendors
ISLANDIA, N.Y., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA - news; CA) today announced SANITI, its
ground-breaking SAN initiative that leverages CA's industry-leading Unicenter TNG Framework to deliver an open platform for the management
of storage area networks. SANITI has received overwhelming support from a wide range of companies that offer Fibre Channel technology,
storage subsystems, server hardware and software.
Under SANITI (Storage Area Network Integrated Technology Initiative), CA is delivering the benefits of single-console management for
end-to-end SAN solutions including Fibre Channel hubs, SAN switches and storage devices. By integrating SAN management into its Unicenter
TNG Framework, CA is providing an immediately available, open standard for multi-vendor SAN management. CA and its partners have
shipped more than five million copies of the Unicenter TNG Framework.
CA will demonstrate SANITI, along with other key SAN technologies, at CA- World 1999 in New Orleans, starting July 18.
''As storage area networks increase in popularity, our corporate customers will need to fully manage all aspects of SAN deployment -- including
availability, performance and volume administration -- in the context of associated infrastructure components such as networks, servers and the
applications that their SANs are supporting,'' said Yogesh Gupta, CA senior vice president of product strategy. ''Through SANITI, CA is
providing an effective solution for accomplishing this essential integration objective and ensuring that customers can leverage this open SAN
management standard to mix and match SAN products. This delivers the highest degree of manageability, thereby reducing overall cost of
ownership.''
By building on the open architecture of the Unicenter TNG Framework, which can discover and/or provide management support for any
networked object, CA has engineered a solution for managing SAN components in conjunction with all other enterprise resources. Specifically,
CA has made the Unicenter TNG Framework capable of discovering and managing conventional and SAN-related storage resources such as
Fibre Channel hubs, switches, bridges, volumes and tape libraries. CA is delivering this capability ''out of the box'' through joint development with
the industry's leading SAN hardware partners such as Ancor, Brocade, Crossroads, and Vixel.
''SANITI fills an important gap for IT administrators,'' said Michael Peterson, president of Strategic Research Corp., a market research firm
specializing in the storage and network storage markets. ''If you're deploying a SAN, you need the ability to manage it just like the other parts of
your network. CA's unique and visionary perspective applied to SANs is a wonderful development. At last, here is a total SAN management
framework.''
Under SANITI, CA is integrating SAN management into the larger scheme of enterprise management through the Unicenter TNG Framework,
which is pre- integrated into systems from the industry's top vendors including Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi and Siemens.
SANITI also delivers key performance enhancements such as dynamic memory caching, storage media ''snapshots,'' multiplexing and RAIL
support. In addition, SANITI provides robust HSM support, asset management functions and mainframe-based SAN protection.
The SAN-enabled Unicenter TNG Framework is available at no cost, as are the integration tools that allow support for third-party SAN
products. A downloadable upgrade module that adds SAN support to all existing Unicenter TNG Framework instances is available from CA and
third-party vendors. CA has a worldwide integration infrastructure to train SAN vendor development teams on Unicenter TNG Framework
integration.
According to CA's Gupta, SANITI meets customers' immediate needs for SAN management while supporting the criteria set by the Storage
Network Industry Association (SNIA) and the Fibre Channel Alliance for SAN management. In particular, SANITI:
uses industry-standard protocols
provides a single point of control for management of all SAN resources
applies state-of-the-art interface technology for maximum ease-of-use
uses a common object repository or information model
provides the necessary plug-ins for enterprise management integration
This announcement represents the second phase of CA's strategic SAN management road map. In the first phase, CA delivered a SAN solution
that integrated into existing ARCserveIT installations and could be deployed across Windows NT and NetWare environments. This included
support for Fibre Channel connectivity and multiple vendors' hardware, including Compaq, Hewlett- Packard, ADIC and Siemens Computer
Systems. Future directions include the application of CA's patented Neugents(TM) technology for predictive management of SAN environments.
''At this stage in the development of SANs, customers are looking for road maps from their enterprise management vendors,'' said Paul Mason,
vice president of infrastructure software research at International Data Corp. ''They want an open solution that will accelerate the adoption of
SAN solutions in the enterprise, preferably one that has a single console that provides a multivendor, multiplatform management solution for all
SAN components. CA has taken a strong leadership position with SANITI by planning the integration of SAN management into its ubiquitous
Unicenter TNG Framework.''
The Unicenter TNG Framework is the only framework to provide ''out-of-the- box'' support for a broad range of hardware platforms and
sophisticated framework technologies, such as object repository, auto discovery and 2-D and 3-D GUI. It is the underlying foundation for
Unicenter TNG, the only fully integrated management solution covering network discovery, topology, performance, events and status, security,
software distribution, storage, workload, help desk, change management and other functions for the heterogeneous enterprise.
Other participants in today's announcement include ADIC, ATL, CLARiiON, Compaq Computer Corporation, Dell Computer Corporation,
EMC Corporation, Emulex Corporation, Exabyte Corporation, Fujitsu Limited, Gadzoox Networks, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Hitachi
Data Systems, Intergraph Corporation, Legato Systems, Inc., MTI Technology Corp, Network Appliance, Inc., nStor Corporation, Inc.,
Plasmon IDE, Inc., QLogic Corp., SCO, SGI, Siemens Computer Systems, and Storage Technology Corporation.
Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA - news), the world leader in mission-critical business computing, provides software, support
and integration services in more than 100 countries around the world. CA has more than 14,000 employees and had revenue of $5.3 billion in
fiscal year 1999.
For more information about CA, please call 516-342-5224 or e-mail info@cai.com. CA's World Wide Web address is cai.com.
All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies.
SOURCE: Computer Associates International, Inc.
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