McDATA's Full Family of 2Gb/s Storage Networking Products Shipping Today
Worldwide
BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
McDATA(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:MCDTA; MCDT), the worldwide leader in open
storage networking solutions, announced that its 2Gb/s Intrepid(TM)
6000 Series Director, 16- and 32-port Sphereon(TM) 3000 Series Fabric Switches
are shipping today to customers worldwide. The availability of McDATA's 2Gb/s
core-to-edge storage networking products continues its strong leadership in
the high-end Director market. McDATA continues to set the standard in the
Director market with 90.5 percent of all ports shipped, according to an
upcoming industry analyst report, and McDATA also grabbed 6.9 percent of the
switch market in 2001, during the first six months McDATA began shipping its
Fabric Switches.
To date, McDATA has shipped more than 12,000 2Gb/s ports to OEMs, master
resellers and numerous customer sites. Those customers include large
governmental entities, major insurance companies, international financial
institutions, major equipment manufacturers and a Fortune 500
telecommunications firm.
The availability of McDATA's full family of 2Gb/s products also marks the
launch of McDATA's Flexport(TM) Technology for the Sphereon 3000 Series
product line. McDATA's Flexport Technology allows customers to add ports on
an "as needed" basis and without disruption. For example, McDATA's Sphereon
3216 Fabric Switch can be configured as an 8-port model with the ability to
expand to 16 ports without service interruption. The Sphereon 3232 Fabric
Switch can be configured in 16-, 24-, and 32-port increments, depending on the
customer's needs. McDATA's Flexport Technology enables unrivaled flexibility
for small- to large-enterprise customers looking to deploy cost-effective
storage networking solutions. McDATA Flexport Technology has always been
available on the Intrepid Director, which is upgradeable in increments of
4 ports, delivering to customers industry-leading capacity on demand.
McDATA is the only storage networking company in the world today shipping
a true 2Gb/s Director and a full family of 2Gb/s storage networking products.
McDATA's full family of core-to-edge, 2Gb/s storage networking products are
built on its common Extendable Open Network (EON(TM)) Architecture that brings
industry-leading investment protection, minimization of risk, availability and
performance to the market. All of McDATA's hardware products are supported by
its award-winning storage network management software, SANavigator(TM).
About McDATA's Intrepid(TM) 6000 Series Directors
The McDATA Intrepid 6000 Series Director is the industry's only 2Gb/s,
multi-protocol Director with the ability to support the rigorous demands of
enterprise data centers. McDATA Intrepid Directors are deployed in the
majority of the world's data centers because of their ultra high availability
(99.999 percent uptime); ability to handle both mainframe (FICON) and open
systems (Fibre Channel) data traffic; non-disruptive code load and activation
capabilities (McDATA's HotCAT(TM) Technology); and their support for emerging
technologies such as 10Gb/s, iSCSI, FCIP and InfiniBand. The McDATA Intrepid
is built on McDATA's common Extendable Open Network (EON(TM)) Architecture
that ensures unwavering data availability, ease of management and lower
overall IT costs. More information on McDATA's Directors can be found at
mcdata.com |
