MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Ancor Communications, Inc.
(Nasdaq: ANCR) announced today that it will showcase the industry's only fully
functional Fibre Channel public loop data interconnects as part of its
technology demonstration at Fall Comdex in Las Vegas. (See Ancor at Comdex,
Nov. 17 - 21, in the Fibre Channel Loop Community demo room, N250, Las Vegas
Convention Center.)
Ken Hendrickson, Ancor chairman and chief executive officer, said the
Comdex public loop demo features production-class applications such as
visualization and real-time video running over high-speed Fibre Channel
interconnects. This is the latest in a series of Ancor demos highlighting
cross-vendor interoperability among switches, storage devices, adapter cards
and hubs from other leading Fibre Channel companies including QLogic, Adaptec,
Seagate, Unisys, CLARiiON, Vixel, Gadzoox, Jaycor, Emulex and Interphase. The
Comdex demos reinforce Ancor's leadership in cross-vendor interoperability,
featuring IP and SCSI traffic over a common Fibre Channel fabric and
illustrating the power and flexibility of Fibre Channel to accommodate
multiple traffic types over a common interconnect.
Hendrickson said the Ancor public loop demonstration -- first shown at
Fall Networld + Interop in October -- is the latest in a series of industry
firsts for the company, which pioneered Fibre Channel switches and adapters
for the commercial market and has played a leading role in Fibre Channel
technology and market development.
"Public loop support is key to the deployment of large-scale
high-performance storage-area networks," he said, "and our technology
leadership in this area lets OEMs and integrators speed their SAN and large
system product development efforts. The result is accelerated product
development cycles and quicker time-to-market, helping these vendors take best
advantage of emerging opportunities in this market."
In addition to being the only switch company to demonstrate public loop
interoperability, Hendrickson said Ancor's other industry firsts include:
-- The first ANSI-standard Fibre Channel switch in 1992;
-- First and only with a 64-port switch, scalable to 3072 nodes on a
single fabric;
-- First to ship a full-gigabit switch, in 1994;
-- First and only to ship Fibre Channel switches with Arbitrated Loop, in
July, 1997;
-- First to break through the $2,000 per-port list price for a Fibre
Channel switch;
-- First Fibre Channel switch to include SNMP and web-based network
management;
-- Simplicity of design and lowest parts count of any Fibre Channel switch
resulting in the industry's highest Mean Time Between Failure value for a
16 port switch;
-- First and only with self-discovering, end user-configurable ports
including port type (eg: F, FL, E, G ports);
-- First with built-in redundant hot-pluggable power supplies;
-- First and only with 4 ports and embedded memory on a single ASIC, and;
-- First to support all classes of service.
"No other company has our depth of experience with Fibre Channel
technology, and with customers looking to deploy the technology," Hendrickson
added. "We believe this combination gives customers a clear choice for
reliable, high-performance Fibre Channel solutions that work today."
About Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel is an ANSI-standard, high-speed, low-latency data
communications technology that provides gigabit-per-second transmission rates
in storage/server environments and high-performance networks. Ancor
GigWorks(TM) products combine the speed and simplicity of channels with the
flexibility of networks to solve bandwidth problems caused by the transfer of
large data files among storage, server and client nodes in high-performance
compute environments. Ancor Fibre Channel products provide optimal speed and
throughput for data-intensive applications such as shared storage, CAD/CAM,
visualization, data mining and file backup.
About Ancor Communications
Ancor Communications, Inc. provides GigWorks(TM) high-performance storage
and data-intensive network solutions based on Fibre Channel technology. The
company was the first to deliver a Fibre Channel switch, and the first to top
the one-gigabit performance level. In addition to Fibre Channel switches,
Ancor products also include adapters and connectivity solutions. Ancor is a
member of the Fibre Channel Association, Fibre Channel Loop Community, the
ANSI Standards Committee and the University of New Hampshire Fibre Channel
Consortium to promote the advancement of Fibre Channel standards and
interoperability. Information on Ancor is available on the World Wide Web at
ancor.com
For more information about Fibre Channel technology and Ancor Fibre
Channel solutions, call 800-342-7379 or access World Wide Web site
ancor.com.
Forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 are qualified by the risk factors outlined in the documents
Ancor Communications, Inc. files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE Ancor Communications, Inc.
/EDITOR'S NOTE: GigWorks(TM), ANCOR(TM) and the Ancor logo are the marks
and property of Ancor Communications, Inc./
/CONTACT: John Shaughnessy, public relations manager of Ancor,
612-932-4096, johns@ancor.com or Aaron Pearson of Shandwick, 612-832-5000,
apearson@shandwick.com, for Ancor/
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