Lest we forget IBM...
And I hope they haven't forgotten either. $8000 - $10,000 would make it a MKII-8/GE? Or does this fall into "the best laid plans of mice and men" category? More grist for the Monterey mill. Will be incommunicado until Thursday and will report after earnings, releases, CC, etc. Until then, I remain your humble servant, Douglas.
IBM to tout Fibre Channel server options
By Marc Songini
Network World, 4/13/98
IBM is looking to boost backbone connectivity options for users by adding support for Fibre Channel across its line of servers.
By year-end, the firm is expected to add Fibre Channel interface boards to everything from its mainframes to its NetFinity servers.
IBM is also expected to add Fibre Channel support to its 9729 Optical
Wavelength Division Multiplexer and to resell a communications device from Ancor Communications, Inc. that will let users link Fibre Channel servers to Gigabit Ethernet backbones.
IBM intends to join Digital Equipment Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Data
General Corp. and EMC Corp. with a line of Fibre Channel products.
As for Ancor, the firm will be announcing a product that lets users tie Fibre Channel products to a Gigabit Ethernet backbone. The unnamed device will convert Gigabit Ethernet frames into Fibre Channel and vice versa, Ancor said. Executives at the firm did not disclose the name of its device but said it would cost between $8,000 and $10,000 |
