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To: David Andersen who wrote (23107)	6/30/1999 1:29:00 PM
From: George Dawson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29386

David, Not jealous at all here. To me Ancor is worth at least as much as Brocade and I am more certain these days that it will eventually be reflected in the valuation. While I am giving highly impressionistic opinions, I also don't belong to the school that thinks: "Good for Brocade, more FC interest will float all ships, etc, etc.". I hope Ancor beats them soundly in head to head competition and in every head to head competition. George D.

To: David Andersen who wrote (23107)	6/30/1999 1:29:00 PM
From: Nine_USA	Respond to of 29386

PC Week article on Brocade switches (from Yahoo board) Brocade SilkWorm spins out SANs' appeal By Carmen Nobel, PC Week Brocade Communications Systems Inc. this summer will begin shipping new hardware and software designed to ease the setup and increase the speed of SANs. The SilkWorm 2100, due in August, can connect legacy arbitrated loop storage devices and servers in a storage area network. The 1.75-inch-high switch is equipped with eight ports, each of which supports parallel transfer rates of 100MB per second. It is software-upgradable to full-fabric support, making it easier for users to migrate to full-fabric SANs when they can afford them. The SilkWorm 2400 and 2800, due next month, are eight- and 16-port full-fabric Fibre Channel hubs, respectively. Each port on the switches can automatically detect what kind of device is plugged into it, thus reducing installation and configuration time. The switches also include hardware port zoning and can support both fabric and loop environments independently on the same switch. Both use the same hot-pluggable, redundant power supply, making power-supply mixing and matching possible. Brocade's QuickLoop 2.0, also due next month, enables the SilkWorm 2400 and 2800 to coexist in arbitrated-loop-based environments. All three new switches include Fabric OS 2.0, the latest generation of Brocade's embedded switch software, which includes several new routing protocols, officials said. "They're cheaper for starters, and then you can expand them to full fabric when you need them," said David Hill, an analyst with Aberdeen Group, in Boston. "It's pay as you go, which is nice." Other software tools coming from Brocade next month include Brocade Zoning 2.0, which segments multiswitched fabrics into virtual private SANs. Pricing on the switches and software has not been set.