Leading Vendors First To Unveil Interoperable San
Management Software
Eleven Companies Announce Initial FibreAlliance MIB-based
Products Five Additional Companies Join Consortium
HOPKINTON, Mass. - October 13, 1999 - The FibreAlliance,
the industry's most productive association of vendors driving open
software standards for managing storage area networks, or SANs,
today announced that 11 of its member companies are the first to
implement the open, shared technology developed cooperatively
within the FibreAlliance.
The new technology - known as a management information base,
or MIB - is the first widely accepted method for monitoring and
controlling the heterogeneous interconnect devices in Fibre
Channel-based SANs, such as hubs, switches and host adapters,
in a simplified, fully integrated way. The FibreAlliance recently
submitted the MIB to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
as an open standards draft.
"The FibreAlliance has reached a milestone in its drive to fill a
critical gap in the evolution of SANs - interoperable management
software," said Don Swatik, Vice President of Product
Management at EMC Corporation, which sponsors the
FibreAlliance. "The FibreAlliance technology lets storage
administrators gain, for the first time, a clear, end-to-end view of
the SAN, enabling them to plan, implement and operate
heterogeneous SANs more rapidly, flexibly and cost-effectively."
Initial FibreAlliance MIB Implementation
The results of the FibreAlliance work enables IT managers to
choose SAN interconnect devices freely without concern for
management interoperability across heterogeneous environments.
The initial FibreAlliance companies to announce offerings that
employ this capability include: · Ancor Communications, Inc. -
Ancor's complete line of Fibre Channel switches, which enable the
growth of very large SAN fabrics while maintaining high
performance, flexibility, and reliability. (See separate Ancor
release)
ATTO Technologies, Inc. - ATTO FibreBridge Enterprise
(SCSI-to-Fibre Channel bridge) with dual GBICs,
Ultra2/LVD and HVD SCSI bus compatibility, and
FibreAlliance MIB, SNMP, HTTP, Telnet and FTP
support, delivering flexible enterprise installation and
implementation.
Crossroads Systems, Inc. - Crossroads will support the
FibreAlliance MIB on all of its current and future intelligent
Storage Routing products, including the market-leading
4100 and 4200 devices, which provide bi-directional Fibre
Channel to SCSI connectivity for a wide range of OEM
and VAR customers.
Datametrics Systems Corporation - ViewPoint integrated
SAN management platform, with support for metrics from
SAN devices that support the FibreAlliance MIB, providing
integrated management of the entire SAN in addition to
servers, databases and other critical IT components that
E-businesses depend upon.
EMC Corporation - Connectrix Manager, powerful yet
simplified software for managing the EMC Connectrix
Enterprise Storage Network (ESN) system, which is a key
component of the EMC Enterprise Storage Network
solution.
Emulex Corporation - Enhanced management software,
version 2.0, for the Emulex LightPulse LH5000 family of
Fibre Channel digital hubs. This field upgradeable software
simplifies configuration and management and adds the
FibreAlliance MIB features. (See separate Emulex release)
Gadzoox Networks, Inc.- Gadzoox Ventana 3.0 SAN
Manager, combined with Gadzoox' modular SAN
architecture, Capellix 3000 Modular Switch and Gibraltar
Managed Hub products, enabling end-to-end SAN
Management. (See Gadzoox release issued Sept. 21)
Interphase Corporation - Interphase is adding support for
the FibreAlliance MIB to its JAVA-based FibreView
Enterprise product to promote global vendor-neutral
management capabilities for its local and remote SAN
management and PowerSAN adapter products.
McDATA Corporation - McDATA Enterprise Fabric
Connectivity (EFC) Management, which provides a single
system view of an enterprise-wide Fibre Channel switched
fabric with centralized control. (See separate McDATA
release)
Pathlight Technology, Inc. - SAN Gateway and SAN
Router, which provide OEMs with connectivity,
heterogeneous support (SCSI & FC), SAN management,
resource sharing, scalability, value add functions and speed
for fully-developed SANs. (See separate Pathlight release)
Vixel Corporation - Vixel 2100 Zoning Managed Hub,
enabling users to configure the device loops on demand by
dividing the hub into four full 100 MBps Fibre Channel
"zones;" and SAN InSite 2.2, providing comprehensive
status, control, diagnostics and advanced capabilities for
switches, hubs and GBICs, all from a single console. (See
Vixel release issued Sept. 14)
Additional FibreAlliance companies are expected to make similar
announcements in the near future. |
