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To: Douglas Nordgren who wrote (1555)	10/31/1999 10:06:00 AM
From: Wei Yu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4808

>>For extensibility beyond that, I believe Capellix' FC-SW (fabric) Blade will be required to interoperate with other fabric switches (the backplane will pass the loops to the fabric blade which in turn will link to a fabric switch). << Douglas, In fact, you do not need a Capellix' FC-SW Blade in order to pass the loop traffic to other fabric switches. You can directly connect a Capellix port with a FL-port of the fabric switch. It will work like a hub attach to the switch. I do not think the port-to-port latency is a issue here. The port-to-port latency in Capellix is just as good as, or maybe better than fabric switch. In addition, the port-to-port latency is measured in ns, and the completion time of a FCP command is measured in us(micro-second)or ms. Thus, the port-to-port latency will not play a major part of the overall system performance. On the wavelength, I think there are Cappellix Blades which support GBIC. You can put in long-wave GBIC. If Cappellix came out 6-9 months earlier, it is a killer product. Now, it may be little late. Most of FC devices have added N-port support, and the cost of Fabric is dropping fast.

To: Douglas Nordgren who wrote (1555)	10/31/1999 3:42:00 PM
From: Srinivasan Balasubramanian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4808

Thanks Douglas and Wei. Going by the literature on Capellix at Gadzoox home page, Wei is right on GBIC and the ability to connect Capellix to a fabric switch. I am not certain on the port to port latency and the practical implications it can have. I am currently over weighted on ZOOX though it is my intention to play the sector rather than try and pick some sure winners with my limited knowledge. I also own CRDS, JNIC and EMLX. BRCD stock is too high for me to open any meaningful position. I was thrown off ANCR by Greenberg's columns on it. Not that I believe Greenberg but I owned a stock which was under similar attack (IDTC) and this stock is yet to jump out of its doldrums. Regards -Srini