Monday November 15, 7:05 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Gadzoox Networks First to Demonstrate Novell
Directory Services for Storage Area Network
Management
SAN Market Innovator Continues SAN Management and Open Standards Leadership Through
Showcased Demonstration and Presentation at Novell's Partner
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999-- Gadzoox® Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZOOX - news), a
leading provider of SAN (storage area networking) products, announced today that the company has expanded its partnership
with Novell to integrate Novell Directory Services® (NDS®) into Gadzoox' industry first modular SAN switch, Capellix(TM)
3000. Through this industry first milestone, Gadzoox underscores its commitment to leadership in SAN management and to the
development and leveraging of open standards. The Gadzoox-Novell partnership activities at COMDEX/Fall '99 in Las Vegas
include: the Capellix 3000 Modular SAN Switch, Novell's Directory Services®, NetWare® Cluster Services(TM) and a
interactive presentation on storage area networking solutions in the Novell Partner Pavilion Theater.
''Gadzoox is delighted to be a featured solution partner in Novell's Partner Pavilion at Comdex'' said Dave Tang, Gadzoox vice
president of marketing. ''Advanced manageability of enterprise SANs is essential to the continuous availability of data for
mission-critical applications such as those found in e-business environments. By leveraging our collaborative efforts with Novell
on NDS with the hardware and software extensibility of our Capellix Modular SAN Switch, Gadzoox is well positioned to
rapidly deploy advanced management capabilities that address the needs of the market. As an industry leader, Gadzoox is once
again proud to be at the forefront of a valuable advancement in SAN management architecture.''
The modular design of Gadzoox products, such as the Capellix 3000 switch, enables a high degree of extensibility and
manageability through plug-in modules and embedded intelligent agents. By combining this architecture with the policy-rich
service capabilities of NDS, users can map comprehensive business management practices to SAN management policies to
administer robust security, configuration, asset, performance and fault management capabilities within an open standards
framework. Unlike alternative approaches which are proprietary or provide a limited depth of capabilities, NDS-enabled
SANs can reduce administrative costs, increase profits and create new business opportunities for ISVs and their customers.
''Novell is pleased with Gadzoox's efforts to provide SAN capabilities that will add value to our customers investments in NDS
and NetWare,'' said Samm DiStasio, director of NDS marketing, Novell Inc. ''Gadzoox open architecture has made it
possible to extend Novell's industry leading Novell Directory Services to SAN users.''
Industry Standards Support
Gadzoox as an active member of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), Gadzoox and Novell will collaborate to
develop solutions based on the Common Information Model (CIM) and Directory-Enabled Networks (DEN) specifications in
order to expedite the acceptance and implementation of these open standards throughout the industry. The two companies
demonstrate their commitment to industry standards by using the industry standard lightweight directory access protocol
(LDAP) for interfacing Novell Directory Services with Gadzoox products. Gadzoox is building on a standards-based directory
schema, helping to define the data model for directory-enabled SAN products. Gadzoox and Novell will jointly work together
on extending the directory schema by adding support for SAN switch and hub objects, allowing network administrators to
modify and customize a SAN's object properties and attributes.
Gadzoox Featured at Novell Partner Pavilion at COMDEX/Fall '99
The breakthrough demonstration features the Gadzoox Capellix 3000 modular SAN switch which has been NDS-enabled to
serve as a platform for directory-based hardware management using NDS and Novell's ConsoleOne Java management
product. The demonstrations of NDS and NetWare Cluster Services along with the SAN presentation in the Novell theatre will
take place at the Novell Partner Pavilion located at booth number 3107, in the Las Vegas Convention Center from November
15-19.
Gadzoox Networks Offers Broadest Line of SAN Products
Gadzoox, a leader in the SAN market, offers a broad range of advanced products including Bitstrip(TM) (gigabit Fibre
Channel hub), Gibraltar(TM) (managed Fibre Channel hub), Ventana(TM) (SAN management software application),
Denali(TM) (switch supporting embedded backup agent), and the Capellix(TM) 3000 (modular SAN switch).
About Gadzoox Networks, Inc.
Gadzoox Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZOOX - news) is a leader in SAN (storage area network) products. The company
provides networking solutions for enterprise storage with scalable, managed SAN solutions based on Gadzoox' Fibre Channel
hubs, switches and management products. Serving as modular building blocks, Gadzoox' products are designed to address the
growth in enterprise data through the evolving capabilities of SANs. According to the most recent Fibre Channel report from
market research firm International Data Corporation dated January 1999, Gadzoox was the market share leader in combined
hub and switch port shipments in 1997 and 1998. Gadzoox is an ISO 9001 certified company. Gadzoox corporate
headquarters is located at: 5850 Hellyer Avenue, San Jose, CA 95138. For more information, visit the company's Web site at
www.gadzoox.com or call 888.423.3222.
(Note to editor: Gadzoox and the Gadzoox logo are registered trademark of Gadzoox Networks, Inc.Bitstrip, Denali,
Gibraltar, Ventana and Capellix 3000 are trademarks of Gadzoox Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their
respective owners.)
Contact:
Gadzoox Networks, Inc.
Dominique Pheiffer, 408/361-6143
dominique@gadzoox.com
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