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To: GuinnessGuy who wrote (17443)	2/7/2000 1:48:00 PM
From: buck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

RE: ANCR, BRCD, CRDS That's a nice catch on the ADIC release, and an even better one on the lack of BRCD. That's interesting, because it would be the first time that I can think of that Brocade has been left out of that kind of announcement. With their market share, you wouldn't want to deliberately step on their toes, unless you felt you could survive without their customers, IMVH-non-marketing-O. On SAN management features in routers: broken record time...the Cisco/Ethernet model tells me that some SAN management features can be run on a router, such as access control, or facilitated by a router, such as virtual private SANs. These would be networks that are logically distinct and seperate, but physically on the same network hardware; usually used or sold as a security feature. These are quite common in today's Ethernet networks. SAN mgt. features can and should quite clearly reside in switches and hubs, like zoning (another term for virtual private networks.) Routers typically have more cycles to burn in management and data movement than a switch does. This goes to the speed-vs.-feature argument, and I have seen speed win in the core of a network time and time again. Features are routinely implemented at the edge of a network, because they don't get in the way of the data being pumped hither and yon by the core switches. SAN management will probably run on a workstation, that interacts with the SAN components for configuration, monitoring, and other administrative tasks. Again, I use the Cisco model of networks, with a Tivoli or a CA providing the software that does the management. It's been a while since I looked at StoreAge, and their site has changed, so I'll start researching. Thanks for the heads-up. buck (jargon, check...acronyms, check...fog factor, creeping but manageable) PS Not that I'm a big whoop around here, but I'll be out of town for bidness the rest of the week, and catching up (HA!) at night over a slow dial-up from a dingy motel room, eating cold chinese takeout, with the glow of a muted CNBC to keep me company.