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To: J Fieb who wrote (1804)	2/7/2000 11:48:00 PM
From: Douglas Nordgren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4808

J, IP SAN on the IP WAN. What a good idea. CNT allows EMC's remote data mirroring software (SRDF) to be used with the CNT UltraNet Storage Director switch for SAN connectivity over IP networks (e.g. Intranet or Internet) rather than the customary dedicated high speed/high cost lines. CNT UltraNet customers may now purchase and use EMC SRDF software for data mirroring over their IP networks. As a result of this collaboration, EMC is coming out with their own SRDF IP mapping software, as recently announced: biz.yahoo.com CNT's UtraNet switch does ESCON, SCSI, ATM, T3/E3, 10/100 Ethernet, and Fibre Channel: cnt.com

To: J Fieb who wrote (1804)	2/8/2000 12:14:00 PM
From: Douglas Nordgren	Respond to of 4808

Perhaps I should point out that while IP over FC is a good and necessary development for the SAN market, there are still security issues inherent in IP that are being addressed and will need to be resolved. IP snooping and spoofing can engender such shenanigans as an FCP command to erase all files, for a disasterous example. For reason, IP SANs will initially appear behind secured gateways on Intranets or VPNs, and perhaps the Internet later on.