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To: ToySoldier who wrote (31203)	4/25/2000 10:52:00 PM
From: Paul Fiondella	Respond to of 42771

Heavy Metal BASKING RIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2000-- Data Networking Family of LAN Switches and Software to Be Foundation of Premier Lab's Upgrade The new Enterprise Networks Group, which will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) later this year, today announced that Novell, Inc. has selected its Cajun(tm) Campus data networking switches and software as the foundation of the new backbone infrastructure being installed at Novell's SuperLab in Provo, Utah. With more than 2,000 computers, the Novell SuperLab is one of the largest scalability laboratories in the world, and is the primary environment Novell personnel use to test their own Net services software products in a production environment before they are formally released. In addition to internal Novell testing, the high profile SuperLab is home to various external tests conducted by groups outside of Novell, plus it is the site of numerous events and continuous tours by networking executives from around the world. At the heart of this data network upgrade are 165 Cajun Campus switches and the CajunView(tm) suite of network management software from Lucent's new Enterprise Networks Group, which will become an independent entity later this year under a new name. The Cajun Campus family is a comprehensive local area network (LAN) product portfolio that supports from hundreds to tens of thousands of connections on a network and scales in performance from four gigabits per second (Gbps) up to 139 Gbps. These highly reliable and feature-rich switches are Novell NDS eDirectory-enabled, and range from sophisticated workgroup and stackable units to modular chassis-based solutions capable of propelling vast amounts of data traffic easily and quickly. "The SuperLab is an extremely visible and important part of our company, and we run a series of new tests every week, both for Novell Net services software and for partners and developers," said Cami Christensen, manager of Novell quality assurance. "As a result, we need enterprise data networking equipment that is reliable, secure and quick and easy to configure on an ongoing basis -- particularly in the area of VLANs. The capabilities, performance and overall value of the various Cajun switches meet or exceed our requirements in all these areas." Novell's SuperLab has four separate and distinct areas, including the SuperLab Area, Telecom Lab, Annex Area and the Staging Area. The Cajun platforms being deployed include 160 Cajun P120(tm) Workgroup Switches at the edge of the network going to various workstations via 100 megabits per second Ethernet links. The P120s are connected via Gigabit Ethernet uplinks to either the 7-slot Cajun P550(tm) Gigabit Switch in the Telecom Lab or the four, 17-slot Cajun P880(tm) Routing Switches positioned at the core of the network. "The Cajun Campus offerings will play a big role in our showcase SuperLab environment and will be seen in action by numerous CIOs and networking executives who visit us from all over the world," noted Christensen. "Being chosen by Novell to provide all the backbone infrastructure at their renowned SuperLab is a strong validation of our technology and products," said Shmuel Levy, president of Lucent's Enterprise InterNetworking Systems Group. "The new Enterprise Networks Group is deeply committed to the data networking market, and our broad line of LAN and WAN solutions provide customers with best-in-class products that solve their real-world problems, both today and tomorrow."