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To: GVTucker who wrote (11383)	10/17/2000 3:41:11 PM
From: bob gauthier	Respond to of 17183

McDATA and VERITAS Partner for Improved End-to-End SAN Management Solution First Step Towards Seamless Integration BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- McDATA® Corporation (Nasdaq: MCDT - news), a leading storage area network (SAN) company, announced today it is partnering with VERITAS Software Corporation to integrate VERITAS' SANPoint Control(TM) SAN management software with McDATA's ED5000 Fibre Channel Director and ES1000 switch to improve enterprise-wide SAN management. McDATA's EFC Manager, deployed with the McDATA market leading ED5000 Director, is a comprehensive, proactive software management tool that allows the user to configure, control and monitor an entire fabric from a single console. With a combination of EFC Manager and VERITAS' SANPoint Control, system administrators save time and effort monitoring the fabric-wide heterogeneous SAN topology. (Photo: newscom.com ) ``This software partnership allows administrators to leverage the robust functionality of VERITAS SANPoint Control and McDATA's Products -- saving them time and money,'' said Robin Purohit, senior director of product management, SAN, Clustering and Replication, VERITAS Software. ``Together, VERITAS SANPoint Control and McDATA's EFC Manager allow streamlined fabric-wide management and a comprehensive solution that simplifies SAN management for administrators.'' Through Veritas SANPoint Control and EFC Manager, customers can reduce the time it takes to troubleshoot and resolve storage networking problems. Administrators, now through SANPoint Control are able to view a McDATA Director or ES-1000 fabric switch within a heterogeneous SAN environment. This fabric-wide view makes it easy for administrators to manage their SAN, saving a great deal of time: Instead of having to open multiple applications and check each for a piecemeal status check of the enterprise, administrators can open just one and be notified if any component in the fabric needs attention. The power of SANPoint Control and McDATA's EFC manager provides greatly simplified notification and troubleshooting, and reduces the time administrators take to execute tasks, the software solutions from McDATA and VERITAS Software can help cut the costs of overall SAN management. ``The partnership between McDATA and Veritas allows our customers to enjoy the benefits of data center class management attributes for their open system storage networking requirements,'' said Jeff Vogel, McDATA's vice president of systems integration services. ``McDATA's EFC Manager together with SANPoint Control provides a seamless system view of the entire network.'' As a McDATA FabricReady partner, VERITAS Software enjoys access to McDATA's industry recognized multi-million dollar systems integration lab (SIL). The FabricReady program is designed to provide interoperable solutions to customers using best-of-class products. It reduces the cost, risk and time to installation -- eliminating the guesswork of deploying and managing SAN technology. The two companies will simplify SAN implementation -- which means a faster time-to-market -- with extensively tested solutions and comprehensive service levels. The partnership between McDATA and VERITAS Software will also help educate their channels and end users about the value and availability of future joint solutions.