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To: George Dawson who wrote (619)	5/27/1998 7:42:00 PM
From: Craig Stevenson	Respond to of 4808

George, I wonder how far up that migration will go. I suspect that it will end at Class 2, at least for storage applications. I was VERY surprised to hear him say that Class 1 was becoming less popular. I would have thought just the opposite. Craig

To: George Dawson who wrote (619)	5/30/1998 8:20:00 AM
From: Neil S	Respond to of 4808

George, More on IBM Plans/ Ficon Introduction: nwfusion.com <<To boost connectivity options, IBM said it will roll out a Fibre Channel option called Fibre Connection (FICON) channel. Fibre Channel is a high-speed interface capable of supporting throughput up to 1.6G bits/sec. Typically Fibre Channel has been used to tie big servers and storage devices together. IBM will offer a FICON card that slips into one of the new mainframe's I/O slots. Up to 12 FICON adapters can be supported on any G5 box. IBM said the FICON cards will be a high-speed option to its current Enterprise System Connection (ESCON) channel connectivity adapter. ESCON supports data transfer speeds up to 17M byte/sec. For users who want to mix and match FICON and ESCON features, IBM will offer a FICON director that will support both technologies, said Erich Baier, manager for CMOS systems at IBM. A single FICON card can handle capacity equivalent to eight ESCON channels, he said. Fibre Channel support will be useful for companies using the mainframe to run huge files with voice or video data back and forth from storage devices to the mainframe, said Frank Duzbeck, president of Communications Network Architects, a Washington, D.C.-based consultancy.>> <<The new mainframes will be available in September, the FICON adapter in March 1999, and the Gigabit Ethernet support in the OSA will come sometime after that, IBM said. Pricing for the new adapters was not available. >> Neil