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To: Craig Stevenson who wrote (17647)	8/10/1998 3:09:00 PM
From: trendmastr	Respond to of 29386

HP Makes Major Advances in Fibre Channel Solutions for Storage Area Networks PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 1998-- New Capabilities Allow Customers to Share Information Across Distributed Servers, Protect Business Operations Through Well-managed Fibre Channel Environments Hewlett-Packard Company today announced two capabilities to make it easier for companies to share information among multiple servers at distributed sites: -0- T -- support for distances up to 10 kilometers between its Fibre-Channel-Arbitrated-Loop (FC-AL) long-wave hubs, providing the necessary deployment flexibility for companies that require superior disaster-recovery and high-availability solutions; and -- Fibre Channel Manager software, a Web-based tool that enhances system administration and improves overall system availability. T -0- This announcement reinforces HP's leadership in the Fibre Channel market and heralds the next generation of Fibre Channel products. "HP is committed to leading the industry in providing high-availability storage," said Marilyn Edling, general manager of HP's Enterprise Storage Solutions Division. "For successful implementation of Fibre Channel and storage area networking, customers require a supplier that understands how to integrate these capabilities into the operations center. HP customers now have tools they can put in place today to bring storage-network benefits such as improved fault tolerance and greater information availability to the real world. Only HP is delivering products today that deliver on this promise." THE MANAGED HUB Fibre Channel Manager software allows remote software-based management of Fibre Channel hubs, giving IT managers simplified management of the storage area network (SAN) and freeing up their time to focus on other tasks. Fibre Channel Manager's capabilities include proactive environmental monitoring of the Fibre Channel hub's infrastructure elements, including the fan, power supply and temperature gauge, detecting which hub ports are in use and bypassing or enabling hub ports from the management workstation. With Fibre Channel Manager, users can add and remove storage-networking elements at planned times without disrupting the network. In addition, failed or failing devices can be bypassed, increasing availability of the overall system. This product also integrates with HP's award-winning enterprise-management platform -- HP OpenView Network Node Manager. SUCCESSFULLY REACHING 10 KILOMETERS Customers now can extend their FC-AL Hub capabilities more than 10 kilometers, allowing them to move storage devices to alternate sites without losing any of the benefits associated with Fibre Channel. These benefits include high-speed, high-capacity connectivity that eliminates the data-transfer-rate and distance limitations of conventional SCSI server-to-storage communication. True campus and metropolitan-area disaster recovery is now possible with full gigabit Fibre Channel capabilities. HP is the first system vendor to provide 10-kilometer support between FC-AL hubs. Each hub has 10 ports and can be used to build mirrored, fault-resilient, campus server and storage clusters that can be separated by 10 kilometers. PRICING AND AVAILABILITY A free version of HP Fibre Channel Manager can be downloaded free of charge from software.hp.com by clicking on the Fibre Channel Manager link. This site includes all files necessary to install a Web server and run Fiber Channel Manager. Information about the 10-kilometer networking capability can be obtained from local HP sales representatives. ABOUT HP Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 125,300 employees and had revenue of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at hp.com. --30--rab/sf rn/sf CONTACT: Cunningham Communication for HP Tracy Clifton, 408/343-5673 tclifton@cup.hp.com

To: Craig Stevenson who wrote (17647)	8/10/1998 3:15:00 PM
From: trendmastr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

Whatever hapened to the "Manhattan Project"? Chase Manhattan Selects Medusa Labs to Test, Validate Fibre Channel Products for its Distributed Computing Operations GEORGETOWN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 1998--Medusa Labs today announced an agreement with The Chase Manhattan Bank whereby Medusa Labs will conduct fibre channel product testing, configuration and performance validation to expedite Chase's delivery of fibre channel solutions to its distributed computing operations. Under the agreement, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) offering fibre channel-related products to Chase will be directed to Medusa Labs for testing and validation of their products prior to consideration by Chase. Medusa is the only independent, full-scale testing lab for Fibre Channel products in the U.S. "We're very pleased to work with a technology-savvy company the caliber of Chase Manhattan," said Joe Mathis, president and CEO of Medusa Labs. "It is also a great opportunity to work with a broader base of the industry's leading fibre channel players and demonstrate the breadth of Medusa's capabilities." Medusa Labs will provide the results of an initial evaluation of each product to Chase and the OEM. Chase will work with Medusa Labs to assist in the selection of products for consideration, or request further product testing at Medusa Labs. Chase is considering fibre channel products for a variety of applications including disaster recovery, clustering, back-up and server consolidation. "This agreement is a win-win situation for Chase," said Emad Saba, vice president for research & development in Chase's Technology Infrastructure Division. "We capitalize on Medusa Labs' expertise in Fibre Channel testing and, at the same time, expedite the process and lower the cost." In addition to testing services, Medusa Labs will offer interoperability, configuration and performance validation in accordance with the specific requirements of Chase. About Fibre Channel Fibre Channel, a family of ANSI standards, is a common, efficient transport system supporting multiple protocols or raw data using native Fibre Channel guaranteed delivery services. Profiles define interoperable standards for using Fibre Channel for different protocols or applications. Fibre Channel, a channel/network standard, contains network features that provide the required connectivity, distance, and protocol multiplexing. It also supports traditional channel features for simplicity, repeatable performance, and guaranteed delivery. Fibre Channel also works as a generic transport mechanism. Fibre Channel architecture represents true channel/network integration with active, intelligent interconnection among devices. About Medusa Labs Medusa Labs is an independent organization specializing in the testing and configuration of Fibre Channel, SCSI, RAID and networking technologies with a primary focus on Fibre Channel. Medusa's lab is designed for highly accelerated testing, interoperability and performance verification of enterprise products and solutions, offering clients a wide range of services from product functional verification to full enterprise verification in highly stressed client/server environments. Medusa's focus is on high-end, mission-critical components and system configurations. The company provides additional support services, including specific customer and OEM configuration validation. For information, send email to info@medusalabs.com, call 512/868-2222, or visit the web site at medusalabs.com. CONTACT: Medusa Labs, Georgetown Joe Mathis Jr., 512/868-2222 Mathisjr@medusalabs.com or Chase Manhattan, New York Lisa Selkin Lupo, 212/270-5246 Lisa.Selkinlupo@chase.com or Edelman/GTT, Austin Deborah Wood, 512/347-1014 dwood@gttcom.com