Alantec strengthens industry's only modular multiprotocol switch for departmental and high-end workgroups; PowerHub 6000 delivers robust port density and multifaceted flexibility.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 1995--Alantec(R) Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ALTC ALTC Automatic Laser Target Classification ALTC Aparicio-Levy Technical Center (Tampa, Florida) ), the design pioneer of multilayer, multiprotocol LAN switching
LAN switching is a form of packet switching used in local area networks. Switching technologies are crucial to network design, or to that minority of LANs that are used outside the home. hubs, today announced that its PowerHub 6000 intelligent switching hub A device that acts as a central switch or PBX, connecting one line to another. In a local area network (LAN), a switching hub gives any two stations on the network the full bandwidth of the line. will support up to 60 Ethernet ports and provide interface media flexibility for six ports. These new capabilities continue to strengthen the industry's only modular, multiprotocol LAN switching solution available for the department and high-end workgroup levels. The PowerHub 6000's high Ethernet port density, various uplink support, multi-protocol routing, full-featured bridging and multilayer VLANs, coupled with the media flexibility of the Universal Media Module, provides network managers with unprecedented flexibility and functionality to design and support their networks. The product's 60-port Ethernet support will provide an excellent solution for medium to large organizations looking to offer more flexible, cost-effective dedicated bandwidth solutions for workstation connectivity. "We are witnessing an increasing demand for dedicated bandwidth directly to high-end workstations," said George Archuleta, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Alantec Corp. "The PowerHub 6000's high port density and competitive price per port provides an excellent solution for organizations looking to migrate from shared to dedicated bandwidth. "Because the PowerHub 6000 supports mixed media Ethernet, Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. and FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. in a single chassis, it provides the flexibility to serve as a collapsed backbone A network configuration that provides a backbone in a centralized location, to which all subnetworks are attached. A collapsed backbone is implemented in a router or switch that uses a high-speed backplane that can handle the simultaneous traffic of all or most of its ports at full wire . These versatile configurations illustrate the PowerHub 6000's impressive combination of LAN switching capabilities." Users will be able to expand the PowerHub 6000 to support up to 60 Ethernet ports by adding two new 24-port 10BaseT modules to the 12-port 10BaseT base model. The new 24-port 10BaseT module offers a dedicated 10Mbps segment on each of the ports. Media interface flexibility for six ports on the the PowerHub 6000 is possible via Alantec's Universal Media Module (UMM). The six UMM ports can support any combination of AUI (Attachment Unit Interface) The network interface used with the original Ethernet. See 10Base5. 1. (tool, product) AUI - Adaptable User Interface. 2. (networking) AUI - Attachment Unit Interface. , BNC (hardware) BNC - A connector for coaxial cable such as that used for some video connections and RG58 "cheapernet" connections. A BNC connector has a bayonet-type shell with two small knobs on the female connector which lock into spiral slots in the male connector when it is twisted , 10Base FB, 10BaseT, or 10BaseFL media. "Alantec's modular PowerHub 6000 delivers the desktop switching solution we needed," said Sanjay Chadha, manager, technical planning and evaluations for Lyondell PetroChemical. "With the PowerHub 6000, we have a cost-effective, manageable way of achieving dedicated bandwidth with robust bridging and routing capabilities." The PowerHub 6000 Flexibility and Modularity The PowerHub 6000 allows network managers to meet the needs of their growing networks by providing a flexible modular chassis A hardware device that is designed for expansion and accepts a variety of plug-in modules of different types. High-end network switches and routers are often built with a modular chassis. See line card. . The PowerHub 6000 base model includes a three-slot chassis, power supply, packet engine and 12 10BaseT ports for $9,950. Users can populate the chassis with a broad combination of 10BaseT modules and a Fast Ethernet or FDDI card -- providing an extremely flexible switching solution. The PowerHub 6000 can support up to 60 Ethernet and either one or two Fast Ethernet ports or one FDDI DAS interface. A wide range of 10Mbps Ethernet media types are available including both 10BaseT and 10BaseFL, as well as 100BaseTX and 100BaseFX. All operate in both half- or full-duplex mode. The FDDI Fast Card can be ordered in either multi-mode fiber See multimode fiber. or, for greater distances, single mode fiber. With this vast combination of media and speed support, the PowerHub 6000 can be configured to meet a variety of today's application requirements and, because of its modular design, can be reconfigured for future network technologies, such as ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. ). The PowerHub 6000 is designed for easy expandability and reliability. Its three-slot modular chassis has two 800Mbps internal packet channels and houses a redundant power supply. The PowerHub 6000 also supports an optional packet accelerator that boosts throughput speeds to more than 140,000 packets per second (pps) while bridging and more than 125,000 while routing. -0- PowerHub 6000 Options Price Availability
24-port 10BaseT Module $9,950 Immediately
12-port 10BaseT Module $5,950 Immediately
FDDI Fast Card $2,250 Immediately
Packet Accelerator $2,350 Immediately
Universal Media Module $ 960 Immediately
Fast Ethernet card (single-TX) $1,000 Immediately
(dual-TX) $1,800 Immediately
(single-FX) $1,400 Immediately
(dual-FX) $2,200 Immediately
(Combined -TX and -FX) $2,000 Immediately
Additional Power Supplies $ 550 Immediately
Flash Memory Module
2MB $ 650 Immediately
4MB $ 950 Immediately
6-port 10BaseFL Module $5,950 Q1 '96
12-port 10BaseFL Module $9,950 Q1 '96-0-
The PowerHub Product Family The PowerHub family is the only product line to bring multiprotocol switching to backbone, departmental and workgroup sections of the LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. allowing network managers to extend the reach of their corporate VLANs. VLANs are software-defined network configurations, logical workgroups or subnets that are not dependent on the physical location of end users. The PowerHub's uniform software provides customers with the same features across the breadth of the product line for an integrated, end-to-end LAN switching solution. New PowerHub products can be added with seamless compatibility and customers will be able to migrate to future technologies when they become available. The PowerHub product family can be managed via PowerSight(TM), Alantec's graphical-based network management software application. With PowerSight, network managers can control the PowerHub's tight integration of hub, bridge and router features, manage bandwidth distribution and allocation, monitor segment utilization and create VLAN See virtual LAN. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network infrastructures from a single location. PowerSight supports industry-standard platforms including Sun Net manager, HP OpenView, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) NetView 6000, and can function as a standalone UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). application. About Alantec Corp. Alantec Corp. designs, manufactures and markets intelligent switching hubs which increase network performance for local area networks. Founded in 1987, Alantec is the design pioneer of the industry's first multiprotocol, multilayer LAN switching product -- the PowerHub -- which melds the strengths of both full-featured bridging and multiprotocol routing within a single LAN internetworking device. The PowerHub family is the industry's most comprehensive product line of multiprotocol LAN switches. During 1994, Alantec was the second largest worldwide supplier of switched Ethernet for the LAN backbone market segment based on dollar shipments, according to Dataquest Inc. Headquartered in San Jose, Alantec can be reached via the Internet at http://www.alantec.com, or powerhub@alantec.com by telephone at 1-800-ALANTEC (408-955-9000 outside the U.S.), or by fax at 408-955-9500. -0- Note to Editors: Alantec is a registered trademark and PowerHub is a trademark of Alantec Corp. All other products and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: The Horn Group Barbara Reichert or Susan Rozmanith, 415/579-6400 barbarar@horngroup.com or susanr@horngroup.com or Alantec Corp., San Jose Diana George, 800/ALANTEC or 408/955-9000 |
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