Cisco Delivers Fibre Channel-Based SAN Extension Over SONET/SDH on the Cisco ONS 15454 MSPP.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NFOEC NFOEC National Fiber Optical Engineer Conference NFOEC National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2003 Booth Number 615 ORLANDO, Fla. & SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2003 Cisco MSPP (MultiService Provisioning Platform) A high-end Cisco router that supports TDM circuits, packets and optical connections at the edge of the network. See MSSP and MSTP. Becomes the Industry's Top-Performing Platform for Deploying FC, FCIP (Fibre Channel over IP) A protocol for tunneling Fibre Channel data across an IP network. Fibre Channel was designed for local storage area networks (SANs), but FCIP extends the distance to remote locations via any IP network. See Fibre Channel, iFCP and IP storage. , and GE-Based SAN Extension Over Worldwide SONET/SDH Transport Networks Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) today announced the SL-Series interface for the Cisco(R) ONS ONS Office for National Statistics (UK) ONS One Night Stand ONS Onslaught (Unreal Tournament 2004) ONS Oncology Nursing Society ONS Object Naming Service ONS Offshore Northern Seas 15454 Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP) helps to enable the delivery of Fibre Channel-based storage-area-network (SAN)-extension services over Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) networks. The new SL-Series interface supports four gigabit-interface-converter (GBIC (GigaBit Interface Converter) A hardware module used to attach network devices to fiber-based transmission systems such as Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet. The GBIC converts the serial electrical signals to serial optical signals and vice versa. )-based ports, each capable of 1- and 2-Gbps Fibre Channel at line rates, providing the Cisco ONS 15454 with the highest-density of protected Fibre Channel ports, or 40 Fibre Channel interfaces, in the industry. A Cisco ONS 15454-based service network can use the Cisco ML-Series and SL-Series interfaces to provide SAN-extension services using native Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, or Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP) with standards-based generic framing procedure-transparent (GFP-T GFP-T Transparent Generic Framing Protocol ) and virtual concatenation (VCAT) technology. The SAN-extension services can be created and managed in a unified way using the same management tools used to create time-division multiplexing (TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ) and Ethernet services. The SL-Series interface will support Fibre Channel-transport services at subrates, resulting in cost-effective SAN-extension services delivered to the marketplace by managed service providers. The SL-Series interface is currently being certified across all major SAN original storage manufacturer (OSM OSM Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. OSM Openstreetmap (free editable online world map) OSM Office of Surface Mining (US government) OSM Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal ) applications. The Cisco ONS 15454, with SL-Series and ML-Series interfaces, provides SAN-extension services to Cisco MDS MDS, n See temporomandibular pain-dysfunction syndrome. MDS 1 Maternal deprivation syndrome, see there 2 Myelodysplastic syndrome, see there 9000-based SANs by transporting technologies such as virtual storage area networks (VSANs) for SAN isolation and PortChannel implementations for link-level redundancy. Cisco's complete SAN-extension portfolio combines native Fibre Channel, FCIP, and Small Computer System Interface over IP (iSCSI) technologies on the Cisco MDS Family of storage switches, DWDM-based SAN services over the Cisco ONS 15530 and ONS 15540, FCIP-based interfaces on the Cisco 7200 and 7400 series routers, and multiservice transport over the Cisco ONS 15454. This portfolio allows the creation of SAN-extension services without boundaries using Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, IP and SONET/SDH technologies. "The SL-series adds flexibility to Cisco's Multiservice over SONET/SDH offering, supporting both the 15454's installed base and new builds," said Dave Dunphy, a Principal Analyst at Current Analysis. "Initially adding critical TDM-based Fibre Channel support, the SL-series will complement Cisco's existing DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing and IP-based SAN extension capabilities to give enterprises and a variety of service providers a wide choice in Cisco-based SAN extension options tailored to their needs." Availability The Cisco ONS 15454 ML-Series interface is currently available and the Cisco ONS 15454 SL-Series interface is scheduled to be available by year end 2003. About Cisco Complete Optical Multiservice Edge and Transport Portfolio The Cisco Complete Optical Multiservice Edge and Transport (COMET) product line offers maximum service velocity, density, variety and capacity, building the foundation to accelerate IP and optical networking. Cisco COMET news and information can be found at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/servpro/solutions/optical/. Cisco will be at the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), in Orlando, Fla., September 7-11, 2003, at booth number 615. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, go to http://newsroom.cisco.com. Cisco, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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