Compellent Offers Cisco Technology to Extend Technology Independence for SAN Customers.Cisco Switches Help Compellent Customers Improve Ease of Use, Build More Cost-Effective SANs for Business Continuity EDEN PRAIRIE Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn. -- Compellent today announced the availability of the Cisco MDS MDS, n See temporomandibular pain-dysfunction syndrome. MDS 1 Maternal deprivation syndrome, see there 2 Myelodysplastic syndrome, see there Multilayer Fibre Channel switch In a computer storage field, a Fibre Channel switch is a network switch compatible with Fibre Channel (FC) protocol. It allows the creation of a Fibre Channel fabric, that is currently the core component of most storage area networks. family with the Compellent Storage Center storage area network (SAN) in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Compellent's integration with the Cisco MDS Multilayer Director network switches provides midsize organizations with enterprise-class features to help simplify storage management. The Cisco MDS 9124 24-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch features 24 ports and is capable of 1, 2, and 4 Gbps speeds. The Cisco storage switch also offers an easy point-and-click wizard and full interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. with the Compellent SAN to simplify SAN setup and management. "Cisco and Compellent have been widely recognized for reducing complexity in networking and data storage," said John Growdon, director for Datacenter Worldwide Channels for Cisco. "Combining Cisco's MDS Multilayer Director switch technology with the Compellent SAN provides simplified management, cost-effectiveness and performance to organizations of all sizes as the critical IT foundation for their data centers." As with other enhancements to its SAN, Compellent serves as a single contact point for Cisco MDS Multilayer Director switches from installation through on-going support. Compellent is part of Cisco Multilayer Director Solution Technology Integrator (STI STI systolic time intervals. ) program for the Fiber Channel Switch Products and is fully integrated with Cisco's SmartNet program providing joint customers end-to-end technical support. "Offering Cisco technology in the Compellent SAN gives our customers more choice of innovative, enterprise-class components that extend and enhance Storage Center," Bruce Kornfeld, vice president of marketing for Compellent. "Support for Cisco's Fibre Channel switch is another example of how Compellent's standards-based hardware architecture gives users the freedom to grow as their needs dictate." Compellent is one of Cisco's 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 ) and STI partners authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: to sell the MDS products through Compellent's network of business partners. Compellent's Cisco switch bundles starts at $8,340 with an 8-port Cisco MDS 9124 Fibre Channel chassis and redundant power supply. Optional 8-port expansion bundles start at $3,440. Compellent plans to offer additional Cisco MDS switches over time. About Compellent Compellent is a leading provider of enterprise-class network storage solutions that are highly scalable, feature-rich and designed to be easy to use and cost effective. |
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