I-TECH Announces the Release of the 4001 SANmark Test Suite; Continuing Our Commitment to Promoting Quality Standards and Interoperability.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers EDEN PRAIRIE Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2003 I-TECH, a technology leader in high-speed data storage testing solutions, announced today the release of the 4001 SANmark(TM) Test Suite. This test suite has been recognized under the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA FCIA See: Foreign Credit Insurance Association ) SANmark Qualified Program. The 4001 Test Suite tests the discovery and management support requirements for end devices (such as HBAs and tape drives) that support FC-MI FC-MI Fibre Channel - Methodologies for Interconnects . These tests verify that end devices are discoverable and manageable by a wide range of storage area network (SAN) management applications. The release of the 4001 Test Suite and its related SANmark Conformance con·for·mance n. Conformity. Noun 1. conformance - correspondence in form or appearance conformity agreement, correspondence - compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and Document (SCD ScD [L.] Scien´tiae Doc´tor (Doctor of Science). SCD 1 Sickle cell disease, see there 2 Subacute combined degeneration, see there 3 Sudden cardiac death, see there ) is the culmination of three Small Group Test Periods (SGTPs) at which Fibre Channel end devices were tested to determine test suite compliance with the SCD. The SGTP SGTP Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie (Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology) SGTP serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase process is a collaborative effort designed by the SANmark Qualified Program to ensure the highest quality of Fibre Channel compliance. Bill Martin, FCIA SANmark Technical Leader from Brocade, was instrumental in the completion of the SGTP process for this test suite. "The recognition of SCD-4001 through the cooperation of industry vendors advances the goal of the SANmark Qualified Program for supporting heterogeneous interoperability. As SAN management applications become more important in the overall success of a SAN, so does the industry's ability to produce devices that respond properly to those devices. The SCD-4001 test suite represents yet another step toward the end-user quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the seamless deployment," Martin commented. In addition to software for the SCD-2000 and SCD-3000 series, the I-TECH Tool Kit for SANmark Qualification now includes software for the 4001 Test Suites. The Tool Kit consists of an IFC-4 development system and software for the 2000, 3000, and 4000 Test Suites. It is ideal for script development where automated analysis isn't desirable. The Advantage(TM) Automation product family, which includes the 2000 and 3000 Test Suites, sets an industry standard in providing automated trace analysis for SANmark Qualification. Three system configurations are available. About I-TECH I-TECH Corp. is a world leader in test solutions for critical storage and network applications. I-TECH is committed to helping OEMs, partners, service providers, and end users in ensuring, building, and maintaining a solid infrastructure for data services. Founded in 1988, I-TECH enables its customers to improve the performance of their products by providing leading-edge Fibre Channel and SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. test systems. I-TECH's products offer the ideal environment for manufacturers, integrators, and end users. Learn more about I-TECH at www.i-tech.com or by calling (952) 941-5905. |
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