McDATA Announces the Successful Completion of Testing by IBM of New FICON Fabric Switch.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2004 Simplified Management and Support is Extended to the Network Edge with Sphereon(TM) Mainframe Control Unit Port (CUP) Support for 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) S/390 and zSeries Environments McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq:MCDTA) (Nasdaq:MCDT MCDT Micro Credit Development Trust SACCO (Uganda microfinance) MCDT Microsoft Certified Desktop Technician ), the expert provider of multi-capable storage networking solutions, announced that its FICON (FIber CONnector) An IBM mainframe channel introduced with its G5 servers in 1998. Based on the Fibre Channel standard, it boosts the transfer rate of ESCON's half-duplex 17MB/sec to a full-duplex 100MB/sec. Fabric Switch with in-band FICON management, otherwise known as Control Unit Port (CUP), has successfully completed 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. testing at IBM's Poughkeepsie Lab for operation within S/390 and zSeries environments. With FICON CUP, users gain access to enhanced fabric reporting as well as the ability to manage the fabric from a single console. For the first time, an edge fabric switch is now available for mainframe environments, providing FICON CUP users with the same functionality previously reserved for director solutions. "The introduction of FICON at the edge helps address the most pressing customer requirements while offering significantly lower cost barriers when customers migrate from ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. to FICON," said Cindy Grossman, IBM's Director of Disk Marketing, Storage Systems. The FICON CUP capable fabric switch allows users to extend the aggregated storage devices for better utilization. It also delivers the advanced fabric statistics and diagnostics necessary to aid administrators in preventing network blockages. This feature empowers IT professionals with more flexibility in the allocation of their link resources. When the technology is coupled with the benefits of merging mainframe and open systems networks, customer network and management costs diminish while operational performance improves. "The FICON-CUP Fabric Switch extends the value proposition of our FICON portfolio to the network edge as McDATA moves CUP management functionality to include its Sphereon fabric switches," said Peter Dougherty Reverend Father Peter Dougherty is a Catholic priest, peace activist, and specialist in non-violence. He co-founded Covenant for Peace, Great lakes Life Community, Michigan Faith and Resistance, and Michigan Peace Team. , vice president of switch platforms at McDATA Corporation. About McDATA (www.mcdata.com) McDATA (Nasdaq:MCDTA) (Nasdaq:MCDT) is the expert provider of Multi-Capable Storage Networking Solutions(TM) -- hardware, software and services -- that enable partners and customers around the world to reduce the total cost of storage management today, and be ready to adapt to the real-time information demands of tomorrow. Entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. in over 8,000 data centers worldwide, McDATA solutions are at the heart of more than 80 percent of Fortune 100 storage network data centers, powering the latest e-business applications, customer databases, financial traffic and other mission-critical data. Customers leverage McDATA's multi-capable solutions to realize immediate cost savings, reduce their investment risk, ensure the continuity of their operations and adapt to changing business requirements. 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