ODS ANNOUNCES 100BASEVG FAST ETHERNET PRODUCT PLANS AT VGNET '95.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 1995--Today, Optical Data Systems, Inc. (ODS (Operational Data Store) A database designed for queries on transactional data. An ODS is often an interim or staging area for a data warehouse, but differs in that its contents are updated in the course of business, whereas a data warehouse contains static data. ), (NASDAQ-NMS: ODSI (Open Directory Services Interface) A programming interface from Microsoft for gaining access to network naming services and directory services. ) announced several new hub modules that will support the 100BaseVG fast Ethernet standard. The modules will be compatible with all ODS Infinity Hubs and will offer 10 Mbps Ethernet customers an impressive and cost-effective migration path to the 100BaseVG specification. Modules offered will include an 18 port user card with RJ45 connectors and a 100BaseVG management module with full SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. and RMON (Remote MONitoring) Enhancements to the management information base (MIB) structure used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP). In 1991, RMON added comprehensive network monitoring capabilities. support. The 1094-VG18 100BaseVG Ethernet module supports 18 users via RJ45 connectors and one optional port module supporting an AUI, 100BaseVG, or 10BaseFL connector. The 1094-VG18 provides on-board retiming and work- group switching. The work-group may be software or hardware switched to any of the four backplanes or to the 1094-VG18's local segment. "ODS' solution provides more 100BaseVG user ports than any other vendor on the market today," said Joe Head, Senior Vice President ODS. He added, "that working with the 1095 Infinity chassis, you could load up to 11 18-port user cards and a management module and provide support for up to 198 100BaseVG users. ODS 100BaseVG modules are expected to be available second quarter 1995. Pricing will begin at $7,900 for the 1094-VG18 module. Optical Data Systems, Inc. (ODS) -------------------------------- Optical Data Systems provides intelligent hubs and related computer networking and internetworking products. ODS' products support the four industry standards currently in use today: Ethernet, Token ring, Fiber Distributed Data Interface See FDDI. Fiber Distributed Data Interface - (FDDI) A 100 Mbit/s ANSI standard local area network architecture, defined in X3T9.5. The underlying medium is optical fibre (though it can be copper cable, in which case it may be called CDDI) and the topology is a (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. ) as well as the newer 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. (ATM). ODS' products -- intelligent hubs -- integrate user modules, network management modules, multi-protocol bridges and routers and other accessory products into complex LANs, MANs and WANs enabling customers to create an integrated, highly reliable network infrastructure to support their heterogeneous computing environment. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: ODS is a trademark of Optical Data Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: ODS, San Francisco Robert Hoskins, Product Marketing Manager, 214/301-3811 or Fax: 214/301-3893 or Internet: roberth at jmd.ods.com |
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