Vixel Announces Significant New Firmware Enhancements for its Fabric Switches.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUISNESS WIRE)--April 15, 2002 Upgrades for 7000 and 9000 Series Broaden Fabric Interoperability and Add New Switch Functionality Vixel Corporation (Nasdaq:VIXL VIXL Video Cross Links VIXL Video Image Cross Link ), a leading provider of storage networking products and technologies, today announced significant new firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. enhancements for its 7000 and 9000 Series fabric switches. Both the 7000 and 9000 switches now incorporate additional features and functionality that broaden interoperability levels and increase SAN productivity. "A key element of Vixel's ongoing strategy is the continual development of fabric switch interoperability and functionality," said Claude Lorenson, director of product marketing at Vixel. "These new enhancements, as well as others planned for upcoming firmware releases later in the year, underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. Vixel's commitment to advancing the functionality of its fabric switch products with useful new features that cater to the needs of both end users and partners." Available now for the 7000 (firmware release 4.0) and 9000 (firmware release 6.1) Series fabric switches: -- World Wide Name Zoning and Hardware Enforcement This standard enables interoperable fabric switching by creating zone standards within the 7000 and 9000 that "merge" with the zoning information on other switches. As an extra layer of security, the 9000 Series has been upgraded to include hardware enforcement, which restricts traffic if a request comes from a port that is not within the zone sets defined by the World Wide Name Zone. -- Embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. Web Browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. A new Embedded Web Browser configures the switch and adds management functionality through access provision from the browser. -- Speed Link Detection This new 9000 Series feature aligns the speed at the port level to either a 1 or 2 Gb/s, depending on the environment, and includes a manual option to override the Web browser or SAN management interfaces. -- Broader Interoperability in Multivendor Switching Environments The two new firmware releases enable broader interoperability with 1 or 2 Gb/s director and department level switches from other vendors, providing highly scalable support for the 7000 and 9000 Series fabric switches and increasing enterprise-wide storage accessibility. -- Enhanced Initialization in·i·tial·ize tr.v. in·i·tial·ized, in·i·tial·iz·ing, in·i·tial·iz·es Computer Science 1. To set (a starting value of a variable). 2. To prepare (a computer or a printer) for use; boot. 3. Protocol The 9000 Series fabric switches now include fairness protocols that offer solution providers improved flexibility when integrating Vixel switches with existing storage and data networks. "Further Vixel firmware enhancements that add advanced intelligence features and additional configuration options will continue throughout 2002," added Lorenson. About Vixel Corporation Vixel Corporation is creating disruptive storage networking technologies that consistently deliver easily managed, easily integrated, high-performance interconnectivity at highly competitive prices. Vixel's InSpeed(TM) technology is a unique switching architecture designed from the ground-up as an effortlessly managed storage interconnect solution. Optimized for the needs and price requirements of storage and server suppliers, InSpeed has been designed to overcome the cost/performance barriers inhibiting broad storage networking adoption. Vixel is an industry leader in providing a new breed of embedded storage switch products that improve data access and availability to business applications -- regardless of scale. Vixel also offers a new generation of high-performance storage switches designed for businesses of all sizes that need affordable and simple Storage Area Networks (SANs). As a leading provider of SAN solutions, Vixel's comprehensive portfolio of technology offerings also includes multivendor certified solutions, Fibre Channel switches Major manufacturers of Fibre Channel switches are: Brocade, Cisco, McData and Qlogic.
(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified company. For more information, visit Vixel's web site at www.vixel.com. Vixel Corporation is headquartered at 11911 North Creek Parkway South, Bothell, Washington Bothell is a city located in the state of Washington. The population was 30,150 at the time of the 2000 census. Prior to annexation and the 2000 census, the northern portions of Bothell which lie in Snohomish County were considered a part of the Alderwood Manor-Bothell North 98011 and can be contacted by phone at 425/806-5509 or e-mail at marketing@vixel.com. Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such a difference include risks affecting performance and market acceptance of Vixel's products, Vixel's ability to meet its quality and performance standards, development of the storage area network, or SAN market, the competitiveness and performance of Vixel's products in the rapidly changing SAN market, the ability of Vixel to meet evolving product standards required by customers and others involved in the distribution channel for SAN products, the ability of Vixel to establish additional customers for its InSpeed technology and to further penetrate the Embedded Storage switch and Rich Media markets and the acceptance of embedded switch technology generally. Further information on the factors and risks that could affect Vixel's business, financial condition and results of operations, are contained in Vixel's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , which is available at www.sec.gov. All logos, trademarks and names contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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