Cisco Systems is beefing up its investment in Storage area Networking (SAN) with the introduction of scalability and investment protection in the new Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director. The company claims the new switch is designed to scale up to 528 ports in a single-chassis, the latest addition to the Cisco MDS 9000 family.
Other innovations which Cisco unveiled with the MDS 9513 at Storage Networking World in San Diego, California, last night, were: Cisco SAN-OS Software Release 3.0; and 4 gigabits per seconds (Gbps) and 10 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules for use in new and existing MDS 9000 Family products. The new products retain the complete MDS 9000 feature set including Virtual SANs (VSANs), Inter-VSAN Routing, and advanced management, diagnostic and security features. Additionally, new features in SAN-OS 3.0 include advanced port bandwidth management and enhanced FICON capability.
"These new innovations demonstrate Cisco's commitment to storage networking. By taking advantage of Cisco's high performance data switching expertise and listening closely to our customers' needs, Cisco was able to quickly become a major provider in the SAN market. Cisco will continue to push the technology envelope as well as collaborate closely with our storage partners such as EMC, HDS, HP, and IBM, to deliver SAN solutions that solve our customers' business issues," said Sharat Sinha, Director of the Products and Technology Group for Asia Pacific, Cisco Systems.
The Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director and the new modules are expected to be generally available through Cisco's OSM and STI partners starting in May.
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