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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JUNE 9, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 23
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Breaking News -
Networking:
APCON Showcases New Blades At
SuperComm 2003
APCON, Inc., a leading provider of network solutions and intelligent
physical
layer switches for Fibre Channel, Ethernet and SONET, announced a new family
of 10-Gigabit blades designed for the company's line of physical layer
switches, at SuperComm 2003, Atlanta. The new set of blades gives existing and
new customers the ability to more effectively test advanced gigabit
technology, while cutting the costs to do so.
The blade family consists of three models supporting 10-Gb/s Fibre Channel,
10-Gigabit Ethernet and OC-192. Designed for APCON's IntellaPatch 144 and
IntellaPatch 64 physical layer switch line, each four-port blade works with
both XFP transceivers and single-mode/multi-mode LC fiber optic cables. Both
switch models offer a "wire-once" solution, eliminating manual patching and
re-patching, and providing non-blocking, any-to-any connections at wire
speed.
"10-Gig Ethernet products are just starting to hit the market, while
companies
such as QLogic and Emulex are all pushing to get their 10-Gig Fibre Channel
product out the door by the end of the year. Our switch, loaded with the 10-
Gig blade, will enable these early adopters to get their products to market
faster. In addition, this announcement puts APCON in position to work with the
leading-edge companies who are developing the next wave of networking
solutions," said Richard Rauch, APCON CEO and president.
"What our customers are looking for is a way to move through their test
processes quickly and accurately -- basically they want to get in and out of
the lab as fast as they can and get their product to market first. By placing
our 10-Gig switch in their test bed, they can evaluate interoperability,
increase test repeatability, remotely configure and automate management of
their test sequences," continued Rauch.
Enhancing Interoperability Test Connectivity
Lab environment configurations generally require multiple fiber optic
connections between various switches and routers, servers, storage systems,
peripherals, and operating systems. These connections are made by manual
patching and re-patching. IntellaPatch switches permit engineers to automate
fail-over testing, conduct electronic simulation of cable pulls, share
analyzers and other test devices, multicast traffic generators to multiple
ports (1 to N) and enable reconfiguration of these environments within seconds
using APCON Control software or a variety of flexible scripting options.
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