Sydney, Australia - March 31, 2011
- NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced today that it is one of
the first storage vendors to support director-class multihop Fibre
Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) with Cisco data center switches, allowing customers
to create larger data center network fabrics and drive measurable
value with speed and efficiency by connecting multiple
cost-effective FCoE switches. With director-class multihop,
customers now have the
IT flexibility to deploy FCoE in the core of large data
centers, giving them the ability to reduce cost and improve
efficiency on even greater scales.
Cisco solutions are also part of the new
NetApp® Ethernet Advantage Program, which vastly expands
NetApp's ecosystem of technology partners and portfolio of tested,
validated, and supported solutions for FCoE configurations. With
NetApp Ethernet Advantage, customers can quickly find and deploy
the right solution for their specific data center and business
needs, knowing it is fully supported and delivered by NetApp's
robust network of innovative technology partners. Together, support
for FCoE multihop and the NetApp Ethernet Advantage Program give
NetApp customers even greater choice and flexibility when migrating
to FCoE infrastructures by allowing them to leverage their
relationships with trusted vendors through NetApp's extensive
ecosystem of technology partners.
News Facts
- New support for director-class FCoE allows customers to build
highly available, highly scalable, multiprotocol storage networks.
Multihop FCoE support also gives customers the ability to expand
their network into the core of data centers more cost effectively
than with traditional methods.
- NetApp Ethernet Advantage includes solutions from key NetApp
solution partners like Broadcom, Cisco, Chelsio, and Intel, giving
customers more flexibility in how they migrate their data centers
today and prepare for the future.
- NetApp Ethernet Advantage, a program with more than 200
configurations, provides technology partners with standards by
which they may qualify new and updated solutions. This approach
allows customers to quickly identify and deploy the right solution
for their data center.
Solution Detail
- NetApp will resell the Cisco Nexus 5548 PU Switch and will
support multihop with the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series, the Nexus 7000 Series, and MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors with the addition
of an FCoE module. The Cisco Nexus 5548P is currently available worldwide and
the Nexus 7000 Series Switch and MDS 9500 Series Multilayer
Directors with an FCoE module are scheduled to be supported
worldwide in May 2011.
- NetApp supports end-to-end FCoE solutions with Windows®
Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL)-certified converged network
adapters.
Supporting Quotes
- Chris Cummings, vice president of Product and Solutions
Marketing, NetApp
"A core component of our strategy to help customers build shared IT infrastructures and how
we provide complete solutions is how closely we work with our
solutions partners. Together, we give our customers the flexibility
they need to efficiently move to converged FCoE infrastructures at
the pace their business dictates. And with FCoE multihop support
and the NetApp Ethernet Advantage Program, we're expanding how
quickly and effectively customers can make that transition."
- Umesh Mahajan, vice president and general manager for Data
Center Switching Technology Group at Cisco
"Cisco is advancing 10-Gigabit Ethernet in the data center with
director-class FCoE multihop, and we're proud to work with other
industry leaders like NetApp. With innovative solutions and strong
relationships with other industry solutions leaders, we're helping
our customers reduce costs and simplify their data centers by
consolidating around flexible FCoE solutions."
- Jason Beckham, vice president of Information Technology at
Payformance
"With NetApp we have a total business solution, not just a storage
solution. By moving to NetApp FCoE solutions, we can support all of
our protocols on a single storage platform and connect with a
single cable, which saved us up to 50% on fabric costs over Fibre
Channel. But because we went with NetApp, we also increased
efficiency and reduced our data pool by 50% simply by using the
built-in storage efficiency features within Data ONTAP®. This
has greatly reduced our TCO and we have much more flexibility to
address our customers' changing and growing needs."
Additional Resources
About NetApp
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that deliver outstanding cost efficiency and accelerate business
breakthroughs. Discover our passion for helping companies around
the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.
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