Industry Leader Provides High-Performance Optics Solutions and Network Test Tools Enabling FCoE Technology
-- Xgig®, a powerful unified multifunction platform used for design, test, verification and compliance of the FCoE protocol; and -- Medusa Labs Test Tool Suite, a series of benchmark speed, data integrity and application based stress test tools that allow test and interoperability engineers to better develop and validate quality products in real SAN environments in a shorter time frame, for faster time to market.Finisar also provided optics for connecting the FCoE network. The optics, which will enable high-port density and low power FCoE solutions, include:
-- 10G SFP+ short reach (SR) transceivers that will play a key role in transporting 10GBASE-SR Ethernet traffic (the underlying foundation of FCoE) between switches and adapters; and -- Laserwire™, the first serial 10 Gbps active optical cable product designed to accelerate and support 10G Ethernet server and FCoE connectivity. Laserwire is a plug-and-play datacenter cable solution that provides lightweight, flexible, low-power consumption connectivity from 3 to 30 meters. It does not require host-board receiver equalization compared to alternative solutions."Finisar is very excited to participate in the first industry wide Plugfest devoted to making FCoE a reality," said Paul Hansen, vice president of Network Tools marketing at Finisar Corporation. "Our breadth of products and solutions for FCoE truly demonstrate our commitment to forging innovative technologies in the datacenter and beyond." Fibre Channel over Ethernet - Unifying Data and Storage Networks FCoE, the standard for transporting Fibre Channel frames over Ethernet, is designed to make converged networks possible for data centers. With converged networks now on the way to becoming a reality, servers will no longer require separate interfaces for data and storage networking. IT professionals can increase functionality while reducing cost and complexity by using a single set of cables and switches. About Finisar Finisar Corporation (
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