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Finisar Demonstrates Multiple Products in Fibre Channel Over
Ethernet (FCoE) Plugfest
Industry Leader Provides High-Performance Optics Solutions and Network
Test Tools Enabling FCoE Technology
SUNNYVALE, CA, Sep 16, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Finisar
Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), a global technology leader in fiber optic
communication and test and measurement solutions for high-speed networks,
today announced its participation in the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Plugfest hosted by the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA). Finisar
is providing a lead testing role by demonstrating its 10G SFP+ short reach
transceiver, Xgig(R) protocol analyzer, Laserwire(TM) active optical cable,
and Medusa Labs Test Tool Suite in a live FCoE environment. The FCoE Plugfest
is being held on September 15-18 at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability
Laboratory (UNH-IOL).
This event is the first industry interoperability test of FCoE technology.
FCoE intends to provide IT professionals with a simple migration path
from their existing SAN infrastructure onto a converged Ethernet based
network, combining both Fibre Channel and Ethernet fabrics. This technology
will provide greater efficiencies by reducing cables and hardware equipment
and simplifying datacenter management, while maintaining their investment
in native Fibre Channel and Ethernet products and training.
As the market share leader in SAN protocol analysis, Finisar enables its
Network Tools customers to reduce critical design time and costs without
sacrificing product reliability and quality. During the Plugfest, Finisar
will demonstrate test and analysis tools including:
-- Xgig(R), 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(TM), 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 (NASDAQ: FNSR) is a global technology leader for fiber
optic subsystems and network test systems that enable high-speed voice,
video and data communications for networking, storage, wireless, and cable
TV applications. For more than 20 years, Finisar has provided critical
optics technologies to system manufacturers to meet the increasing demands
for network bandwidth and storage. Finisar is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California, USA with R&D, manufacturing sites, and sales offices worldwide.
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