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Finisar Adds SATA Protocol to Its Industry-Leading Xgig SAS Jammer
New Capability Will Enhance Xgig Jammer's Versatility in SAN Testing
SUNNYVALE, CA, Oct 31, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Finisar
Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), a leading provider of fiber optic subsystems
and network test and monitoring solutions, today introduced the latest
iteration to its market-leading storage area network (SAN) testing product,
the Xgig(R) Jammer. This new release, version 2.6, adds serial ATA (SATA)
protocol testing capabilities at both 1.5 and 3.0 Gb/s to the Jammer's
previously supported protocols, which include Fibre Channel, Ethernet
and serial attached SCSI (SAS).
Recent industry research expects data storage requirements to double every
18-24 months over the next several years, prompting IT managers to look
for the most efficient means of storage. Serial storage technologies such
as SATA and SAS are being adopted due to their low cost, reliability and
performance density. According to industry analysts, nearly every major
vendor is currently shipping SATA drives, for low cost and nearline storage
applications within a larger storage framework.
"Finisar created the latest version of the Xgig Jammer to specifically
address our customers' growing requirements for tiered storage offerings,"
said Dave Buse, senior vice president and general manager of the Network
Tools Group, Finisar. "As network data storage systems continue to
grow in complexity, our customers need solutions that provide a thorough
and reliable testing process so that issues can be addressed in advance
to minimize costly down time and critical loss of data."
The Jammer tool, developed by Finisar, helps engineers speed up testing
of protocol compliance and create "what-if" scenarios by allowing
user specified modification of actual network protocol traffic. The newly
enhanced Xgig Jammer now has the ability to bring these same testing capabilities
to SATA traffic as have been proven in development labs for Fibre Channel,
Ethernet and SAS, for years. The product provides a way to arbitrarily
simulate almost any conceivable error test case, which allows developers
to improve error checking, enable shorter testing cycles, and speed time-to-market
for their storage products. Utilizing its SAS/SATA specific hardware (blade),
the Xgig platform not only supports SAS and SATA but also their associated
Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP), SATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) and SAS Management
Protocol (SMP) embedded protocols. In addition, Xgig supports out-of-band
(OOB) signaling and spread spectrum clocking (SSC). Using the updated
Xgig Maestro software application framework, a single instance of the
Xgig Jammer can control "jamming" on as many as 64 SAS and/or
SATA links.
The Xgig Jammer can be used in conjunction with the Xgig Analyzer. The
Jammer generates errors for testing purposes, and then the Analyzer captures
and displays network traffic associated with the recovery from the change.
This setup allows testers to view traffic both before and after changes
to validate the change. As well, the Analyzer can provide testers with
answers as to the target device's response to this modification. In this
way, testers can get a full view of tests before, during and after to
get complete coverage of all cases.
The enhanced Finisar Xgig Jammer 2.6 is currently available. For more
information about Finisar's proven solutions for storage network optimization
and management.
About Finisar
Finisar Corporation is a technology leader for fiber optic subsystems
and network performance test systems. These products enable high-speed
data communications for networking and storage applications over Gigabit
Ethernet Local Area Networks (LANs), Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks
(SANs), and Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) using Fibre Channel, IP
and SONET/SDH protocols. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Pricing and Availability
Gillaspy Associates solutions are currently shipping to leading-edge customers.
Register on our website for a demonstration
For more detailed information, product configurations and pricing please
contact Gillaspy Associates at 805-386-0700
Since 1997, Gillaspy Associates has built
a solid reputation for developing strong relationships with our customers
by providing quality solutions and ongoing support.
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