In the network world, the picture is quite different. Here the environment is unstructured, open and behaves much more unpredictably. All devices can talk to any other device at any time. One ...

In the past 10 years, Ethernet-based local area networks (LANs) have progressed a great deal, particularly in their data throughput capabilities. Most data communications functions take place on ...

Zoning is done at the Fibre Channel switch and segments ports on the switch into zones; devices can connect only to other devices within their own zone. LUN masking is done at the server and ...

Brocade Communications Systems on Monday launched a major upgrade to the software for its Fibre Channel switches that nets users greater availability and reliability for their storage-area networks.

Cisco is expected to introduce two Fibre Channel switches this week that will give users more choices for expanding the size of their storage-area networks. At Storage Decisions 2003, the company will ...

The Cisco MDS 9100 Series elevates the standard for Fibre Channel fabric switches, bringing Cisco Intelligent Storage Networking to small- and medium-scale storage area networks (SANs) and data center ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The standard of choice for many of the high-performance video media storage platforms is the ...

IBM today increased its support of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) by agreeing to sell FCoE switches and adapters from Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. IBM is re-branding ...