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EFCM 9.0 Simplifies Management of McDATA Products
and Multi-Vendor Storage Networks
McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq:MCDTA) (Nasdaq:MCDT), a leading
provider of data access solutions, announced the release of Enterprise
Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) 9.0. This new software release
marks a giant step forward, bundling and building upon three
previously separate McDATA management applications to create one
powerful, yet easy to use, storage network management platform. EFCM
9.0 provides advanced multi-vendor fabric management, performance
monitoring, and security features to optimize and protect resources,
while reducing administration time and costs.
EFCM 9.0 offers sophisticated management capabilities and
unmatched scalability for today's heterogeneous, fast growing,
multi-site SANs with end-to-end topology visualization from HBA to the
storage array, including switches, routers and extension devices. Its
support for a tiered 'manager of managers' deployment model allows
centralized management of multiple remote networks through a single
pane of glass, driving efficiencies and reducing costs. With
integrated support for management of routed, extended and iSCSI
networks, EFCM 9.0 simplifies and automates configuration and zoning
of multi-protocol, multi-site fabrics. And its modularity and
scalability allow businesses to add scale and advanced functionality
as their SAN grows and evolves, requiring fewer licenses and lower
costs.
"As networks get larger and more complex, management of those
networks becomes more difficult and time consuming," said Raj Das,
vice president of product marketing, McDATA. "EFCM 9.0 simplifies the
task by offering centralized management, multi-vendor support and
better scalability which will consolidate infrastructure management."
This new software release provides support for the latest features
across McDATA switch and director portfolio, including its 4 and 10
Gb/s interfaces for maximum application performance and throughput,
Open Trunking to optimize data flows and reduce inter-switch links
(ISLs), its newly released Open VSANs as well as SAN LPARs for
superior network segmentation and security in consolidated networks.
It also provides support for McDATA's advanced diagnostics, including
Preventive Optics Monitoring, Hot Device Detection, Port Fencing and
Threshold Alerts to quickly troubleshoot and isolate problems,
protecting against outages and network threats.
Added security enhancements in the new software include support
for standards-based features such as Authentication/CHAP Management,
RADIUS server, Secure Shell version 2 (SSH2), and more.
McDATA's EFCM 9.0 is available now from McDATA and independent
McDATA resellers.
About McDATA (www.mcdata.com)
McDATA (Nasdaq:MCDTA) (Nasdaq:MCDT) is the leading provider of
data access solutions, helping customers build, globally connect,
optimize and centrally manage data infrastructures across SAN, MAN and
WAN environments. With nearly 25 years experience developing SAN
products, services and solutions, McDATA is the trusted partner in the
world's largest data centers, connecting more than two-thirds of all
networked data.
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uncertain and forward-looking. Factors that could cause actual results
to differ and vary materially from expectations include, but are not
limited to, McDATA's relationships with EMC, IBM and Hitachi Data
Systems and the level of their orders, aggressive price competition by
numerous other SAN and IP switch suppliers, OEM qualification of our
new products -- such as the Intrepid 10000 Director, integration of
CNT's sales and marketing functions, manufacturing constraints,
constraints in obtaining third party product for resale and other risk
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