McDATA i10K Xtreme and EFCM 9.0 Now Available Through IBM

  
    
  
  
    
      IBM customers now have even greater flexibility when it comes to SAN 
      design now that IBM TotalStorage SAN256M is available with i10K Xtreme 
      and Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager 9.0 enhancements from McDATA 
      Corporation (Nasdaq:MCDTA)(Nasdaq:MCDT). McDATA’s 
      i10K Xtreme, packaged through IBM as SAN256M, is the first director with 
      Open VSANs, non-disruptive 4 Gb/s configuration capabilities (added to 
      previous 2 Gb/s and 10Gb/s capabilities), SAN LPARs for total SAN 
      isolation, and Open Trunking for optimized performance between directors 
      and switches.
    
    
      IBM SAN256M from McDATA provides customers with a unique set of features 
      designed for flexible SAN design and easier management. Management 
      simplicity is further achieved with EFCM 9.0, the latest McDATA software 
      release that bundles and builds upon three previously separate McDATA 
      management applications to create a single, powerful SAN 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.
    
    
      “IBM customers can stretch their storage 
      networking investments even further with the latest capabilities added 
      to IBM TotalStorage SAN product family from McDATA,” 
      said Robert Mahoney, IBMBusiness Line Executive, Storage Networking and 
      NSeries Products. “We’re 
      especially pleased to offer our customers advanced solutions which will 
      allow them to combine and manage their Open and FICON networks within a 
      single chassis.”
    
    
      SAN administrators can manage their growing networks without the need 
      for additional equipment space in the data center with IBM Total Storage 
      SAN 256M Director’s ability to support up to 
      eight, 32-port Fibre Channel switches blades within a single chassis. 
      This allows a single domain director with up to 256 full duplex, 
      auto-sensing ports to exist in a single 14U enclosure. New 4Gb/s line 
      modules, introduce with McDATA’s i10K Xtreme 
      enhancements, auto-negotiate to the highest speed of the attached host 
      or storage device. In addition, McDATA’s EFCM 
      9.0 incorporates and builds upon the core technologies of SANavigator, 
      SANvergence and EFCM to provide a single platform to manage McDATA and 
      multi-vendor storage networks.
    
    
      “McDATA remains committed to working with IBM 
      and other partners to provide customers with easier, more protected data 
      access,” said Chris Roberts, vice president 
      of OEM channel development, McDATA. “We are 
      please to team with IBM to offer their customers advanced tools for 
      simple, cost-effective storage network management.”
    
    
      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.
    
    
      Forward-Looking Statements
    
    
      This press release contains statements about expected future events that 
      are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties. Readers are 
      urged to consider statements that include the terms "believes," 
      "belief," "expects," "plans," "objectives," "estimates," "anticipates," 
      "intends," "targets," or the like to be 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 factors that are 
      disclosed in McDATA’s filings with the 
      Securities and Exchange Commission. These cautionary statements by 
      McDATA should not be construed as exhaustive or as any admission 
      regarding the adequacy of disclosures made by McDATA. All cautionary 
      statements should be read as being applicable to all forward-looking 
      statements wherever they appear. McDATA does not undertake any 
      obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, 
      whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
    
  
IBM customers now have even greater flexibility when it comes to
SAN design now that IBM TotalStorage SAN256M is available with i10K
Xtreme and Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager 9.0 enhancements
from McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq:MCDTA)(Nasdaq:MCDT). McDATA's i10K
Xtreme, packaged through IBM as SAN256M, is the first director with
Open VSANs, non-disruptive 4 Gb/s configuration capabilities (added to
previous 2 Gb/s and 10Gb/s capabilities), SAN LPARs for total SAN
isolation, and Open Trunking for optimized performance between
directors and switches.

   IBM SAN256M from McDATA provides customers with a unique set of
features designed for flexible SAN design and easier management.
Management simplicity is further achieved with EFCM 9.0, the latest
McDATA software release that bundles and builds upon three previously
separate McDATA management applications to create a single, powerful
SAN 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.

   "IBM customers can stretch their storage networking investments
even further with the latest capabilities added to IBM TotalStorage
SAN product family from McDATA," said Robert Mahoney, IBMBusiness Line
Executive, Storage Networking and NSeries Products. "We're especially
pleased to offer our customers advanced solutions which will allow
them to combine and manage their Open and FICON networks within a
single chassis."

   SAN administrators can manage their growing networks without the
need for additional equipment space in the data center with IBM Total
Storage SAN 256M Director's ability to support up to eight, 32-port
Fibre Channel switches blades within a single chassis. This allows a
single domain director with up to 256 full duplex, auto-sensing ports
to exist in a single 14U enclosure. New 4Gb/s line modules, introduce
with McDATA's i10K Xtreme enhancements, auto-negotiate to the highest
speed of the attached host or storage device. In addition, McDATA's
EFCM 9.0 incorporates and builds upon the core technologies of
SANavigator, SANvergence and EFCM to provide a single platform to
manage McDATA and multi-vendor storage networks.

   "McDATA remains committed to working with IBM and other partners
to provide customers with easier, more protected data access," said
Chris Roberts, vice president of OEM channel development, McDATA. "We
are please to team with IBM to offer their customers advanced tools
for simple, cost-effective storage network management."

   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.

   Forward-Looking Statements

   This press release contains statements about expected future
events that are forward-looking and subject to risks and
uncertainties. Readers are urged to consider statements that include
the terms "believes," "belief," "expects," "plans," "objectives,"
"estimates," "anticipates," "intends," "targets," or the like to be
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
factors that are disclosed in McDATA's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. These cautionary statements by McDATA should not
be construed as exhaustive or as any admission regarding the adequacy
of disclosures made by McDATA. All cautionary statements should be
read as being applicable to all forward-looking statements wherever
they appear. McDATA does not undertake any obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.