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News Release from: Avago Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 02 November 2004
Fibre channel performance benchmark
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Agilent Technologies have announced the results of a successful 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FCAL) interoperability test.
Advancing the Fibre Channel interface standard is expected to benefit enterprise server and storage customers who require the fastest, most reliable systems for storage area network, file sharing, workgroup and scientific/engineering environments Design engineers have established a 4Gbit/s FCAL connection between Agilent's Tachyon DX4+ PCI-X and Tachyon QX4 PCI Express Fibre Channel controllers and a Hitachi 4Gbit/s hard disk drive prototype
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Commands and data were successfully transmitted between the two devices through Agilent's 4Gbit/s SFP fibre-optic transceivers and 22-port, 4Gbit/s FCAL switch.
During the process, it was verified that Agilent's 4Gbit/s SAN tester successfully coexists with the Hitachi drive in the FC arbitrated loop.
The companies will continue to exchange hardware and jointly test products to gain additional technology insights and set new performance benchmarks.
The 4Gbit/s FCAL specification is designed to allow for a data transfer of up to 400Mbit/s half-duplex and up to 800Mbit/s full-duplex per port.
This performance has been validated on the Agilent FCAL switch with a multiport Agilent SAN test platform simulating 126 4Gbit/s devices generating full-speed traffic.
Today's announcement follows Hitachi's January 2004 demonstration of a 4Gbit/s FCAL data transfer between two fully integrated hard drive controllers.
The performance breakthrough effectively doubled the current industry-standard FCAL interface speed of 2Gbit/s. Request free introductory details about products from Avago Technologies ...
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