ADVA Optical Networking wins McDATA OPENready certificiation to support 10-Gbit/sec connectivity up to 190-km
July 7, 2005 Mahwah, NJ and Munich, Germany -- ADVA Optical Networking announced that it has passed OPENready qualification testing with McDATA, a provider of storage networking platforms. ADVA says its Fiber Service Platform (FSP) has been tested and is now qualified as interoperable with McDATA's Intrepid 10000 Backbone Director (i10K) for support of 10Gbit/sec inter-switch links (ISLs) over distances of up to 190 km at full bandwidth.
The companies say that by reducing the number of ISLs required between data centers for a given level of bandwidth, enterprises can reduce total cost and networking complexity when jointly deploying the ADVA and McDATA products. The companies say that deploying their systems together offers enterprises a cost-effective and seamless platform in metropolitan and regional areas for even the most bandwidth-intensive applications, including business continuity, disaster recovery, remote storage on demand, and mainframe and server clustering. According to the companies, with the combined platform, enterprises can cut capital and operational expenses for networking, because fewer ISLs are required. Six 10-Gbit/sec ISLs, for example, provide superior bandwidth performance to 40 2-Gbit/sec ISLs, at significantly reduced equipment and maintenance costs, according to the companies.
ADVA notes that its FSP's support for multiple types of WDM (eight-channel CWDM, 64-channel DWDM, and hybrid CWDM/DWDM) enables enterprises to build a multi-data center infrastructure now, while preserving flexibility for future growth. For example, according to the company, enterprises can start implementations with low-cost CWDM technology and then add 10Gbit/sec ISLs between their McDATA i10K directors incrementally, as their business needs dictate.
"Our Intrepid 10000 delivers the ultra-high availability and backbone functionality required by global enterprise customers, while the ADVA FSP delivers unmatched networking power and flexibility," remarks Doug Ingraham, vice president of hardware platforms for McDATA. "Using our systems together helps enterprise users build out a Global Enterprise Data Infrastructure that will reduce total costs through unmatched disaster recovery, and data protection while providing users access to geographically dispersed information at all times."
"Enterprise demand for 10Gbit/sec transport over WDM is growing into mainstream deployment. The performance, simplicity, and cost benefits of 10G deployments have improved substantially and are helping drive industry adoption. Our expanded partnership solution is very important to meet our customers' evolving needs," adds Brian P. McCann, chief marketing and strategy officer with ADVA.
ADVA says its FSP is a portfolio of optical networking products designed specifically for the delivery of high-speed services and network infrastructure in the metropolitan area. Employing technologies such as CWDM, DWDM, and TDM, the company says its FSP systems enable up to 512 applications ranging from speeds of 8-Mbit/sec to 10-Gbit/sec to be transported over a single fiber pair up to 500 km. The products portfolio includes the FSP 150, FSP 1500, FSP 2000, FSP 3000, and FSP Management Suite.
"Enterprise bandwidth demand continues to grow and always requires the highest effective throughput at the highest speed and lowest latency. Today, 10-Gbit/sec networking combined with WDM provides the truly best-of-breed solution," maintains Greg Schulz, senior analyst with the Evaluator Group. "ADVA's announcement of OPENReady status for support of 10-Gbit/sec ISLs demonstrates a partner ecosystem that enables enterprises to reconsider how to implement network resources to best meet their bandwidth needs."