Network Analyzers (Electrical)
Port Analyzer Adapter offers performance monitoring.
Press Release Summary:
Cisco MDS 9000 offers network analysis and troubleshooting as well as integration with Cisco Fabric Manager. It assists users implementing multiprotocol-capable SAN infrastructure by providing security and manageability to consolidate geographically dispersed SANs. When used with optional Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Server
Package, adapter records original size of truncated Fibre Channel frames as they are encapsulated and transferred over Ethernet.
Original Press Release:
Cisco MDS 9000 Port Analyzer Adapter, Enhanced: New Version Improves Performance Monitoring
Overview
The Cisco MDS 9000 family is designed to offer investment
protection, flexibility, scalability, robustness, advanced diagnostics, and integration for workgroup and enterprise SANs.
A new model is now available within the Cisco Systems Multilayer Switch Product family, the Cisco MDS 9000 Port Analyzer Adapter, Enhanced (2061-PA2). This new model is designed to provide enhanced performance monitoring functionality that can help your network analysis and troubleshooting as well as integration with Cisco Fabric Manager.
When used with the optional Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Server
Package, the enhanced Port Analyzer Adapter is designed to record the original size of truncated Fibre Channel frames as they are encapsulated and transferred over Ethernet. This allows the Cisco Fabric Manager Server Package to accurately calculate and display performance data without requiring the forwarding of full data traffic frames over Ethernet.
The Cisco MDS 9000 family provides products that are designed to assist users implementing a multiprotocol-capable SAN
infrastructure with advanced intelligence that helps address
demands for the security, performance, and manageability
required to consolidate geographically dispersed SANs.
Key prerequisites
Cisco Systems Multilayer Switch and Directors are designed to support:
Servers
o IBM eserver pSeries® and selected RS/6000® servers
o IBM eserver iSeries® and selected AS/400® servers
o IBM eserver xSeries® and selected Netfinity® servers
o Other Intel(TM)-based servers with Linux, and Microsoft(TM) Windows(TM) 2000 and Windows 2003
o Selected Sun and HP servers
Storage systems
o IBM TotalStorage® Enterprise Storage Server(TM)
o IBM TotalStorage FAStT Family of Storage Servers
o IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller
o IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape System 3590 and 3592
o IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Library 3494
o IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller 3592 Model J70
o IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller 3590 Model A60
o IBM 3582, 3583, and 3584 Ultrium LTO Tape Libraries, and
o Other selected storage systems
At a glance
o Cisco MDS 9000 Port Adapter Analyzer, Enhanced (2061-PA2), designed for improved performance monitoring functionality, helps analyze and troubleshoot your network as well as integrate
with Cisco Fabric Manager.
The Cisco Systems MDS 9000 family offers:
o Virtual SAN (VSAN) hardware for SAN environments with added scalability and resilience
o Security for large enterprise SANs
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE001
Planned availability date
May 7, 2004
