4G FC: Cisco MDS (+10G FC) & PMC-Sierra Controller

"Cisco Unveils New Director and Modules for MDS 9000 Family Products", April 3, 2006
　http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2006/prod_040306b.html?CMP=ILC-001
　"today announced the availability of the Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director, Cisco SAN-OS Software
　 Release 3.0, and 4- gigabits per second (Gbps) and 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules for use in
　 new and existing MDS 9000 Family products."

1/2/4-Gbps autosensing Fibre Channel modules: 12-, 24- and 48-ports
10-Gbps Fibre Channel module: 4-ports
MDS 9513 Multilayer Directorだと、最大 528ポート(1/2/4G FC)、44ポート(10G FC)まで可能だそうです。

Cisco Storage Networking
　http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/ps4159/index.html
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches
　http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/ps4159/ps4358/index.html

関連 (必読) 記事：
"Cisco Goes 4-Gig & Big", Byte and Switch News Analysis, April 03, 2006
　http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=91867



"PMC-Sierra Introduces Complete 4Gbit/s Networked Storage Architecture with High-Performance Tachyon Fibre Channel Controller", April 3, 2006
　http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=74533&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=837670
　"today announced its latest generation Tachyon(R) Fibre Channel controller, the HPFC-6600 QE4,
　 enabling a new class of high-performance networked storage systems. The quad channel 4G Fibre
　 Channel controller with PCI-Express interfaces seamlessly to PMC-Sierra's 4G Fibre Channel loop
　 switch devices, delivering a complete fabric-to-disk-drive solution for enterprise storage systems
　 (see Figure 1). In addition, the QE4 can be used with PMC-Sierra's 3G MaxSAS(TM) expander
　 switches and SAS/SATA multiplexers to enable cost-optimized tiered storage system architectures
　 (see Figure 2)."

SAS, SATA and Fibre Channel Storage Chips
　http://www.pmc-sierra.com/sas-expanders-loopswitch-chips/