They build redundancy simply by using additional bundles of switch ports, which increase the complexity, reduce capacity, and expose the user to failures resulting from processor or port-card downtime. McDATA has built in redundancy and reliability into its true director-class product. With its patented Viper ASIC and Serial Crossbar technology, McDATA is the only vendor with the building blocks for fully scalable and seamless storage networks with a full portfolio of highly reliable and scalable directors and switches. Additionally, McDATA is at the forefront of interoperability research and the delivery of tested, proven applications. To McDATA, interoperability is both fundamental and critical.
Standards play a critical role in product development and interoperability.
Standards, by definition, are an industry-wide cooperative endeavor. To assert ownership violates the spirit and intent of these organizations. McDATA has an on going commitment to the advancement of Fibre Channel technology and its standards. McDATA is a member of all the SAN standards organizations. We have driven and co-authored numerous standards in these organizations.