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Spirent Enhances Data Center Performance Benchmarking with New Fibre Channel Test Module

26th November 2009

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Responding to the performance demands of dynamic, terabit-capacity data centers, Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT), the global leader in enterprise network testing, today introduced the Spirent HyperMetrics 2/4/8Gb Fibre Channel test module. By leveraging a holistic, unified test system, data center operators, network equipment vendors and system integrators can test every aspect of tomorrow’s converged networks pre and post deployment.

“With data center applications pushing the need for greater and faster storage while increasing connectivity efficiencies, it’s vital to test the performance of new converged FCoE and native Fibre Channel networks and switches,” said Tim Jefferson, general manager, Converged Core Solutions group, Spirent Communications. “Spirent has been pioneer in Fibre Channel testing for more than a decade and is now driving a new set of benchmarking methodologies to meet the requirements of a new generation of data center implementations.”

The 2/4/8 Gigabit HyperMetrics Fibre Channel test module enables developers and IT managers to understand performance at true data center scale and identifies issues before they impact the live network. In conjunction with Spirent HyperMetrics 10GbE Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) test module, the Fibre Channel solution delivers the industry’s first layer 2-7 converged data center performance benchmarking test system. Together, they reduce the total cost of ownership by eliminating the complexity of multiple systems and significantly shorten the learning curve.