In addition to migration, the company offers a range of optical testing services, tape encryption and device extension solutions for customers with FICON,
ESCON and Bus/Tag requirements.
The afternoon I flew the approach, it was severely clear of weather and traffic, but being cleared to cross
ESCON at or above 3500 and then having it missing from the moving map was kind of disconcerting.
"EMC and McDATA have shipped and installed more
ESCON ports than all other companies in the world.
"We avoided putting in the new lines with the
ESCON."
For customers who need FICON connectivity, channel extension over
ESCON or Fibre Channel over IP distance extension, the EMC Select program offers CNT products that have been tested in specific configurations.
Symmetrix z8000 is a pre-packaged, high-end networked storage solution optimized for FICON and
ESCON connectivity in mainframe environments.
Symmetrix FICON(TM) Channel Director: Delivering a significant performance improvement over traditional
ESCON connectivity limitations to IBM z/OS and OS/390 mainframes, EMC's FICON Channel Director is designed to support native FICON(TM) channel connectivity for the Symmetrix 8000 family.
The product may be used in all cases where applications must be transported over fiber, including
ESCON, ATM (OC-3), SDH (OC-3) and Fast Ethernet.
ESCON is IBM's protocol for transferring data from mainframes to storage devices.
IBM's Enterprise Systems Connection Architecture (
ESCON) channel interface, delivered in 1987, enabled tape storage to be managed across a network instead of at the central server.
"Running through our full compliment of test suites on
ESCON channels, FICON channels, PAV devices, FlashCopy, RAID-5 arrays and on the new RAID-10 format; our pre-release testing of the new SHARK models", Meehan went on, "clearly demonstrates the advantages of their increased speed and higher capacity over earlier models.
The UltraNet Xtension Director is a high-performance switch that supports
ESCON (host and remote), Bus-and-Tag (remote), SCSI and Fibre Channel I/O attachments and T1/E1, T3/E3, ATM/SONET and Ethernet IP network attachments.