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SAN DIEGO, June 3, 2003 , - JNI® Corporation
(Nasdaq: JNIC) today introduced the JNIC-2010, the industry’s first Fibre
Channel controller with an integrated SPI interface and a high-performance FC-4
protocol stack powered by JNI's X8TM architecture. The JNIC-2010 is a dual-channel,
2 gigabits per second (2Gb) Fibre Channel controller with a performance level
of 70K I/Os per second (IOPS) per port and 140K IOPS aggregate, both in initiator
and target mode. The performance provided by the JNIC-2010 enables the development
of innovative next generation Storage Area Network (SAN) products such as multiprotocol
switches, storage virtualization systems, and next generation storage arrays.
The X8 architecture is the precursor to a new generation of Fibre Channel controller
architectures for servers, which will achieve performance levels of 150K IOPS
per port in 4Gb and 10Gb fabrics.
The JNIC-2010 represents a new approach to the implementation
of storage and switching devices by allowing system developers to incorporate
Fibre Channel functionality without having to write Fibre Channel drivers. The
X8 architecture provides an independent Tensilica® processor running a full
FC-4 stack for each of the Fibre Channel ports. The stacks fully terminate the
Fibre Channel protocol, providing standard SCSI commands to the user at the SPI
interface level. The JNIC-2010 supports automatic configuration for SAN topologies
and speeds, as well as full dynamic device discovery and support for standard
fabric and arbitrated loop commands.
This new controller provides a combined full-duplex data transfer
rate of up to 800 megabytes per second (MB/sec) through its Fibre Channel interfaces.
In addition to the performance advantages provided by the embedded FC-4 architecture,
the ASIC incorporates patented buffer management and packet processing technologies
that allow a “cut-through” mode with less port-to-port latency. The
JNIC-2010's 32-bit 112MHz SPI-3 bus has a bandwidth of 3.6Gb, and is fully compatible
with the Optical Internetworking Forum SPI-3 standard. Additionally, the JNIC-2010
provides a capability to customize the data flow on the SPI-3 bus, allowing the
ASIC to simultaneously support two other devices through the SPI interface.
"Candera needed a SPI-3 based Fibre Channel chip for our
high availability network storage controller that provided both high performance
and low latency," said S. “Sundi” Sundaresh, President and CEO
of Candera Inc. "Leveraging the embedded FC-4 stack in the JNIC-2010 has
enabled Candera to be first to market with an enterprise-grade network storage
controller that gives storage managers the independence to simply and optimally
provision and monitor storage capacity across any storage, any switch, any server."
"The X8 architecture of the JNIC-2010 controller represents
a first step in a family of scalable, wire-speed performance Fibre Channel controllers
for both host and embedded applications," said Sassan Teymouri, Vice President
of Semiconductor Operations at JNI. "By using the JNIC-2010, system designers
can spend time optimizing overall system performance rather than developing Fibre
Channel protocol software."
"The JNIC-2010 advanced Fibre Channel to SPI-3 controller
is an excellent example of a highly-integrated design featuring multiple Tensilica
Xtensa microprocessor cores to deliver blinding I/O performance at wire speeds,"
said Bernie Rosenthal, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing, Tensilica, Inc.
The JNIC-2010 controllers are now available to qualified OEMs.
A developer's kit is available upon request. For more information, contact JNI
at 1-877-282-5516 or by email at sales@jni.com.
About JNI Corporation
JNI Corporation is one of the leading manufacturers of connectivity products for
the enterprise data center and the leading provider of Fibre Channel-based host
bus adapters
(HBAs) for Solaris servers. JNI offers a broad line of Fibre Channel HBAs, InfiniBand
Host Channel Adapters, storage ASICs and software. The products operate on Solaris,
Windows 2000, Windows NT, HP-UX, AIX and Linux systems. JNI customers, distributors
and strategic partners include Acal Electronics, Ltd., Arrow Electronics, Bell
Microproducts, Brocade, Chaparral, Crossroads, EMC, Eurologic, GE Access, HP,
Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, Info-X, LSI Logic, McDATA, Mellanox, Nishan Systems,
StorageTek, Sun Microsystems, TidalWire and Veritas. Company headquarters are
in San Diego, with offices throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. www.jni.com.
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