Xgig has new functionality for both SAS/SATA and Fibre Channel continuing the tradition of providing the most complete set of tools for your protocol testing and analysis needs! This summer Finisar released Jammer and Generator for SAS/SATA and will release Load Tester for Fibre Channel shortly.

The Finisar Jammer is an Xgig-based blade and software combination that will allow its users to test that devices within a network recover from a variety of error conditions without data loss or corruption. With Xgig Jammer, testers can manipulate traffic on a connection between two actual network devices, in real-time, and verify that the devices respond as expected.

The Xgig Generator connects to users' systems and supports arbitrary creation of SAS protocol traffic at 1.5, 3.0, or 6.0 Gb/s, and SATA traffic at 1.5 and 3.0 Gb/s, allowing emulation of either SAS or SATA devices. The tool also includes support for the SAS sub-protocols, Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP), SATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) and SAS Management Protocol (SMP). With Generator, companies can accelerate bring-up, regression, and manufacturing testing—to name just a few possibilities.

The Xgig Fibre Channel Load Tester eliminates the need for creating complex test setups comprised of multiple servers and storage arrays by enabling users to construct fully-meshed data communication topologies, generate traffic loads, and monitor both transmitted and received data streams.

Learn More about SAS/SATA Jammer

Learn More about SAS/SATA Generator

Learn more about Fibre Channel Load Tester

FCoE Activities Underway!

FCoE Blog Launched!

The following is a blurb from our latest article on our new FCoE blog!

Excellent progress is being made in the design and deployment of reliable FCoE equipment. However, for FCoE to become one of the standards that reaches market faster than others, those companies invested in its success must take a firm hand in overcoming the concerns that threatens to forestall its advantages. Clearly, counting on the industry to accept FCoE because it's a good idea is not enough.

What other fear factors threaten to delay FCoE?
What can the industry as a whole do to address these fears?

Be a part of our FCoE community

FCoE Interoperability Testing Underway!

On June 4th, Finisar participated at a QLogic hosted "Test Drive" event with over 50 software engineers and developers from over a dozen companies to test hardware and software interoperability. The next FCoE interoperability testing will be held at UNH the week of September 15th and is hosted by the FCIA.

For more information on QLogic's Test Drive

For more information about the FCoE Plugfest

Let us know what you think

We continually are trying to improve our online capabilities. This month, we'd like to ask you to take a survey to tell us what is important to you as well as whether we're meeting your expectations. As a thank you for your time, everyone who completes the survey will receive a $10 gift card to Amazon.com.

Web site survey

New Customer Portal Coming Soon

Due to the success of the current software download portal, Finisar is expanding to a more full service customer portal. We anticipate releasing the new portal to you by the end of the summer!

New features include:

Case Management

You will now be able to open your own service requests and all interaction can be done through the portal.
All requests you submit into the new portal will be accessible even after resolved.

Software Portal

The software portal is migrating to the new portal so that you'll have a "one-stop shop" for all of your needs.

Knowledge Base

Search various topics to troubleshoot potential problems or get more information.

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