Sprint, Cisco and Hitachi Extend Fibre Channel over IP to 5700 km

Sprint, in partnership with Cisco Systems and Hitachi Data Systems, successfully tested asynchronous data replication over an IP network using Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) technology at a distance of more than 3,600 miles (5,700 km). The demonstration was conducted using an FCIP connection originating from a Sprint lab located in Overland Park, Kansas. Optical cross-connect devices at Sprint's Burlingame, California lab created a continuous loop back to the Overland Park lab, simulating a point-to-point FCIP connection. The test used private Sprint circuits, Cisco MDS 9000 SAN switches with the Cisco MDS 9000 IP Storage Services modules and Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 V Series systems, running Hitachi TrueCopy data replication software.
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