LightSand Introduces its FICON Extension Solution

LightSand, a start-up based in Milpitas, California announced a family of solutions for extending FICON over IP, SONET/SDH, or dedicated fiber without requiring SAN switches. FICON (FIbre CONnection) is IBM’s preferred method of connecting its mainframe computers to storage devices such as the Enterprise Storage System (Shark). Native FICON is limited to 10 km. The cornerstone of LightSand’s architecture is a product that extends traditional FICON links over distance using conventional IP. LightSand is also providing a SONET gateway. The two products can transport 290 MBytes/sec from one site to another across a single SONET link or DWDM wavelength.
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