Agilent Fibre Channel customers that plan to offer iSCSI solutions can use the Agilent iSCSI development kit to migrate their Fibre Channel software to the iSCSI platform. The Agilent iSCSI development kit offers a consistent API (application programming interface) across both Fibre Channel and iSCSI technologies, thereby making more efficient use of customer engineering resources and reducing time to market.

iSCSI operates with the TCP/IP protocol to enable block level data to be accessed anywhere within an Ethernet network. Because iSCSI runs over currently installed networks, it provides a cost-effective storage networking solution that's easy to install, manage and service. The iSCSI standard is designed to provide very high levels of dependability and performance, characteristics that are required for mission-critical storage applications. Agilent is a leading provider of Fibre Channel solutions for storage networks, and is also a world leader in fiber optics and ICs for the Ethernet market.   request info

"Agilent leveraged its Fibre Channel and Ethernet experience into a robust iSCSI development kit that gives our customers a head start designing their next-generation storage networking subsystems," said Julian Elliott, vice president of Agilent's Storage Networking Division. "We are applying our broad technical resources to develop an extensive portfolio of IP-SAN products that will become the heart of future storage networks."   data sheet (pdf)

Agilent's IP-SAN product plans include a range of high-performance iSCSI controllers, host bus adapters (HBAs), fiber optic transceivers, physical layer ICs and a roadmap scaling these products to 10 Gb/s (gigabits per second). Agilent was the first company to demonstrate IETF-compliant iSCSI technology at last year's fall Networld+Interop with Hewlett-Packard Company. Agilent is currently active with industry standardization efforts and interoperability testing with the industry's leading system and storage providers. Agilent plans to sample 1 Gb/s iSCSI controllers and HBAs in the first half of 2002.

Agilent Tachyon iSCSI Development Kit

The Agilent Tachyon iSCSI development kit includes a "quick start" installation card and a 66 MHz PCI development board. The iSCSI development kit also features a software development kit; API (application programming interface) supporting iSCSI initiator/target, standard networking and network offload features; programmers guide; iSCSI architecture specifications; and CD with API software, documentation and sample initiator and target drivers for Linux, Windows(R) and VxWorks operating systems. The iSCSI development kit is operating system- and hardware-independent, offers full duplex operation and provides debug and test capabilities.

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The Agilent AIPS-2000K iSCSI development kit is available today to qualified storage networking customers. More information is available at   www.agilent.com/view/storage.

Agilent Storage Networking Solutions

Agilent is a leading supplier of 1 and 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel solutions for the high performance, enterprise-class SAN market. Agilent provides integrated HBA solutions as well as industry-leading Tachyon Fibre Channel protocol chips, fiber optics, high-speed serializer/deserializer (SerDes), and port bypass ICs. Agilent has also developed IP-SAN (iSCSI) and Infiniband solutions.

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics and life sciences. The company's 43,000 employees serve customers in more than 120 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $9.4 billion in fiscal year 2000, as restated to reflect the sale of its healthcare business. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.