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Bay Microsystems’ ABEx® 2020 Achieves InfiniBand Compliance and Interoperability
Advanced ABEx 2020 Multiservice Transport Gateway Platform Accepted to InfiniBand Trade Association Integrator’s List
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 20, 2009 – Bay Microsystems, Inc., an innovative leader and expert in the design and development of high performance communications solutions including data center extension, announced today that its ABEx® 2020 Multiservice Transport Gateway platform has been accepted into the Integrators’ List by the InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA). Bay’s ABEx 2020, which enables InfiniBand extension over Wide Area Networks, was tested and accepted by the IBTA as being compliant with the InfiniBand architecture specification. The independent testing was performed by the IBTA at the 14th InfiniBand Compliance and Interoperability Plugfest held at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., on September 22-26, 2008.
The InfiniBand Trade Association is a global organization dedicated to maintaining and furthering the InfiniBand specification. The organization’s Integrators’ List is a compilation of all products that have been tested and accepted by the IBTA as being compliant with the InfiniBand architecture specification.
“Achieving IBTA certification is another important milestone for our ABEx product line,” said Charles Gershman, President & CEO at Bay Microsystems. “Compliance with such industry standards presents further opportunity to extend our reach into new market segments and broad customer communities. As we roll out new InfiniBand enabled products, our participation in the IBTA will help ensure seamless deployment of wide area network extension products and services.”
Built around Bay Microsystems' innovative network processor technology, the ABEx 2020 Multiservice Transport Gateway enables administrators to overcome distance limitations of InfiniBand and expand application and storage services outside the data center. The ABEx 2020 incorporates carrier-class networking services allowing InfiniBand to be reliably transported and extended to any point on the globe, across either Optical Transport, Packet Switched, or Private Networks. Delivering full line rate 4X InfiniBand SDR (10 Gbps) performance, the ABEx uses interchangeable optical transceivers for numerous connectivity options for bridging all types of InfiniBand traffic over Metro and Wide Area Networks.
About Bay Microsystems
Bay Microsystems is a leading expert in the field of high-speed communications. The company develops cutting edge network solutions including scalable network architectures, systems, software and highly complex integrated circuits in support of commercial and government initiatives. The company leverages these innovations into products and services that fulfill a wide range of needs within the communications marketplace. Bay’s standards-based solutions enable our customers to architect and deploy the most powerful and secure mission critical communications networks in the world.
Bay Microsystems, Inc., is headquartered in San Jose , Calif. For additional information, visit the company’s Web site at www.baymicrosystems.com.
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About the InfiniBand Trade Association
The InfiniBand Trade Association was founded in 1999 and is chartered with maintaining and furthering the InfiniBand specification. The IBTA is led by a distinguished steering committee that includes Cisco, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, QLogic, Sun and Voltaire. Other members of the IBTA represent leading enterprise IT vendors who are actively contributing to the advancement of the InfiniBand specification. The IBTA markets and promotes InfiniBand from an industry perspective through public relations engagements and unites the industry through IBTA-sponsored developer conferences and workshops. For more information on the IBTA, visit www.infinibandta.org.
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