SAN extension testbed within the global seamless networks demonstrator

Author

Kessler, Thomas ; Ehrhardt, Armin ; Weber, Axel

Author_Institution

T-Syst. Enterprise Services GmbH, Berlin

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Lastpage

208

Abstract

A demonstrator has been installed in a field environment in Deutsche Telekom´s project `global seamless networks´ (GSN+). Three local storage area networks (SAN) in different laboratories are linked together via fibers with lengths of 80 and 860 km. This testbed within the GSN+ demonstrator is used for testing SAN extension and demonstrating new SAN services. The SAN services are based on the fibre channel over SDH protocol. The SDH network connection can be initiated by the customer, i.e., all the services are SAN extension on demand

Keywords

LAN interconnection; optical fibre networks; protocols; storage area networks; synchronous digital hierarchy; telecommunication channels; 80 km; 860 km; Deutsche Telekom project; GSN+ demonstrator; SAN service; SDH protocol; fibre channel; global seamless network; local storage area network; synchronous digital hierarchy; Ethernet networks; LAN interconnection; Operating systems; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Protocols; Storage area networks; Switches; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities, 2006. TRIDENTCOM 2006. 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0106-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649148

Filename

1649148