SANmark Qualification
SANmark
is a program established by the Fibre Channel Industry Association
(FCIA) to provide objective indicators of how Fibre Channel
products perform against reasonable quality and interoperability
standards. The SANmark program permits the use of the trademarked
term "SANmark," and any associated logo(s), in the identification
and promotion of products meeting the published test indices.
The goals of the SANmark Program are to:
- Make
Fibre Channel solutions easy to use, easy to install, manage,
configure, diagnose, and trouble shoot.
- Ensure
that Fibre Channel continues to attain the highest performance
and "installed base maturity" available in the market.
- Proliferate
heterogeneous shared SAN resources and heterogeneous management
framework over WAN connections.
To
receive SANmark qualification, organizations run test scripts
against their devices using one of Finisar's qualification
solutions. Saved traces are submitted to the FCIA for approval.
Using the Advantage product, users know immediately whether
or not their devices have passed the tests. Products passing
the tests receive the SANmark designation, along with rights
to a trademarked "seal of quality" logo, which they can reference
in product collateral, packaging materials, and on the product
itself.
SANmark
provides the storage networking industry with world-class
interoperability and a standards initiative that addresses
end-to-end heterogeneous solution convergence. Interoperability
in a heterogeneous environment translates into productivity
gains. Less time is spent debugging, providing for more time
for building, deploying, and using SAN solutions.
SANmark's
value to developers is realized by reducing the time to market
for new products by significantly reducing the time required
to interpret, implement, and validate standards.
The
value of SANmark to end users is seen in reduced total cost
of ownership (TCO) to certify, maintain, and support the network
infrastructure. The lower TCO is realized by greater uptime,
fewer bugs, faster resolution of problems, and improved product
reliability.
Software Download: SANmark Test Suites
