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Cisco Upgrades Storage Switch Software: Page 2 of 2

The software was also enhanced to support a number of industrywide SAN management standards including ones to manage SANs according to customer policies, monitor performance over time for historical analysis, increased security and support for XML SIM-S.

The new software is in qualification with major OEMs including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, EMC and Hitachi Data Systems and should be released within the next 60 days, said Bhardwaj. Legacy MDS 9000 switches can be field-upgraded with the new software, he said.