Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: October 2002
Product Code: R97-1070Description The improvements on the horizon for the LAN core switching market were innovative and appear to create a foundation upon which some truly groundbreaking applications can be built. Even 10 Gigabit Ethernet, a shoe-in in terms of backwards compatibility and market equity is languishing due to the sudden glut of excess capacity in LANs. However, In-Stat/MDR expects the combined LAN core switching market, comprised of Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand and iSCSI switches, to reach almost $25.0 billion in 2006, with a Compounded Annual Growth Rate of 43 percent for the forecast period.
This report provides an overview of the following switch equipment markets: Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, iSCSI and InfiniBand. The structure and requirements of the LAN core, both backbone and data center, are reviewed. Emerging standards and product segments are evaluated. Market shares for Gigabit Ethernet equipment are evaluated and discussed. A listing and brief description of established and new equipment vendors will be presented. Finally, five-year port shipment and market revenue forecasts will be presented for each technology segment. Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- Introduction
- Technology Overview
- What's the
LAN Core?
- Backbone
- Data Center
- Storage
Area Network (SAN)
- Server
Clustering
- What's a LAN
Core Switch?
- Segmentation
- Gigabit
Ethernet (GE) & 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE)
- Fibre
Channel (FC)
- InfiniBand
(IB)
- SCSI
over IP (iSCSI)
- Standards
- Gigabit
Ethernet (GE)
- 10 Gigabit
Ethernet (10GE)
- Fibre Channel
(FC)
- 1 Gigabit
Fibre Channel (1FC)
- 2 Gigabit
Fibre Channel (2FC)
- 10
Gigabit Fibre Channel (10FC)
- InfiniBand
(IB)
- SCSI over
IP (iSCSI)
- Industry Associations
- 10 Gigabit
Ethernet Alliance (10GEA)
- Fibre Channel
Industry Association (FCIA)
- Gigabit
Ethernet Alliance (GEA)
- InfiniBand
Trade Association (IBTA)
- Storage
Networking Industry Association (SNIA)
- Market Overview
- History
- Drivers
- Challenges
- Opportunities
- Vendor Profiles
- 3Com
- Alcatel
- Avaya
- Brocade Communications
- Cisco Systems
- Enterasys
- Extreme Networks
- Foundry Networks
- Gadzoox
- HP
- InfiniCon
- InfiniSwitch
- INRANGE Technologies
- McDATA
- Nishan Systems
- Nortel Networks
- Paceline
- Pirus Networks
- QLogic
- SANRAD
- Vixel Corporation
- Gigabit Ethernet
Market Shares
- Market Forecast
- Gigabit Ethernet
(GE)
- 10 Gigabit
Ethernet (10GE)
- Fibre Channel
(FC)
- InfiniBand
(IB)
- SCSI over IP
(iSCSI)
List of Tables
- Table 1. Comparison
of Ethernet and FC Features
- Table 2. L2/3/4-7
Gigabit Ethernet Switch Vendor Port Shipment Ranking
- Table 3. L2/3/4-7
Gigabit Ethernet Switch Vendor End-Use Revenue Ranking
- Table 4. L2/3/4-7
Modular Gigabit Ethernet Switch Vendor Port Shipment Ranking
- Table 5. L2/3/4-7
Modular Gigabit Ethernet Switch Vendor End-Use Revenue Ranking
- Table 6. L2/3/4-7
Fixed Gigabit Ethernet Switch Vendor Port Shipment Ranking
- Table 7. L2/3/4-7
Fixed Gigabit Ethernet Switch Vendor End-Use Revenue Ranking
- Table 8. L2 Gigabit
Ethernet Switch Vendor Port Shipment Ranking
- Table 9. L2 Gigabit
Ethernet Switch Vendor End-Use Revenue Ranking
- Table 10. L3 Gigabit
Ethernet Switch Vendor Port Shipment Ranking
- Table 11. L3 Gigabit
Ethernet Switch Vendor End-Use Revenue Ranking
- Table 12. L4-7
Gigabit Ethernet Switch Vendor Port Shipment Ranking
- Table 13. L4-7
Gigabit Ethernet Switch Vendor End-Use Revenue Ranking
- Table 14. Core
LAN Switch Revenue Comparison (US$ in Millions)
- Table 15. L2/3/4-7
Gigabit Ethernet Switch Forecast
- Table 16. L2 Gigabit
Ethernet Switch Forecast
- Table 17. L3 Gigabit
Ethernet Switch Forecast
- Table 18. L4-7
Gigabit Ethernet Switch Forecast
- Table 19. L2/3/4-7
10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Forecast
- Table 20. Fibre
Channel Switch Forecast
- Table 21. InfiniBand
Switch Forecast
- Table 22. iSCSI
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