Ed Wilts wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 09:21:06AM -0700, Cornely, David wrote:
> 
>>Not if you want the best reliability/availability.  McData is the best when
>>it comes to hardware, hands down.
> 
> 
> The biggest advantage of the McData switches over the Brocades is the
> hot firmware loads.  Brocade can't do them - you need to take the switch
> offline.  McData firmware loads can be done live while you're in full
> production.
> 

  According to Brocade, the FOS 4.1 firmware and higher will support
  on-line (or non-disruptive) updates.

  John

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  John Meyers
  Computing Services
  Wright State University