• Support is a management problem in multivendor environments: – The StorageCat array cannot talk to the StorageDog switch... – Who will take responsibility for the problem?
• Look for a set of vendors that work together to solve interoperability issues
Continued vendor support is important:
Interoperability issues do not end when the initial testing and deployment phases are complete. For example,
interoperability issues can arise due to subsequent firmware upgrades.