Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 27, 2012

Schedule Of Financial Information By Reportable Segment

Summarized financial information by reportable segment for the years ended October 27, 2012, October 29, 2011 and October 30, 2010, based on the internal management reporting system, is as follows (in thousands):



	SAN Products		IP Networking Products		Global Services		Total
Fiscal Year Ended October 27, 2012
Net revenues	$	1,356,099	$	534,757	$	346,914	$	2,237,770
Cost of revenues	362,608		327,248		164,895		854,751
Gross margin	$	993,491	$	207,509	$	182,019	$	1,383,019
Fiscal Year Ended October 29, 2011
Net revenues	$	1,237,994	$	551,820	$	357,628	$	2,147,442
Cost of revenues	356,013		321,183		186,712		863,908
Gross margin	$	881,981	$	230,637	$	170,916	$	1,283,534
Fiscal Year Ended October 30, 2010
Net revenues	$	1,240,626	$	488,188	$	362,339	$	2,091,153
Cost of revenues	394,506		288,980		176,547		860,033
Gross margin	$	846,120	$	199,208	$	185,792	$	1,231,120

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas

Geographic revenue and property and equipment information for the years ended October 27, 2012, October 29, 2011 and October 30, 2010 is presented below (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year Ended
	October 27, 2012		October 29, 2011		October 30, 2010
Net revenues:
United States	$	1,414,390	$	1,313,302	$	1,338,262
International
Europe, the Middle East and Africa ⁽¹⁾	493,979		502,999		482,707
Asia Pacific	186,244		212,636		173,243
Japan	99,887		75,542		58,914
Canada, Central and South America	43,270		42,963		38,027
Total international net revenues	823,380		834,140		752,891
Total net revenues	$	2,237,770	$	2,147,442	$	2,091,153


(1)	Includes net revenues of $259.2 million, $257.5 million and $254.4 million for the years ended October 27, 2012, October 29, 2011 and October 30, 2010, respectively, relating to the Netherlands.



	Fiscal Year Ended
	October 27, 2012		October 29, 2011		October 30, 2010
Property and equipment, net:
United States	$	500,744	$	515,940	$	524,287
International	18,196		16,444		14,830
Total Property and equipment, net	$	518,940	$	532,384	$	539,117

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