Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2011

Schedule Of Financial Information By Reportable Segment


	Data Storage Products		Ethernet Products		Global Services		Total
Fiscal year ended October 29, 2011
Net revenues	$	1,237,994	$	551,820	$	357,628	$	2,147,442
Cost of revenues (1)		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 (1)		394,506		288,980		176,547		860,033

Gross margin	$	846,120	$	199,208	$	185,792	$	1,231,120

Fiscal year ended October 31, 2009
Net revenues	$	1,188,527	$	424,434	$	337,415	$	1,950,376
Cost of revenues (1)		467,496		271,858		180,072		919,426

Gross margin	$	721,031	$	152,576	$	157,343	$	1,030,950

(1)

Fiscal years 2011 and 2010 reflect the classification of system engineer costs within sales and marketing expenses as opposed to cost of revenues in prior periods. Fiscal year 2009 has not been updated for the new cost classification implemented in 2010. See Note 1, "Basis of Presentation," of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Schedule Of Revenues Attributed To Geographic Areas


	Fiscal Year Ended
	October 29, 2011		October 30, 2010		October 31, 2009
Net revenues:
United States	$	1,313,302	$	1,338,262	$	1,266,844
International
Europe, the Middle East and Africa (1)		502,999		482,707		450,159
Asia Pacific		212,636		173,243		141,511
Japan		75,542		58,914		59,771
Canada, Central and South America		42,963		38,027		32,091

Total international net revenues		834,140		752,891		683,532

Total net revenues	$	2,147,442	$	2,091,153	$	1,950,376

(1)	Includes net revenues of $257.5 million, $254.4 million and $177.0 million for the years ended October 29, 2011, October 30, 2010 and October 31, 2009, respectively, relating to the Netherlands.

Schedule Of Property And Equipment


	Fiscal Year Ended
	October 29, 2011		October 30, 2010		October 31, 2009
Property and equipment, net:
United States	$	515,940	$	524,287	$	427,010
International		16,444		14,830		15,398

Total Property and equipment, net	$	532,384	$	539,117	$	442,408

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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