COSTA MESA, Calif., Aug. 7, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corp. (NYSE:ELX), the world's leading supplier of storage networking host bus adapters (HBAs), announced today that its Port driver solution has been qualified by EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) for use with its Symmetrix(r) and CLARiiON(r) networked storage systems running Windows Server 2003. This qualification extends the use of Emulex's Port driver, which supplies advanced features and robust support for storage networking in Windows environments, and it also includes support for Emulex 2Gb/s PCI and PCI-X HBAs, including the LightPulse LP982, LP9002L, LP9802 and dual channel LP9802DC.
"In EMC's E-Labs, engineers replicate customer environments using the most comprehensive storage networking test facilities in the world," said Chuck Hollis, vice president of Markets and Products at EMC. "E-Lab Tested assures customers that Emulex HBAs and drivers, including the Port driver, are fully interoperable with EMC networked storage systems, enabling customers to deploy fully supported heterogeneous storage networks quickly, reliably and cost-effectively."
"EMC continues to deploy solutions possessing tremendous functionality and compatibility for the rapidly growing enterprise and mid-range storage market segments," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing of Emulex. "Emulex looks forward to continuing its work with EMC to raise the bar in terms of SAN features, performance and scalability."
The Emulex family of HBAs offers high performance, standards-based connectivity solutions for Fibre Channel storage networking environments. Emulex host bus adapters provide a unique combination of features required for mission-critical enterprise environments that deliver reliability, high bandwidth, server CPU offload, low latency and scalable connectivity. Emulex HBAs also have a unique driver architecture that enables compatibility of a single operating system driver across Emulex's entire product line. These features help to lower the customer's total cost of ownership and reduce management complexity, while enabling a seamless migration path to next generation technologies.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation, which was named one of Forbes Magazine's 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in 2002, is the world's largest supplier and developer of storage networking host bus adapters. The American Electronics Association also recently named Emulex "Outstanding Public Company" for 2002.
The Emulex product families are based on internally developed ASIC, firmware and software technologies spanning both Fibre Channel and IP networking protocols, and offer customers high performance, scalability, flexibility and reduced total cost of ownership. The company's products have been selected by the world's leading server and storage providers, including Dell, EMC, Fujitsu Siemens, Groupe Bull, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance, StorageTek and Unisys. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, Computer Associates, Intel, McDATA, Microsoft and VERITAS among its strategic partners. Via a joint development agreement, Emulex and Intel are pioneering the industry's first storage processors for Serial ATA, Serial Attached SCSI and Fibre Channel interfaces within a single architecture.
Emulex markets to OEMs and end users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as its two-tier distribution partners, including ACAL, Avnet, Bell Microproducts, Info-X, Netmarks, Tech Data, TidalWire and Tokyo Electron. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at www.emulex.com.
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