COSTA MESA, Calif., July 14, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the market leader in Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) and a leading supplier of intelligent building blocks for next generation storage networking systems, today announced that its LightPulse(tm) LP10000 and LP10000DC Fibre Channel HBAs have been certified for use in HP-UX 11i v1 operating system environments. Emulex worked closely with HP to complete the "Certified for HP-UX"(1) program, which enables the highest levels of interoperability for Emulex HBAs into HP-UX 11i operating environments.
"By certifying our flexible LP10000 and LP10000DC HBAs in the 'Certified for HP-UX' program, Emulex can provide IT managers with a flexible and robust HP-UX / HBA architecture, a necessity for highly scalable heterogeneous SANs," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of Worldwide Marketing at Emulex. "Our successful completion of HP's rigorous testing requirements helps enable Emulex to further strengthen our position as the industry's leading supplier of Fibre Channel HBAs."
"Improved interoperability between Emulex's HBAs and the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system environment enables peak performance with the HP 9000 server," said Brian Cox, product line manager, Business Critical Systems, HP. "Certification of Emulex's HBAs increases the availability of high-quality storage connectivity solutions for our customers."
Emulex LP10000 and LP10000DC HBAs are certified for HP-UX 11i v1 with the following PA-RISC-based HP 9000 servers: HP Superdome, HP Server rp8420-32, rp8400-16, rp7420-16, rp7410-8, rp7400, rp5400 and rp2400 series. Previously qualified Emulex HBAs include 2Gb/s LP9002L for the following HP servers running in HP-UX 11i operating environments: HP Superdome, HP Server rp8400-16, rp7410-8, rp7400, rp5400 and rp2400 series. The 2Gb/s LP9002DC Dual Channel HBA has been qualified for use with HP Superdome and HP Server rp8400-16 and rp7410-8.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the world leader in Fibre Channel HBAs and delivers a broad range of intelligent building blocks for next generation storage networking systems. Emulex was named one of Forbes Magazine's 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies, and ranked number 15 in Deloitte & Touche's 2003 Technology Fast 50.
The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex HBAs, embedded storage switching and I/O controller products to build reliable, scalable and high performance storage solutions. The Emulex award-winning product families, including its LightPulse(tm) HBAs and InSpeed(tm) embedded storage switching products, are based on internally developed ASIC, firmware and software technologies, 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 Ltd., Fujitsu Siemens, Groupe Bull, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance, Quantum Corp., StorageTek, Sun Microsystems, Unisys and Xyratex. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, Computer Associates, Intel, McDATA, and Microsoft among its strategic partners. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at http://www.emulex.com.
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(1) "Certified for HP-UX" indicates that a product has undergone the highest level of testing available to third-party products at an independent test facility under the guidance of HP. See http://www.hp.com/go/hphp for more information.