COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 14, 2004 -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the world leader in Fibre Channel host bus adapters and embedded storage switches, and a provider of intelligent building blocks for the storage networking industry, today announced that NEC Corporation has selected Emulex's new SAN Storage Switches for the deployment of server clustering applications. Emulex's 12-port, 2 Gb/s SAN Storage Switch Model 355 is available now from NEC and shipping.
Emulex's new SAN Storage Switch Models 355 and 375 are the first and only Fibre Channel SAN storage switches specifically designed for entry-level SAN applications. Based on the company's award winning and field-proven InSpeed(tm) technology, Emulex SAN Storage Switches are designed to deliver a simple and affordable storage solution for companies that want the advantages SANs provide over direct attached storage, but wish to avoid the complexities that come with enterprise fabric-based services.
"Through the use of Emulex's SAN Storage Switch Model 355, NEC customers can easily and cost effectively deploy clustering solutions to bring high availability to a variety of server applications," said Koji Iguchi, Chief Manager of NEC's Client and Server Division. "The inherent simplicity and stability of the Model 355 makes it particularly well suited for entry-level SAN applications where cost and ease of management are strong considerations."
"NEC's implementation of our SAN Storage Switches underscores Emulex's commitment to providing products that meet both the ease-of-use requirements and price points that entry and departmental level SAN users demand," said Mike Smith, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Emulex Corp. "We are delighted that NEC chose our new switching products for inclusion in their solution offerings."
The Emulex SAN Storage Switch Model 355 is a 1U, half-rack form factor 12-port non-blocking 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel switch. The Emulex SAN Storage Switch Model 375 is a 1U, full-rack form factor 20-port non-blocking switch that, in addition to more ports, adds redundant fans and two hot-swappable, universal power supplies for high availability. Both the 355 and 375 offer a number of advanced features and unique capabilities included standard in the switch:
-- Intuitive integrated management web server and a simple 3-step
installation process deliver industry leading configuration and
ease of use
-- Smart settings are selectable predefined switch configurations
that optimize switch performance and stability for a variety of
application environments
-- Automatic Trunking fully multiplies inter-switch link throughput
and bandwidth with failover protection
-- One-Step Zoning for simple storage pool partitioning
-- Stealth Intelligent Change Manager eliminates state and
configuration change notification disruptions, leading to an
exceptionally stable SAN environment.
Emulex SAN Storage Switches are ideal for storage pooling and consolidation, high-performance shared tape library backup and recovery, server clustering, and streaming rich media applications.
For more information on the Emulex SAN Storage Switch Models 355 and 375, please visit www.emulex.com.
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, Microsoft and VERITAS 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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