COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 29, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the industry's preeminent source for a broad range of advanced storage networking infrastructure solutions, today announced its Emulex InSpeed-based family of SAN Storage Switches meet the compatibility criteria for Microsoft Windows operating environments for Fibre Channel configurations.
"The Emulex family of InSpeed-based switches meets the demand for simple and affordable SAN connectivity solutions within Windows operating environments," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing, Emulex Corp. "Emulex SAN Storage Switches now provide Windows users seeking to install simple entry-level SANs with a low-cost alternative to more complex and costly fabric switches."
The Emulex Model 355 and Model 375 (12 and 20 ports, respectively) are designed specifically for customers seeking to replace older direct attached storage (DAS) systems with a simple and affordable networked SAN solution. A key attribute of the Emulex SAN Storage Switches is a unique capability used to obtain the Microsoft validation -- called Stealth Intelligent Change Manager to automatically control network interruptions, providing enhanced stability, uptime, and active LIP (Loop Initialization Primitive) isolation.
According to the recently published Microsoft Knowledge Base Article (ID No. 317162) which lists supported Fibre Channel storage configurations that can be used when configuring servers, "Microsoft strongly recommends using Fibre Channel Fabric switch(es) or FC-AL switch(es) with active LIP isolation." For more information on Emulex SAN Storage Switches, visit http://www.emulex.com/products/fcswitch/ or for further information on the recently-published Microsoft Knowledge Base Article (ID No. 317162) please visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317162/en-us.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the industry's preeminent source for a broad range of advanced storage networking infrastructure solutions spanning host bus adapters, embedded storage switches, I/O controllers and SAN Storage Switches. Emulex ranked number 16 in the Deloitte 2004 Technology Fast 50 and most recently received recognition as one of Forbes 200 Best Small Companies.
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(r) 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, Bull, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance, Quantum Corp., StorageTek, Sun Microsystems, Unisys and Xyratex. 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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