COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 16, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity, today announced that IBM will brand, sell and support Emulex 4Gb/s PCI-X and PCI Express Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) for use in the IBM System x servers. Designed to work in a variety of operating system environments, the IBM-branded PCI-X and PCI Express HBAs from Emulex offer unmatched reliability while enabling seamless migration to higher performance SAN connectivity solutions.
"The availability of Emulex HBAs for use with IBM System x servers marks an important new design win for us and helps validate the benefits of our unique architecture, performance and field-proven reliability," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing, Emulex. "The Emulex 4Gb/s PCI-X and PCI Express HBAs provide end users with an array of robust, next-generation SAN connectivity solutions. Leveraging Emulex HBAs, which many customers have already standardized on throughout their data centers, helps extend the value of the SAN infrastructure and complement the full range of capabilities offered by IBM System x servers. The extension of Emulex HBAs for IBM System x servers reinforces our long-term collaborative relationship with IBM."
Offering the only true single-chip Fibre Channel solution for the IBM System x family of servers, the Emulex LightPulse family of HBAs delivers superior reliability and performance in the most demanding enterprise environments. Building on these benefits, PCI-X and PCI Express HBAs from Emulex offer flexible multi-OS cross-platform support, which enables effective application across the maximum range of storage networking solutions, and unique management capabilities with HBAnyware. Integrated with IBM Director, HBAnyware simplifies storage networking management and provides the most seamless and efficient installs and upgrades available for Fibre Channel HBAs, resulting in critical time and cost savings.
"Emulex 4Gb/s HBAs provide the additional performance required to support intensive data transaction applications, such as data mining and data warehousing, medical imaging and online transaction processing, while fully integrating into customers' existing 2Gb/s Emulex infrastructures," said Alex Yost, director of product management, System x, IBM Systems and Technology Group. "Enabling our customers to meet their current system requirements and scale for future high performance computing demands is integral to IBM's philosophy to provide innovation that matters."
Emulex Fibre Channel HBAs -- Generations Ahead
Emulex LightPulse HBAs leverage seven generations of advanced, field-proven technology, providing customers with the highest quality SAN connectivity solutions that the world's leading enterprises have come to rely upon. With a unique firmware upgradeable architecture, common driver model and centralized management tools for simplified installation and deployment, Emulex HBAs are simply "Generations Ahead" of competing solutions. The Emulex suite of Fibre Channel HBAs offers the following industry-leading features and benefits:
-- Superior Quality and Reliability -- Field-proven, single-chip
design with a combination of parity and other advanced error
checking methods to validate the integrity of data blocks.
-- Most Efficient Installation and Management -- Unique tools designed
to automate installation and provide local and remote HBA
configuration and management. The Emulex architecture allows
complete independence of device drivers from HBA hardware and
firmware, which translates into time- and cost-savings by
eliminating the need to reboot during most configuration changes
and providing compatibility across HBA generations.
-- Maximum SAN Performance -- Experience superior full-duplex data
throughput and I/O processing, ideal for real-world application
environments. Dynamic Frame Multiplexing is another exclusive
Emulex feature designed to consistently provide superior
performance in mixed workload environments, such as disk and tape
back-up.
-- Fastest Diagnosis and Recovery -- Ensures fast and efficient SAN
troubleshooting with comprehensive diagnostics, detailed event
logging and tracing.
-- Broadest Enterprise Deployments -- With the largest installed base
of HBAs, Emulex SAN connectivity solutions are trusted by the
world's largest, mission-critical enterprises.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity, with solutions spanning host bus adapters, embedded storage switches, I/O controllers and SAN Storage Switches. Emulex ranked number 19 in the Deloitte 2005 Technology Fast 50 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX). 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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