ALISO VIEJO, Calif., March 15, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), the leader in Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), iSCSI HBAs, stackable switches and blade server switches today announced certification on the newly announced Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, which offers Global 2000 corporations several new features including enhanced virtualization technologies. All QLogic(r) SANblade(r) Fibre Channel and iSCSI HBAs will be fully compatible with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OS and Xen Hypervisor 3.0, an open source virtualization software solution that is offered with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
QLogic virtualization qualification support provides Red Hat customers with a means of deploying and managing reliable storage area networks (SANs) in virtual server environments. Integrated virtualization environments enable users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 to dramatically increase server utilization, improve productivity and scalability, and reduce operating costs by consolidating their workloads onto fewer servers.
"Through our continued collaboration with Red Hat, QLogic delivers storage networking solutions that enable mission-critical applications in enterprise data centers to transition to virtualized environments," said Amit Vashi, senior director of marketing, QLogic Computer Systems Group. "The ability of our SANblade HBAs to scale across a larger number of virtual machines empowers IT managers in Global 2000 corporations to realize lower data center costs through server consolidation."
For additional information from QLogic about storage networks in Linux environments, a white paper, "Choosing HBAs for Linux Environments" is available at: http://www.qlogic.com/documents/datasheets/knowledge_data/whitepapers/CSG-WP06010.pdf.
About QLogic
QLogic is a leading supplier of high-performance storage networking solutions, producing the controller chips, host bus adapters (HBAs) and fabric switches that are the backbone of storage networks for most Global 2000 corporations. The company delivers a broad and diverse portfolio of products that includes Fibre Channel HBAs, blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches, Fibre Channel stackable switches, iSCSI HBAs, iSCSI routers and storage services platforms for enabling advanced storage management applications. The company is also a leading supplier of InfiniBand switches and InfiniBand host channel adapters for the emerging High Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC) market. QLogic products are delivered to small-to-medium businesses and large enterprises around the world via its channel partner community. QLogic products are also powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index.
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