ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 20, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), a leader in networking for storage and high performance computing, today announced its enterprise class SANbox(r) 9000 Series Fibre Channel director switches and SANbox 5600 Fibre Channel stackable switches have been certified with IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller. Because the SANbox 9000 and SANbox 5000 Series offer the industry's only 10Gb Fibre Channel connectivity from core to edge, users can now deploy a high bandwidth 10Gb backbone from the IBM SAN Volume Controller with petabytes of backend storage in the core, to hundreds or thousands of servers on the edge. The SAN Volume Controller V4.2.0 Supported Hardware List for QLogic(r) products including the SANbox 9000, SANbox 5600 and QLogic SANblade(r) HBAs, can be viewed on-line at http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=591&uid=ssg1S1003091#_QLogic.
"SVC represents the ultimate in storage consolidation and scalability," said Jesse Parker, vice president and general manager of QLogic Network Solutions Group. "Stackable Directors and edge switches from QLogic represent the ultimate in high port density, low power, and scalable networks for SVC."
IBM SAN Volume Controller
IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller is designed to increase the flexibility of companies' storage infrastructure by enabling changes to physical storage with minimal or no disruption to applications. Now with expanded support for many non-IBM storage systems, including EMC, HP and HDS, SAN Volume Controller can enable a tiered storage environment to better allow businesses to match the cost of storage to the value of data.
SANbox 9000 Series Director Switches - Designed to the Core(tm) for Open Systems
Finally, there's a new class of core switch that represents a sane alternative to quarter million dollar director switches. The SANbox 9000 Series is Designed to the Core for cost-sensitive, business-critical, open system environments that require ultra high density, blazing performance and intelligent switching for their data center core. The SANbox 9000 architecture represents a number of industry firsts: a 4U modular chassis for a smaller footprint and cost-effective scalability, customer replaceable units (CRUs) to eliminate costly service calls, a 10Gb core-to-edge "backbone" enabling seamless inter-switch SAN performance scaling and a comprehensive set of core switch software management tools included as standard.
SANbox 5600 Stackable Switches - The Ultimate in SAN Scalabiity
Following the successful model of stackable IP switches, QLogic pioneered the category of Fibre Channel stackable switches with the introduction of the SANbox 5000 Series, the first stackable Fibre Channel switches and the first products to deliver 10Gb Fibre Channel technology. SANbox 5600 Series stackable switches deliver the seamless scalability and performance in easy-to-manage, pay-as-you-grow solutions. With sixteen 4Gb ports plus a four-pack of high-speed 10Gb ISL ports, and entry as low as eight ports with four-port software-keyed increments and graphical user interface (GUI) wizards, each SANbox 5600 Series stackable switch provides maximum flexibility for configuring, managing and scaling SANs.
About QLogic
QLogic is a leading supplier of high-performance storage networking solutions, which include the controller chips, host adapters 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 (HPC) 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, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index.
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