FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 29, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Storage Networking World Europe -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced it has teamed with Nuova Systems to showcase the first Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) technology demonstration in Europe. The FCoE demonstration includes Emulex Converged Network Adapters, interconnected to a Fibre Channel network over a 10 Gigabit FCoE fabric. The Emulex Converged Network Adapters and the FCoE fabric utilize technology from Nuova Systems. The demonstration is being featured at this week's Storage Networking World Europe in Emulex stand #G3.
"Showcasing our FCoE technology with Nuova validates our commitment to bringing next generation data center solutions to market that will provide end users with real-world solutions for addressing SAN growth," said Ameesh Divatia, general manager and senior vice president, Intelligent Network Products, Emulex Corp. "Enabling end users to preserve their investments in Fibre Channel technology and SAN management tools while leveraging 10Gb/s Ethernet, is critical to providing a seamless expansion of SANs using FCoE."
Emulex also recently announced that it has signed a technology agreement with Nuova to utilize Nuova technology in the development of FCoE products. Emulex FCoE products are currently undergoing development testing and the Company will begin delivering samples to OEMs for qualification in the first half of 2008, followed by production shipments in the second half of 2008.
"Collaborating with Emulex to showcase FCoE technology is another example of ecosystem partners coming together to provide customers with a compelling next generation option for deploying a 10Gb/s Ethernet-based converged network," said Soni Jiandani, chief marketing officer, Nuova Systems. "Continuing to work with Emulex and our partners to drive the data center convergence leveraging FCoE is key to providing enterprise customers with expanded SAN connectivity that utilizes existing management tools."
For more information on the FCoE technology being demonstrated at this week's Storage Networking World Europe in Emulex stand #G3, visit http://www.emulex.com/solutions/fcoe/fcoe-cost-effective.pdf.
About FCoE
Designed to natively transport Fibre Channel traffic over the Ethernet network, FCoE will take advantage of the proposed enhancements to 10Gb/s Ethernet. The proposed enhancements to 10Gb/s Ethernet will provide the level of performance and reliable delivery of data required for enterprise storage environments. Further, FCoE enables fabric convergence within the data center by allowing IT managers to utilize common network technology for both storage and data networks, and paves the way for a single network sharing both data types.
FCoE is designed to provide an efficient storage protocol for use on a Converged Ethernet Fabric within the data center. The end user benefits associated with FCoE include consolidated management and connectivity, which will lower operating costs and protect customers' existing Fibre Channel infrastructure investments. The FCoE standards proposal is being driven by the INCITS T11 Committee and includes a group of leading IT vendors, including Emulex and Nuova Systems. The T11 Committee recently agreed to double the rate of its technical meetings to ratify the FCoE standard more quickly and specification completion is expected next year. The Committee is making progress with the recent vendor agreement on the FCoE "frame-format" which marks a significant milestone in the definition of the standard. For more information on Emulex, visit www.emulex.com. For more information on Nuova Systems, visit www.nuovasystems.com.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation creates enterprise-class products that intelligently connect storage, servers and networks. The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex award-winning HBAs, intelligent storage platforms and embedded storage products, including switches, bridges, routers and I/O controllers, to build reliable, scalable and high performance storage and server solutions. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and 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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