COSTA MESA, Calif., Dec. 4, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced its LightPulse(r) Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) have been selected by Sun Microsystems for its new Netra(tm) family of carrier grade blade servers. The new Sun StorageTek(tm) 4Gb/s Fibre Channel ATCA HBAs, which are based on the Emulex 4Gb/s LightPulse LPe11000 HBA family, offer a highly integrated connectivity solution ideal for telecommunications companies deploying the Sun Netra platform within a storage area networking (SAN) environment.
"This new Emulex ATCA-based Fibre Channel HBA solution further demonstrates the strength of our relationship with Sun," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing, Emulex Corp. "This new form factor HBA paves the way for the delivery of high-bandwidth solutions for the telecommunications market. We will continue working with Sun to develop innovative SAN connectivity solutions for new and emerging markets."
The new Emulex HBAs were designed for use within Sun Netra Blade Servers, and uses an Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) form factor which supports the ATCA chassis. Coupled with Emulex SAN connectivity solutions, the new Sun server blades are designed for end users looking to accelerate the delivery of next generation voice, video and data services.
"Sun's Netra Blade Servers are used within 90 percent of the communications infrastructure market for carrier-grade solutions, and we are committed to continue offering the utmost reliability, availability and serviceability in every level of our blade solutions," said Mike Wojnar, marketing manager, Sun Network and Fabric Group, Sun Microsystems. "As one of our recently awarded 'Best-in-Class' vendors, Emulex was a clear choice with its LightPulse Fibre Channel HBA architecture, which offers high performance, robust data integrity and enterprise class I/O connectivity."
Emulex HBAs are qualified and supported for SAN connectivity across a broad range of Sun server and storage systems, including Sun SPARC(r) Enterprise, Sun Blade(tm), Sun Fire(tm), Netra and StorageTek. For more information about purchasing Emulex HBAs for Sun solutions, visit http://www.emulex.com/sun/index.jsp.
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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