SC09 -- Emulex
Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced the availability of a new
combined 8Gb/s Fibre Channel and 1Gb/s Ethernet ExpressModule(TM) Host Bus
Adapter (HBA) for the Sun Blade(TM) 6000 Modular System. The new Emulex
multi-protocol ExpressModule HBAs, available from Sun, delivers
increased performance, superior flexibility and enhanced slot
utilization for virtualized server and large or mixed storage area
network (SAN) and local area network (LAN) environments.
"The extremely scalable, high-performance Sun Blade 6000 Modular System
combined with Emulex's ExpressModule HBA provides greater transaction
rates and more effective CPU utilization, which is needed to support I/O
intensive applications and server virtualization," said Steve Daheb,
chief marketing officer and senior vice president of business
development, Emulex. "Today's announcement is indicative of our
commitment to providing a variety of connectivity solutions that deliver
enterprise scalability, extreme flexibility and comprehensive
virtualization capabilities and further demonstrates the strength of
Emulex's relationship with Sun."
The Emulex multi-protocol ExpressModule HBA leverages Sun's modular
architecture to provide high-density, hot-pluggable SAN expandability,
which eliminates any disruption to ongoing blade activities during
installation, reconfiguration and removal. This provides customers with
a nimble SAN connectivity solution, ideal for leveraging blade servers
in virtualized server and large-scale environments. Further, Emulex
ExpressModule HBAs are external to each blade server, thus reducing the
impact of thermal and power requirements on the blade server.
"Customers are continually seeking increased capacity and processing
power, while looking for ways to reduce power, cooling and space
requirements. The revolutionary Sun Blade 6000 Modular System combined
with the Emulex ExpressModule high-performance, flexible LAN and SAN
connectivity solution delivers this and more," said Jason Schaffer,
Senior Director of Storage Marketing, Sun Microsystems. "The Sun Blade
6000 family is ideal for consolidating and virtualizing a wide variety
of applications from the Web to the back office on blades. We
continually look to provide the most advanced enterprise-class solutions
for our customers to meet the needs of the evolving data center."
Available for use with Sun Blade 6000 systems, Emulex multi-protocol
ExpressModule HBAs are compatible with standard Emulex
4Gb/s and 8Gb/s Fibre Channel LightPulse(R) HBAs, which are fully
interoperable with Linux, the Solaris(TM) Operating System, VMware and
Windows platforms. The Emulex combined dual-channel 8Gb/s Fibre Channel
and dual-port 1Gb/s Ethernet ExpressModule HBA (Sun model number
SG-XPCIEFCGBE-E8-Z) is available through Sun and its authorized
resellers.
To learn more about the new ExpressModule HBA and Emulex connectivity
solutions for Sun visit: http://www.emulex-sun.com.
To learn more about Emulex, please visit: http://www.emulex.com.
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About Emulex
Emulex is the leader in converged networking solutions for the data
center. Our Connectivity Continuum architecture provides intelligent
networking services that transition today's infrastructure into
tomorrow's unified network ecosystem. Emulex provides a single framework
that intelligently connects every server, network and storage device
within the data center. Through strategic collaboration and integrated
partner solutions, Emulex provides its customers with industry leading
business value, operational flexibility and strategic advantage. Emulex
is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and has corporate
headquarters in Costa Mesa, Calif. News releases and other information
about Emulex Corporation are available at: http://www.emulex.com.
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in economic and industry conditions and the effects of ongoing global
economic uncertainty, changes in end user demand for technology
solutions; the effect of any actual or potential unsolicited offers to
acquire Emulex; Emulex's dependence on a limited number of customers and
the effects of the loss of, or decrease or delays in orders by, any such
customers, or the failure of such customers to make payments; the
rapidly changing nature of technology, evolving industry standards and
frequent introductions of new products and enhancements by competitors;
the effect of rapid migration of customers towards newer, lower cost
product platforms; slower than expected growth of the storage networking
market or the failure of Emulex's Original Equipment Manufacturer
("OEM") customers to successfully incorporate Emulex products into their
systems; delays in product development; the highly competitive nature of
the markets for Emulex's products; Emulex's ability to gain market
acceptance for its products; any inadequacy of Emulex's intellectual
property protection or the potential for and impact of third-party
claims of infringement, including any inability to successfully defend
itself against any intellectual property claims, obligations relating to
customer indemnification, any failure of suppliers to satisfy
indemnification obligations and other potential business disruption;
Emulex's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; and the
Emulex's reliance on third-party suppliers. These and other factors
which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
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SOURCE: Emulex Corporation
Emulex Corporation
Katherine Lane, +1 714-885-3828
Director, Corporate Communications
katherine.lane@emulex.com
