ADIC Selects Emulex Host Adapters and Hubs for Use in Their Open SAN Solutions.COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1999-- ADIC Will Supply Emulex LP8000, LP850 And LH5000 Products Through Its World-Wide Reseller Channel Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq:EMLX), an industry leader in fibre channel technology and products, Tuesday announced that Advanced Digital Information Corp. (Nasdaq:ADIC) has qualified the Emulex LightPulse(TM) LP8000 and LP850 host bus adapters, as well as the LH5000 fibre channel digital hubs to be included with its Open SAN Solutions. The Open SAN Solutions program, announced Tuesday, will provide fibre channel products including ADIC's FibreReady tape libraries and the Emulex LightPulse host adapters and hubs along with planning, installation and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services through ADIC's worldwide resellers. "ADIC selected Emulex fibre channel host bus adapters and hubs as part of our Open SAN Solutions because of their industry-leading performance, functionality, robustness and interoperability which are the kinds of features that IT departments require to handle today's rapidly expanding data explosion," said Bill Britts, ADIC executive vice-president of sales and marketing. "Even more important, Emulex shares our own commitment to expand SAN benefits by providing innovative new products that enable ever expanding applications," he added. "We are pleased that ADIC has chosen our host adapters and hubs as their preferred fibre channel connectivity," said Mike Smith, vice president of worldwide marketing for Emulex. "With back-up being one of the key SAN applications, ADIC's Open SAN Solutions provides users the leading fibre channel hardware and integrated support services available," he added. The Emulex LP8000 and LP850 Host Adapters Designed to support mission-critical enterprise applications, the LP8000 and LP850 provide a unique combination of features, including switched fabric support using F_Port and FL_Port connections, full-duplex data transfers, high data integrity features, support for all fibre channel topologies and support for service classes 2 and 3. The LP8000 also features sophisticated hardware that provides superior performance in storage area networks, delivering low latency Low latency allows human-unnoticeable delays between an input being processed and the corresponding output providing real time characteristics. This can be especially important for internet connections utilizing services such as online gaming and VOIP - VOIP is not as important as and high throughput in switched, arbitrated loop A ring topology used in Fibre Channel. Up to 127 devices may be attached in the loop, but only two can communicate at the same time, reflecting the channel nature of Fibre Channel technology. and clustered environments. The LP8000 includes the richest fibre channel software support available in the industry. It is supported by drivers for a wide range of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , including Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , Solaris, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , UnixWare and NetWare. The LP8000 provides support for storage protocol (SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. ), network protocol (IP), as well as multi-protocol (SCSI & IP) operation, enabling advanced storage area network (SAN), clustering and network applications. The LP850 is tailored specifically for Windows NT and NetWare environments, providing high levels of performance and reliability in these systems. The Emulex LH5000 Digital Hubs The LH5000, based on advanced digital technology, is a fully re-timing fibre channel hub, eliminating signal jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle and providing automatic clock speed matching on every port. As a result, LH5000 hubs can be cascaded, providing increased scalability and flexibility in network design. The LH5000 provides sophisticated loop management capabilities that provide improved data availability. These include protocol validation, automatic LIP insertion, LIP F8 bypass, automatic port bypass and character integrity checks. The LH5000 includes comprehensive software management via Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. or console interfaces. The LH5000 is configured with a total of 10 fibre channel compliant ports in one-half the width of a standard 1-u high 19 inch rack enclosure, making it the highest density managed hub available. About ADIC With more than 45,000 automated tape libraries installed and a suite of innovative software solutions and Storage Area Networking (SAN) products, ADIC is a leading global provider in the growing market to manage and protect information for computer networks. Marketed under ADIC and ADIC/GRAU brands and the brands of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners, including Dell, Exabyte and Unisys, automated tape libraries are available with DLTtape, D2, half-inch, AIT, and 4mm tape technologies, and are supported by leading backup and storage management software products for Windows NT, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , and mainframe operating systems. The company's own storage management tools include AMASS (Archive Management And Storage System) Tape management software for Unix from Quantum Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (www.quantum.com). Originally developed by ADIC, AMASS makes the tape library look like an infinite disk drive to the application. (R) direct data access software which provides network users shared access to information stored in automated libraries. A pioneer in Storage Area Networks, ADIC's Open SAN Solutions combine open-system SAN hardware and software with installation services and single-call support. Further product information is available via the Internet at www.adic.com. About Emulex Emulex Corp. is a leading designer, developer and supplier of a broad line of fibre channel host adapters, hubs, ASICs and software products that enhance access to, and storage of, electronic data and applications. The company's products are based on internally developed ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. technology, are deployable across a variety of heterogeneous network configurations and operating systems, and enhance data flow between computers and peripherals. Emulex's products offer customers the unique combination of critical reliability, scalability, high performance and customization for mission-critical server and storage system applications. The company also markets traditional networking products such as printer servers and network access products, including communications servers and WAN adapters. Emulex markets to OEMs and end users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as two-tier distribution partners. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa. News releases and other information about Emulex Corp. are available via the Web at www.emulex.com. EMULEX -- the fibre channel company Note to editors: This news release refers to various products and companies by their trade names. In most, if not all, cases these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies. |
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