CLARiiON Incorporates Emulex LightPulse LP7000E Into Its FC5000 Series Fibre Channel Disk Array.Costa Mesa, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq:EMLX), a leader in fibre channel technology and products, Monday announced that the CLARiiON Advanced Storage Division of Data General Corp., the world's leading supplier of open RAID-based full fibre channel disk arrays, has selected the LP7000E adapter for its FC5000 Series fibre channel disk array family. Rona Newmark, CLARiiON vice president responsible for host bus adapter See host adapter. integration, said, "CLARiiON chose to incorporate the Emulex LightPulse LP7000E adapter because it offers support for a wide set of operating environments including all classes of fibre channel services and topologies, as well as enhanced throughput for today's demanding enterprise applications." "Emulex appreciates the continued confidence CLARiiON places in our family of fibre channel adapters," said Paul Folino, president and chief executive officer for Emulex. "They are an established leader in fibre channel products, a major player in the data storage marketplace, and a key 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 for Emulex fibre channel products." The LP7000E utilizes Emulex's newest fibre channel-optimized 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. architecture, "Superfly," to achieve significant increases in performance over earlier generation products. In addition, the LP7000E provides one of the industry's widest sets of operating features including support for all classes of fibre channel services (1, 2, 3, and intermix in·ter·mix tr. & intr.v. in·ter·mixed, in·ter·mix·ing, in·ter·mix·es To mix or become mixed together. [Back-formation from obsolete intermixt, from Latin ) and all topologies (arbitrated loop, point-to-point, and direct fabric/switch attach) which is becoming significantly more important to users as fibre channel solutions become more prevalent. Available with the LP7000E are both 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. and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. protocol drivers for multiple operating environments including NT and various UNIX systems. The driver interface to the adapter is the proven, high performance Emulex "SLI (Scalable Link Interface) A multi-GPU interface from NVIDIA for connecting two or four NVIDIA display adapters together for faster graphics rendering on one monitor or two monitors. 2" API which, when combined with the "Superfly" architecture, 233MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. on-board processor, and dual-ported SRAMs for buffering, consistently exceeds results in throughput, distance, and reliability for those large and diverse enterprise applications requiring gigabit connectivity when compared with other host adapters in the market. About CLARiiON With more than 75,000 disk arrays and over 5 petabytes (5,000 terabytes) of usable RAID-protected storage shipped, the CLARiiON Advanced Storage Division of Data General Corp. is the leading supplier of advanced storage solutions to major computer system manufacturers, value-added storage resellers, and system integrators around the world. CLARiiON high-availability solutions are based on its Multidimensional Storage Architecture(TM) and feature a full range of flexible, scalable products for 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 Microsoft Windows NT platforms, including SCSI arrays, end-to-end Fibre Channel arrays, and enterprise storage management software. For more information about CLARiiON and its enterprise storage solutions, call 800/67-ARRAY, e-mail info@clariion.com, or visit the Web site at www.clariion.com. About Emulex Emulex is a leading designer of high-performance network connectivity products including fibre channel host bus adapters and hubs, printer servers and network access products. The company's hardware and software-based networking solutions improve communication in computer networks and enhance data flow between computers and peripherals. Fibre channel is a high-performance ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. standard interface that is supported by the 120+ worldwide member Fibre Channel Association which includes SUN, Hewlett-Packard and Seagate. As a leading developer and supplier of fibre channel technology, Emulex's fibre channel devices support all implementations of the fibre channel standard, including arbitrated loop, switched fabric and point-to-point topologies. The company 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 are available via Emulex's World Wide Web address at http://www.emulex.com. ...I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output by Emulex(TM) 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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