EMC Corp. Qualifies Emulex Fibre Channel Host Adapter for Windows NT Arbitrated Loop Configurations.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. 24, 1999-- LightPulse(TM) LP8000 Now Provides Customers With a Single Solution For Hub and Switched Environments Emulex Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :EMLX), an industry leader in fibre channel technology and products, Friday announced that the Emulex LightPulse(TM) LP8000 host bus adapter See host adapter. has been qualified by EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EMC) for use with its Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems. The LP8000 is now qualified by EMC for all of its 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. solutions, including EMC Enterprise Storage Networks (ESNs) based on fibre channel hubs and EMC's Connectrix(TM) Enterprise Storage Network director. Connectrix, a key element of EMC's fibre channel-based ESN (Electronic Serial Number) A unique identification number built into a cellphone for security purposes. solution, offers highly available and highly scalable switched fibre channel (FC-SW FC-SW Fiber Channel - Switch Fabric ) connections between EMC Symmetrix systems distributed servers. "The combination of Emulex and EMC products and expertise provides customers with solutions that deliver high performance, flexibility and scalability in the Windows NT environments," said Don Swatik, EMC's vice president of Product Management. "Today's announcement, together with our previous qualification of the LP7000E for AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. environments and Emulex's charter membership in the EMC-sponsored FibreAlliance, demonstrates both companies' continued commitment to delivering high-performance, standards-based storage network solutions." "Emulex remains the only adapter supplier to support EMC storage in all of its Windows NT fibre channel configurations," stated Mike Smith, vice president worldwide marketing for Emulex Corp. "EMC customers can now take advantage of the LP8000's performance and features in both FC-AL (Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop) See Fibre Channel. FC-AL - Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop. and switched fabric environments. EMC is a recognized leader in enterprise storage solutions and continues to strengthen its position with the success of its fibre channel products." The Emulex LP8000 Host Bus Adapter Designed to support mission-critical enterprise applications, the LP8000 provides a unique combination of features, including switched fabric support using F_Port and FL_Port connections, high data integrity, 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 and high throughput in switched, arbitrated loop and clustered environments. The LP8000 is part of a broad family of fibre channel products offered by Emulex to address the needs of both mission-critical enterprise applications and direct connect storage links. The Emulex fibre channel family also includes the company's high-performance LP7000E host bus adapter, the open-server LP850 host bus adapter, the price-performance optimized LP3000 host bus adapter and the industry's first digital re-timing hub, the LH5000 series. 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 Corp. are available on the Internet at http://www.emulex.com. EMULEX -- the fibre channel company EMC and Symmetrix are registered trademarks, and Enterprise Storage and Connectrix are trademarks of EMC Corp. 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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