EMC Qualifies Emulex LP850 Fibre Channel Host Adapter for Symmetrix Windows NT Environments.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers 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)--Dec. 30, 1999 LP850 Provides High Performance Fibre Channel Connectivity for Entry-Level Server Market 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, Thursday announced that the LightPulse(TM) LP850 fibre channel 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 in 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. environments. The LP850 has been qualified by EMC for its Windows NT solutions, including hub-based 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. (FC-AL (Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop) See Fibre Channel. FC-AL - Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop. ) configurations and Enterprise Storage Networks (ESNs) based on EMC's new Connectrix(TM) systems. The LP850 is based on the market leading LP8000 high-end host adapter Also called a "controller" or "host bus adapter," it is a device that connects one or more peripheral units to a computer. It is typically an expansion card that plugs into the bus. IDE and SCSI are examples of peripheral interfaces that call their controllers host adapters. See host. , and provides high-performance fibre channel connectivity for both Windows NT and Novell environments. Don Swatik, EMC's vice president of product management, said, "The Emulex LP850 host adapter provides EMC customers with a solution for entry-level server connectivity that delivers high-performance, flexibility and scalability in Windows NT environments. Once again, Emulex and EMC are teaming to meet the growing needs of our mutual customers." "The LP850 host adapter provides an ideal fibre channel solution for open systems environments, including Windows NT and Novell. It has the same full fibre channel feature set as our high-end LP8000 to support flexible and scalable SANs, but is optimized for entry-level server applications," stated Mike Smith, vice president worldwide marketing for Emulex Corp. "As EMC continues to penetrate the Windows NT market, the LP850 provides an ideal host connectivity solution." The Emulex LP850 Host Bus Adapter Designed to support open server applications, the 64 bit PCI-based LP850 provides a full fibre channel feature set, 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 LP850 also features sophisticated hardware that provides superior performance in storage area networks (SAN), delivering low latency and high throughput in switched, arbitrated loop and clustered environments. The LP850 is available with embedded copper or short-wave optical physical interfaces, as well as a GBIC (GigaBit Interface Converter) A hardware module used to attach network devices to fiber-based transmission systems such as Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet. The GBIC converts the serial electrical signals to serial optical signals and vice versa. interface, providing customers with a wide range of product options. The LP850 is supported by full-featured software for Windows NT and Novell NetWare environments, including 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 SAN applications in entry-level systems. The LP850 is part of a broad family of fibre channel products offered by Emulex to address the needs of both mission-critical enterprise applications and open systems computing. The Emulex fibre channel family also includes our high-performance PCI-based LP8000 and LP7000E host adapters, the new 2Gb/s LP9000 host adapter family, the S-Bus based LP8000S host adapter, the price-performance optimized LP3000 host adapter and the industry's first digital re-timing hub, the LH5000 series. About Emulex Emulex Corp. 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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