Emulex Selected by Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH For Comprehensive Fibre Channel 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)--March 18, 1999--Emulex Corporation (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), a leader in fibre channel technology Thursday announced that Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH has selected the LP7000E PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Host Bus Adapter See host adapter. and LH5000 Digital Hub to provide high-performance network connectivity to integrate their RAID Storage Systems into comprehensive fibre channel Storage Area Networking (SAN) solutions. "Large enterprises require fast, reliable and highly scalable data transport systems, enabling them to increase both efficiency and productivity," stated Karl-Heinz Knapp, Comparex Director Enterprise Storage. "This is the ideal extension for the integration of the highly successful TETRAGON 2100 and Open Systems D1200/1400 storage products embedded in fibre channel based SAN solutions," he added. "Comparex is taking an early lead in providing high-performance fibre channel SAN solutions and we look forward to working with them on expanding SAN market development," said Mike Smith, director of fibre channel marketing for Emulex. Connecting servers to the McDATA Director, the Emulex LightPulse(TM) LP7000E PCI Host Bus Adapter uses a state-of-the-art, on-board memory architecture designed to provide the highest levels of performance and support for Logical Unit (LUN) zoning. The LP7000E provides over 25,000 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 operations per second from a single PCI host bus adapter, and industry standard benchmark testing has shown LP7000E throughput performance over 10 kilometer links to be more than double that of competitive products. "Emulex is also pleased that Comparex has selected our Fibre Channel 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. hubs for their customers' departmental storage solutions," stated Alan Wallman, managing director, Emulex European Operations. "The LH5000 Digital Hub provides users with a cost-effective solution for both high-performance storage and networked applications," he added. The Emulex LH5000 Fibre Channel Hub is the industry's first digital re-timing hub providing significant enhancements in loop management. Using the DHub as a key element in the SAN eliminates 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 invalid transmissions enabling loop integrity and stability. About Comparex Comparex is a leading European supplier of storage solutions for both Mainframe and Open Systems environments with over 30 years of history and experience in the area of storage systems, management and integration and is the leading IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. OEM-Partner in Europe. The TETRAGON 2100 and the OpenLine D1400 RAID Storage systems provide users of popular 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). brands and NT with unique and powerful solutions combing ultra-light performance with extensive connectivity, the highest standards of availability, large capacities and user-friendly management. For more information contact www.comparex.de. About Emulex Emulex Corp. is a leading designer of high-performance network connectivity products including fibre channel, printer server 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, Calif. News releases and other information about Emulex Corp. are available via Emulex's World Wide Web address at www.emulex.com. ...I/O 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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