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Emulex Adapters Optimized for New Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 and 7500 Series Platforms
Server Refresh Driving 8Gb/s Fibre Channel and 10Gb/s Ethernet Adoption
COSTA MESA, Calif., March 30, 2010 - Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that its LightPulse® and OneConnect® adapters are optimized for use with the Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series (formerly codenamed Westmere-EP) and the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series (formerly codenamed Nehalem-EX). Tested with Intel's optimization lab for interoperability and performance, Emulex's adapters maximize I/O bandwidth and throughput for data center servers based on the new Xeon 5600 and 7500 series processors.
"Intel's new Xeon processor series is driving the x86 server refresh and accelerating the adoption of 8Gb/s Fibre Channel and 10Gb/s Ethernet in the data center," said Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of business development, Emulex. "Combining the power of Intel's next-generation processors with the performance of Emulex adapters will bring the improvements in throughput, connectivity and efficiency that enterprises require. With virtualization technologies becoming pervasive and enterprises' data policies and processes demanding higher performance servers, Intel and Emulex can accelerate the return on investment (ROI) of these critical IT initiatives."
Critical for database and other I/O-sensitive workloads, the increased RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) features of the Xeon series processors and Emulex's Fibre Channel adapters will keep enterprises running at the high service levels expected of enterprise-class servers. Additional features such as Intel VT for Directed I/O in virtualized server environments, Error Correction Code (ECC) and protection for PCI Express 2.0, Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) and Message-Signaled Interrupts eXtended (MSI-X) for I/O intensive applications dramatically improve efficiency and performance, in turn offering accelerated ROI. Machine Check Architecture (MCA) recovery being offered through the Xeon processors will also provide increased fault tolerance and greater uptime.
"The new Intel Xeon processors mark another leap forward in technology, delivering scalable performance, flexible virtualization, advanced reliability, higher availability and serviceability than ever before," said Jim Pappas, Director Industry Initiatives, Intel Corporation. "High-bandwidth I/O connectivity solutions that support the advanced features of Intel's latest Xeon series processors can help customers maximize the performance and efficiency of their next-generation infrastructure equipment."
For virtualized server environments, Emulex vEngine Technology and N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) will deliver significant advantages for maximizing server consolidation and managing high-density virtual machine (VM) workloads across multiple physical servers. Specifically, enterprises will experience improved availability and network uptime and simplified storage and server management, all with less processor burden.
Learn more about Emulex connectivity solutions for Intel Xeon series platforms:
http://www.emulex.com/solutions/intel-xeon.html
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Emulex is the leader in converged networking solutions for the data center. Our Connectivity Continuum architecture provides intelligent networking services that transition today’s infrastructure into tomorrow’s unified network ecosystem. Emulex provides a single framework that intelligently connects every server, network and storage device within the data center. Through strategic collaboration and integrated partner solutions, Emulex provides its customers with industry leading business value, operational flexibility and strategic advantage. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and has corporate headquarters in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at www.emulex.com.
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