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Verari Systems Selects Emulex OneConnect FCoE UCNAs Exclusively for Use in its Data Center Platforms

Emulex FCoE OneConnect UCNAs Now Shipping with Verari Systems FOREST Container Solutions

COSTA MESA, Calif., December 7, 2009- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that its Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) OneConnect™ Universal Converged Network Adapters (UCNAs) have been selected exclusively for use in Verari Systems' data center platforms and are now shipping with the Verari Systems FOREST Container solutions. All of Emulex's OneConnect UCNAs enable network convergence through support of full hardware protocol offload for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) and FCoE.

"Verari's data center platforms deliver cutting edge solutions that address the problems associated with growing energy, space and management costs," said Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of business development, Emulex. "The fact that Emulex's OneConnect FCoE UCNA solution was chosen by Verari Systems for its data center platforms speaks to the unparalleled investment protection and I/O connectivity performance of the product's architecture. Together, Verari and Emulex are helping organizations maximize flexibility while cutting costs exponentially and boosting performance to new levels."

The Verari Systems FOREST Container is a modular, portable data center that is deployable virtually anywhere and operates efficiently and reliably under varied conditions, such as extreme temperatures and rough terrain. By deploying Emulex OneConnect FCoE UCNAs in its FOREST Containers, Verari further maximizes its compute density and I/O performance delivering a flexible, open, reliable, energy efficient, scalable and transportable solution that addresses the growing constraints of traditional brick-and-mortar data centers.

"As a leader in high-density compute and storage data center architectures, we're confident in our choice to partner with Emulex for our FCoE I/O connectivity needs," said Dan Gatti, senior vice president of Worldwide Market Operations, Verari Systems. "We chose Emulex's OneConnect UCNA based on their business model which gives us the ability to support all of the protocols needed by our customers to run a high-performance, reliable solution."

The Emulex OneConnect UCNA is a single-chip, high-performance 10Gb/s Ethernet product platform that provides server connectivity for network and storage traffic with multi-function server adapters. Emulex's OneConnect UCNAs provide a unique, pay-as-you-go model; the only server adapter with full hardware protocol offload support for TCP/IP, iSCSI and FCoE; the world's fastest 10Gb/s Ethernet performance; and the ability to efficiently consolidate network and storage infrastructures without changing management domains. 

Learn more about network convergence and Emulex's OneConnect UCNAs, please visit: www.emulex.com/solutions/convergence.html

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About Emulex

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.

About BLADE Network Technologies

BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE) is the leading provider of Gigabit and 10G Ethernet cloud-ready networking solutions for dynamic, enterprise data centers worldwide. In addition to its innovative OEM blade switches, and SmartConnect with VMready virtualization and BLADEHarmony Manager software, BLADE’s “Virtual, Cooler, Easier” RackSwitch family enables “Rackonomics” – an efficient approach for scaling out data center networks to drive down total cost of ownership. BLADE’s customers include more than 300 of the Fortune 500 across 26 industry segments, representing nearly 7 million switch ports connecting over 2 million servers and storage systems in data centers around the globe. Visit: www.bladenetwork.net.   Twitter: @BLADENetwork.

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