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EMC Qualifies Emulex OneConnect 10Gb/s iSCSI and FCoE Adapters Across EMC Networked Storage Systems
Next-Generation, High-Performance 10Gb/s iSCSI and FCoE Connectivity Solutions from Emulex Now Available Through EMC Select
COSTA MESA, Calif., April 8, 2010 – Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that that its single-chip OneConnect™ Universal Converged Network Adapters (UCNAs) for 10Gb/s iSCSI and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity are now qualified by EMC for use in servers connected to storage area networks (SANs) across the EMC® Connectrix®, EMC CLARiiON®, EMC Celerra® and EMC Symmetrix® storage systems. Emulex OneConnect 10Gb/s iSCSI Adapters and 10Gb/s FCoE Converged Network Adapters, are available from EMC through EMC Select™, a program which helps customers easily acquire components that comprise an information infrastructure. The offerings enable customers to efficiently consolidate network and storage infrastructures without changing management domains.
“With this announcement, Emulex and EMC continue their long-standing history of delivering the latest storage connectivity solutions, enabling customers to benefit from improved performance and investment protection by extending the life of their current data center infrastructures,” said Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of business development, Emulex. “In addition, this qualification marks the first 10Gb/s iSCSI connectivity solution available through EMC Select, providing customers with the increased bandwidth necessary to improve virtualization consolidation ratios and improve overall data center efficiency.”
Emulex’s single-chip, high-performance OneConnect UCNA is the only server adapter with full hardware protocol offload support for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), iSCSI and FCoE; the fastest 10Gb/s Ethernet performance according to IT Brand Pulse™; and the ability to efficiently consolidate network and storage infrastructures without changing management domains. As part of the Emulex vEngine™ technology, hardware offload and acceleration reduces server overhead and increases the number of virtual machines that can run on virtualized servers.
“FCoE provides an evolutionary approach to consolidated storage networking that will help customers address the challenges of today’s enterprise data centers,” said Matt Mainstruck, Manager of EMC Select. “Emulex’s single-chip iSCSI Adapters and FCoE CNAs are now EMC E-Lab™ tested; guaranteeing tight interoperability in SAN environments using EMC storage systems, so that customers can work toward achieving network consolidation in the data center, while protecting existing technology investments.”
“10Gb/s Ethernet adoption is a foregone conclusion and iSCSI adoption is on the rise,” said Bob Laliberte, ESG. “In a recent survey of nearly 1500 end users in the United States, ESG found that 52% either already use or plan to use iSCSI in their data centers. The combination of 10Gb/s Ethernet and iSCSI provide a new class of cost-effective storage for the enterprise data center.”
Next week at SNW in Orlando, Florida, Emulex will be holding a live demonstration in its Booth, #206 of its OneConnect 10Gb/s iSCSI adapters connected to an EMC CLARiiON array, running OneCommand™ Manager, boot-from-SAN and Microsoft iSCSI applets.
Emulex is a longstanding participant in the EMC Select program. In addition, Emulex LightPulse® 4Gb/s and 8Gb/s Fibre Channel (Host Bus Adapters) HBAs are also qualified for use with EMC CLARiiON, EMC Celerra and EMC Symmetrix storage systems.
Emulex OneConnect UCNAs and LightPulse HBAs utilize Emulex’s OneCommand Manager for secure, virtualized, automated and centralized enterprise management for deployment, dynamic provisioning, asset management, virtual I/O services, connectivity management, security, and quality of service for virtualized and converged networking environments.
To learn more about Emulex connectivity solutions available from EMC through EMC Select, please visit: www.emulex-emc.com
Learn more about network convergence and Emulex’s OneConnect UCNAs, please visit: www.emulex.com/solutions/convergence.html
To learn more about Emulex, please visit: www.emulex.com
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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.
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“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding future events and future performance. Emulex wishes to caution readers that a number of significant factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include changes in economic and industry conditions and the effects of ongoing global economic uncertainty, changes in end user demand for technology solutions; the effect of any actual or potential unsolicited offers to acquire Emulex; Emulex’s dependence on a limited number of customers and the effects of the loss of, or decrease or delays in orders by, any such customers, or the failure of such customers to make payments; the rapidly changing nature of technology, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and enhancements by competitors; the effect of rapid migration of customers towards newer, lower cost product platforms; slower than expected growth of the storage networking market or the failure of Emulex's Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) customers to successfully incorporate Emulex products into their systems; delays in product development; the highly competitive nature of the markets for Emulex’s products; Emulex’s ability to gain market acceptance for its products; any inadequacy of Emulex’s intellectual property protection or the potential for third-party claims of infringement; Emulex's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; and the Emulex's reliance on third-party suppliers. These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are also discussed in Emulex’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q. Statements in this release are based on current expectations and Emulex undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.
