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Emulex Connectivity Solutions Support VMware vSphere™ 4.1
All Emulex Host Connectivity Products and Protocols Now Supported; Offering Users Increased Flexibility and Usability
COSTA MESA, Calif., July 13, 2010 – Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that with the release of VMware vSphere™ 4.1, the latest version of the VMware virtualization platform to enable cloud computing, Emulex’s OneConnect™ Universal Converged Network Adapters (UCNAs) and LightPulse® Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) provide complete support for 10Gb/s Ethernet, iSCSI and FCoE, and 4Gb/s and 8Gb/s Fibre Channel environments. This is the first release of VMware vSphere that provides IT managers with a complete breadth of high-performance protocol offload support across the entire Emulex I/O connectivity product line.
“Users adopting virtualization solutions from VMware to enable next-generation data centers and cloud computing can now match application workloads using their storage protocol of choice with our OneConnect UCNAs or LightPulse HBAs,” said Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of business development for Emulex. “Emulex’s OneCommand™ Manager for these products is tightly integrated with the management capabilities of the VMware platform, providing a single pane of glass for managing all network connectivity (IP, iSCSI, FCoE and Fiber Channel). In addition, our new OneCommand Vision software is the only I/O management solution for VMware environments that enables I/O visibility to the Virtual Machine (VM) laver for both Fibre Channel and FCoE.”
New feature enhancements in VMware vSphere 4.1 help enable customers to take advantage of advanced capabilities with Emulex connectivity solutions. For example, VMware vSphere 4.1 users can deploy VMware hosts directly from the Storage Area Network (SAN) with iSCSI, FCoE and Fibre Channel protocols. Additionally, users can leverage VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch to dynamically adjust workloads across a team of physical adapters with robust Emulex OneConnect teaming capabilities that include assignment of NIC ports and NIC teams to multiple Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) and link aggregation of Ethernet traffic for ports with FCoE traffic that remains unteamed.
“Emulex connectivity solutions complement VMware vSphere™ 4.1 with dynamic provisioning and workload performance, offering critical protocol-agnostic offload support,” said Parag Patel, vice president, Global Strategic Alliances, VMware. “This support is important because it can lead to further CAPEX and OPEX reductions in the data center while laying the foundation for cloud computing.”
Emulex connectivity solutions already support VMware vSphere 4 and complement the dynamic cloud infrastructure by providing efficient, high-performance SAN and LAN connectivity, enabling the maximum number of VMs per host. Emulex is a VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program member and a participant in the VMware I/O Vendor Program.
Learn more about Emulex within vSphere environments, please visit: www.emulex.com/solutions/vmware-vsphere-4.html
For more details on compatibility, please visit the VMware IO Compatibility Guide
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.
VMware and VMware vSphere are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. The use of the word “partner” or “partnership” does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company. .
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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.
