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Google+Emulex Announces Integration of Pilot 3 Controllers within Intel® S1200BT Server Platforms Supporting the Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 Family
Next-Generation Integrated Baseboard Management Controllers Deliver Cost-Effective Data Center Server Management
COSTA MESA, Calif., April 19, 2011 – Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced the general availability of the Pilot 3 integrated Baseboard Management Controllers (iBMC) and certification across Intel's new S1200BT server lineup supporting the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 family. http://www.intel.com/products/server/processor/xeonE3/index.htm
The Pilot 3 iBMC, an integrated lights-out management controller, is ideal for server and storage manufacturers looking for a remote management solution to keep pace with enterprises' always-on, globally distributed environments. The new Intel® S1200BT server family is based on the Intel Sandy Bridge microarchitecture, and leverages the Intel C200 chipset. The Emulex Pilot 3 iBMC is the premier microcontroller embedded in new server designs, extending the triple-core architecture with enhancements geared at the new Intel processor, offering faster speeds, support for more ports, additional sensors and reduced power requirements.
"The Emulex Pilot 3 iBMC is a key ingredient of the power management and Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager features available on Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 family-based platforms," said Shaun Walsh, vice president of marketing, Emulex. "Emulex Pilot 3 enables the true “lights out” data center with industry-leading remote management that is required to support next-generation data centers and cloud computing deployments."
Emulex Pilot 3 offers a unique, high-performance, triple-core architecture that delivers embedded platform management while simultaneously providing remote Keyboard, Video and Mouse (KVM) console operation and high-speed remote storage support. Within a single ASIC, Emulex Pilot 3 iBMC simplifies the management of the remote server systems and appliances for both physical and virtual servers, thereby reducing operational costs. The Pilot 3 iBMC allows administrators to remotely boot physical and virtual servers from a variety of storage devices and remotely reboot a physical or virtual server following firmware, basic input/output system (BIOS) or operating system updates. In addition, the Emulex Pilot 3 iBMC auto-discovers system problems and increases availability by monitoring all internal sensors and instrumentation within the server, and delivering warnings of problems, whether they are firmware-related or hardware-related.
"Server management is a requirement for data centers of all sizes and even more critical for next-generation servers based on the Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 family," said David L. Brown, DCG Server Channel GM, Intel. "Emulex Pilot 3 offers not only the integration and performance, but the one-chip remote management infrastructure that provides ease-of-use and cost reduction with more efficiency and performance over traditional BMCs."
Emulex offers a Pilot3 iBMC hardware design kit and a complete platform management firmware solution including a software design kit and software application kit with evaluation cards to accelerate product development and time-to-market. Emulex Pilot 3 is also fully supported by the leading platform management firmware solutions from AMI and Avocent.
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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 http://www.emulex.com.
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