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Emulex LightPulse HBAs Selected by Sun Microsystems for its Netra Family of Carrier Grade Blade Servers

Emulex Named 2007 Sun Best-in-Class Supplier



"Sun's unique approach to modular I/O implemented with the Emulex Network Express Module represents a space-efficient approach to providing high-density, hot-pluggable SAN expandability, which is critical for large-scale environments. As the only blade architecture with industry-standard I/O and 100 percent hot-pluggable I/O, the Sun Blade 8000 Modular System, in conjunction with the Emulex NEM and EM, not only provides customers with record-setting blade performance, but offers up to 20 times the I/O throughput of competing solutions - allowing our customers to run their most demanding applications on a modular server form factor."

Mike McNerney,
director of blade product line management,
Sun Microsystems

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Since 1982, Sun has brought together the world's brightest technical minds to solve the world's biggest technical problems. Their vision of "Everyone and everything participating on the network" means that when people are networked, they share, they interact, and they solve problems.

Recently named Sun's Best-in-Class Supplier for OEM products, Sun and Emulex develop and provide a wide range of enterprise-class products that enable customers to intelligently connect storage, servers, and networks. Whether you use our market-leading HBAs or innovative blade I/O modules to address emerging data center requirements, our products provide the performance, interoperability, and scalability that enable your business to efficiently execute and grow.

Our Sun-branded products are available from Sun and Sun authorized resellers.

Product News


Sun StorageTek™ 8Gb/s PCI Express 2.0 Fibre Channel HBAs
Sun's SG-XPCIE1FC-EM8-Z and SG-XPCIE2FC-EM8-Z, a single and dual-channel 8Gb/s PCI Express 2.0, are new Fibre Channel HBA, for the following Sun server and storage solutions:
  • Sun Fire™ server family
  • Netra™ server families
  • Sun SPARC Enterprise server family
  • Sun StorageTek storage solutions


Emulex Introduces Combined Fibre Channel and Ethernet ExpressModule™ Host Bus Adapter (HBA) for Sun Microsystems' Blade 6000 and 8000 Modular families.
Sun's new multi-protocol ExpressModule HBAs from Emulex, Sun model number SG-XPCIE2FCGBE-E-Z, deliver increased performance and enhanced slot utilization for virtualized server environments for companies with large or mixed SAN and LAN environments. In addition, the HBAs leverage Emulex LightPulse® Virtual HBA technology, which enables customers to effectively 'virtualize' SAN connections so that each virtual machine has independent access to its own protected storage.


Sun StorageTek™ 4Gb/s Fibre Channel ATCA/AMC HBA for Sun Netra Carrier Grade Blade Servers
Sun's SG-XPCIE2FC-ATCA-Z is a new Emulex 4Gb/s, AMC Form Factor, Dual-Channel, PCI Express, Fibre Channel HBA for the Sun Netra ATCA Carrier Grade Server Platforms. The SG-XPCIE2FC-ATCA-Z is designed specifically to address the rigorous requirements of the telecommunications industry.


Emulex HBAnyware® Now Available for Solaris Environments
HBAnyware is a powerful platform that automates key management tasks, providing exceptional efficiency and scaleable administration of enterprise-class SAN connectivity. Emulex HBAnyware is now available for Solaris SAN Foundation Software Environments.


Sun StorageTek™ 4Gb/s FC Network Express Module, 20 port
pass-through module


Sun StorageTek™ Dual-channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel
ExpressModule HBA


Sun StorageTek™ Enterprise Class 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA


Sun StorageTek™ 2Gb/s Fibre Channel to PCI-X HBA