Announcing the Sun StorageTek™ Enterprise Class 4Gb/s Fibre Channel host bus adapters powered by Emulex technology. The Sun StorageTek Enterprise 4Gb/s Fibre Channel to PCI Express Fibre Channel host bus adapter family offers highly integrated connectivity solutions for enterprise-class storage area networks (SANs). Optimized for the new Sun Fire X2100 and Sun Fire T2000 servers with PCI Express host bus platform support and 4Gb/s Fibre Channel link speeds, this host bus adapter solution delivers unsurpassed performance and flexibility for your most demanding storage networking applications.

Complementing the already shipping 2Gb/s Fibre Channel to PCI-X adapters, Sun once again is meeting strong end user demand. Sun brands, distributes and supports custom versions of the Emulex LightPulse Family of HBAs. As an integral part of Solaris 10, 9 and 8 distributions, the Emulex-based connectivity solutions enable end users to leverage Sun support and realize the benefits of Sun's native Fibre Channel aware SAN Foundation Software applications, commonly referred to as "Leadville," while benefiting from the robust performance of Emulex SAN connectivity.

With a large installed base of HBAs within Solaris OS environments, Emulex has a longstanding history of supporting our mutual customers. This new Sun/Emulex business partnership enables the two companies to jointly meet the needs of Sun's large end user customer base. Sun branded Emulex HBAs provide the robustness, scalability and performance benefits that fully complement the features and benefits of the Solaris OS.

In addition, the new Sun-branded Emulex HBAs are also supported by Sun for Windows and Linux server attachment, as part of Sun's Open SAN initiative. A major benefit for large heterogeneous data centers will be Emulex's unique Universal Boot capability that allows a user to seamlessly deploy the same HBA, including Fibre Channel boot, across multiple hardware architectures and operating systems.

Emulex - the most trusted name in SAN connectivity.

Key benefits of Sun-branded HBAs from Emulex:

• Sun brands, distributes and supports custom versions of the Emulex LightPulse Family of HBAs
  
  
  • Sun-branded Emulex HBA drivers are tested, shipped and supported as an integral part of Solaris 10, 9 and 8 distributions
  • Support for Windows (2000 and 2003) and Linux (RHEL and SLES) as part of Sun's Open SAN initiative
• High quality multi-platform support
  
  
  • Scale-up SPARC
  • Scale-out/grid computing x64/x86
  • Open SAN
  • Multi-Boot support, same HBA can be re-deployed to different OS and architecture without firmware change or re-flash

• Experience and trust with Emulex quality
  
  
  • Complements existing large installed base of Emulex HBAs in Solaris environments

• Sun-branded models to choose from
  
  
  • StorageTek SG-XPCI1FC-EM2 (Single Channel 2Gb/s Fibre Channel to PCI-X 133MHz)
  • StorageTek SG-XPCI2FC-EM2 (Dual Channel 2Gb/s Fibre Channel to PCI-X 133MHz)
  • StorageTek SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4 (Single Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel to PCI Express x4)
  • StorageTek SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4 (Dual Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel to PCI Express x4)