ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 24, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Storage Networking World -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity, will showcase its market-leading initiatives in the SAN infrastructure market at this week's Storage Networking World (SNW) Fall 2005, October 24-27 in Orlando, Fla. Using its new LightPulse(r) Virtual host bus adapter (HBA) technology, Emulex has teamed with industry leaders to provide enhancements to virtual server environments that improve storage area network (SAN) management and data protection by enabling virtual servers to use dedicated SAN resources.
In addition to showcasing its innovative strategy within the virtual server segment, Emulex offers SNW attendees a glimpse of various new storage technologies through live demonstrations and executive speaking engagements.
Emulex Demonstrations
-- In the Emulex booth number P23, Emulex will display a complete
end-to-end enterprise solution featuring servers, storage and
management software from HP, coupled with the breadth of Emulex
products, including the Emulex-based FC Mezzanine card for use
within HP BladeSystem. Furthermore, the HP EVA 5000 storage
subsystem highlights the benefits of switched back-end
connectivity utilizing InSpeed Embedded Storage Switches to
enhance the system's availability, serviceability and performance.
A live demonstration of HP System Insight Manager 5.0 also
illustrates the enhanced SAN management capabilities leveraged via
the Emulex SMI-S HBA Provider, to enable an integrated server and
storage management solution with native support of Emulex HBA
management tools, such as HBAnyware.
-- In Platinum Galleria Kiosk PG11, Emulex is teaming with an
ecosystem of partners to demonstrate a complete storage system
running live FC-SATA technology. FC-SATA, initially demonstrated
at the Spring 2005 SNW conference, is a new technology designed to
natively connect near line ready SATA disk drives into enterprise
storage systems that use Fibre Channel embedded infrastructures to
lower storage system costs. FC-SATA is in the process of becoming
standardized for inclusion into the FC standard. Additional
information about FC-SATA can be obtained at
www.emulex.com/fcsata.
Emulex Partner Demonstrations
-- In the FCIA SNW booth number G24, Emulex will demonstrate its
advances in 4Gb/s technology. Qualified for use within Windows and
Linux operating environments by major OEMs including Dell, EMC and
HP, Emulex's new 4Gb/s LightPulse HBAs provide customers with the
ability to double the speed of today's 2Gb/s storage networks,
while leveraging the flexible Emulex firmware-based architecture
to ensure backward compatibility and a seamless migration path.
Also included are 4 Gb/s SBODs based on Emulex's highly successful
InSpeed Embedded Storage Switches.
-- In the SNIA Interoperability Lab, Microsoft features EZPilot --
the industry's first multi-vendor storage provisioning application
from Emulex and Brocade, within its multi-vendor VDS technology
demo alongside the Microsoft Storage Manager for SANs.
-- Also in the SNIA Interoperability Lab, Emulex HBAs are featured in
its SMI-S technology demonstration showcasing the Company's SMI-S
HBA provider running remotely in SNIA's Technology Center in
Colorado Springs, Colo. and queried by SMI-S clients running
locally.
-- In the Microsoft Storage Pavilion, Emulex and Brocade showcase
EZPilot to demonstrate intuitive SAN setup and storage
provisioning using the HP StorageWorks MSA1000 storage solution.
Emulex Executive Speakers
-- Joe Teolis, vice president of HBA product marketing, will discuss
the time-to-market and productivity advantages that Emulex has
achieved by leveraging its Fibre Channel technology infrastructure
in his SNW conference session, "Emulex Case Study -- Increase
Productivity Across Multiple Sites By Leveraging Your Own Fibre
Channel Infrastructure," on Thursday, October 27 from 9:25 a.m. to
10:10 a.m. ET.
-- Tom Hammond-Doel, director of product marketing and chairman of
the FCIA, will explore the latest market forces and innovations
that keeps Fibre Channel at the forefront of the enterprise and
extends its use beyond the enterprise environment; session titled
"Fibre Channel: Beyond the Enterprise" to take place on Thursday,
October 27, 11:15 to 12:00 noon ET.
For more information on Emulex and its activities at the Storage Networking World Fall 2005 Conference, please visit www.snwusa.com.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the industry's preeminent source for a broad range of advanced storage networking infrastructure solutions spanning host bus adapters, embedded storage switches, I/O controllers and SAN Storage Switches. Emulex ranked number 19 in the Deloitte 2005 Technology Fast 50.
The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex HBAs, embedded storage switching and I/O controller products to build reliable, scalable and high performance storage solutions. The Emulex award-winning product families, including its LightPulse(r) HBAs and InSpeed(tm) embedded storage switching products, are based on internally developed ASIC, firmware and software technologies, and offer customers high performance, scalability, flexibility and reduced total cost of ownership. The company's products have been selected by the world's leading server and storage providers, including Dell, EMC, Fujitsu Ltd., Fujitsu Siemens, Bull, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, Engenio, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance, Quantum Corp., StorageTek, Sun Microsystems, Unisys and Xyratex. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at http://www.emulex.com.
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