COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the world leader in Fibre Channel host bus adapters and embedded storage switches, and a provider of intelligent building blocks for the storage networking industry, today announced a new line of SAN Storage Switch products targeted specifically at small and medium businesses (SMBs) and small departmental SAN applications in enterprise environments.
Emulex SAN Storage Switch Models 355 and 375 are the first and only Fibre Channel SAN storage switches specifically designed for entry-level Storage Area Networks (SANs). Based on the company's award winning and field-proven InSpeed(tm) technology, Emulex SAN Storage Switches are designed to deliver a simple and affordable storage solution for companies that want the advantages SANs provide over direct attached storage, but wish to avoid the complexities that come with enterprise fabric-based services.
"The Emulex SAN Storage Switch Models 355 and 375 deliver absolute simplicity and are affordable for both end users and OEMs alike," said Mike Smith, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Emulex Corp. "End users may now benefit from a new class of high performance, low cost switching. In addition, our OEM customers recognized the inherent simplicity in using InSpeed technology for entry-level SAN switching applications where the benefits Fabric provides are not needed."
"IT managers deploying entry level SANs don't need all the bells and whistles associated with large-enterprise SAN switches, rather they need systems that are easy to deploy, easy to manage and easy on the budget," said Richard Villars, Vice President of Storage Systems Research at IDC. "By leveraging its widely deployed InSpeed technology, Emulex is in a strong position to deliver SAN solutions that meets the needs of IT managers within small and medium businesses."
The introduction of the Emulex SAN Storage Switch family further reinforces Emulex's commitment to delivering a full suite of Fibre Channel SAN infrastructure solutions designed specifically for the SMB user. The Company recently began volume shipments of its LP101 HBA, which features a wizard-like installation and management tool that delivers simple and affordable SAN connectivity.
"With the low-cost volume server market representing approximately 80% of all servers sold, and the majority of those servers still operating within a direct attached storage environment, we believe the opportunity for simple, entry-level Fibre Channel based SANs is significant," adds Smith. "Emulex's new SAN Storage Switches further expand our ability to bring storage networking to this emerging class of SAN users."
The Emulex SAN Storage Switch Model 355 is a 1U, half-rack form factor 12-port non-blocking 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel switch. The Emulex SAN Storage Switch Model 375 is a 1U, full-rack form factor 20-port non-blocking switch that, in addition to more ports, adds redundant fans and two hot-swappable, universal power supplies for high availability. Both the 355 and 375 offer a number of advanced features and unique capabilities included standard in the switch:
-- Intuitive integrated management web server and a simple 3-step
installation process deliver industry leading configuration
and ease of use
-- Smart settings are selectable predefined switch configurations
that optimize switch performance and stability for a variety of
application environments
-- Automatic Trunking fully multiplies inter-switch link throughput
and bandwidth with failover protection
-- One-Step Zoning for simple storage pool partitioning
-- Stealth Intelligent Change Manager eliminates state and
configuration change notification disruptions, leading to
an exceptionally stable SAN environment.
Emulex SAN Storage Switches are ideal for storage pooling and consolidation, high-performance shared tape library backup and recovery, server clustering, and streaming rich media applications.
For more information on the Emulex SAN Storage Switch Models 355 and 375, please visit www.emulex.com.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the world leader in Fibre Channel HBAs and delivers a broad range of intelligent building blocks for next generation storage networking systems. Emulex was named one of Forbes Magazine's 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies, and ranked number 15 in Deloitte & Touche's 2003 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(tm) 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, Groupe Bull, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance, Quantum Corp., StorageTek, Sun Microsystems, Unisys and Xyratex. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, Computer Associates, Intel, McDATA, Microsoft and VERITAS among its strategic partners. 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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