Emulex to Showcase Storage Connectivity Technologies Integrated With HP Products at HP Tech Forum

Emulex's HBA Management Technology, Blade Connectivity Solutions and Award-Winning InSpeed Root Switches Featured in Solution Demonstration with HP EVA 5000


MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 17, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) --



  WHAT:      Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the most trusted name
             in storage networking connectivity, is demonstrating
             its HBAnyware(tm) management suite within the latest
             generation of HP Storage Insight Manager 5.0, running
             on HP BladeSystem at this week's HP Technology Forum
             in Orlando, Fla. Emulex 4Gb/s Fibre Channel host bus
             adapters (HBAs) are also integrated into the
             demonstration to provide the reliable and robust
             connectivity between HP BladeSystem and HP StorageWorks
             Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) 5000, which also
             features Emulex InSpeed embedded switch technology.

  WHEN:      Monday, October 17 through Thursday, October 20, 2005

  WHERE:     Emulex Booth No. 923 at the HP Technology Forum,
             Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

  CONTACT:   Robin Austin, Sr. Manager, Public Relations
             714-885-3462 or robin.austin@emulex.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 and most recently received recognition as one of Forbes 200 Best Small Companies.

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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Emulex Safe Harbor Statement

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. The company wishes to caution readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the rapidly changing nature of technology, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and enhancements by competitors; fluctuation in the growth of Fibre Channel and IP markets; changes in economic conditions or changes in end-user demand for technology solutions; fluctuations or delays in customer orders; the highly competitive nature of the markets for Emulex's products; Emulex's ability to gain market acceptance for its products; the company's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the company's reliance on third-party suppliers. These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q.

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