ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 24, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Storage Networking World -- QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), the leader in Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), today announced that support for Virtual SAN (VSAN) technology has been integrated into QLogic SANblade(r) 2400 HBAs.
Pioneered by Cisco Systems, Inc. and now an ANSI T11 standard, VSANs provide storage administrators with an industry-standard method to improve storage area network (SAN) security, scalability and performance by segmenting physical SANs into multiple logical SANs -- each with its own set of fabric services and policies suited to the specific needs of an application. VSAN-aware SANblade HBAs now give storage administrators the unique ability to reduce costs by supporting multiple VSANs with a single HBA.
QLogic and Cisco will be demonstrating VSAN technology at Storage Networking World in Orlando.
"We consider the integration of VSANs into QLogic HBAs as an important milestone in the evolution of the VSAN technology," said Ed Chapman, senior director of marketing of the Data Center and Storage Business Unit (DCSBU) at Cisco Systems. "With VSAN-aware HBAs, customers will now be able to extend the benefits of Cisco MDS 9000-based intelligent storage networking capabilities -- availability, scalability, traffic management, security, and simplified management -- to SAN-based virtual servers."
VSAN -- The Industry Standard for SAN Consolidation
VSANs enable customers to consolidate a number of their small, application-specific fabrics, or "SAN islands," onto larger fabrics. VSAN-enabled consolidation enables customers to manage a shared SAN infrastructure and support and manage multiple applications, hosts (servers), and storage devices, which leads to increased operational efficiency and lowered total cost of ownership.
In November, 2004, the Technical Committee T11 of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) selected VSAN technology for approval by the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) as the industry standard for deploying Virtual Fabrics.
"Storage administrators need to maintain security, availability and performance as they build-out global SANs," said Steve Duplessie, founder and senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. "Consolidating HBA support for VSANs is essential to Global 2000 corporations with thousands of HBAs."
About QLogic
QLogic is the leading supplier of Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches and Fibre Channel stackable switches. The company is also a leading supplier of iSCSI HBAs. QLogic products are delivered to small, medium and large enterprises around the world, powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, HP, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index and NASDAQ 100 Index. For more information visit www.qlogic.com.
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