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Emulex HBAs Selected by Sun

Emulex Corporation
announced its LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Bus
Adapters have been selected by Sun Microsystems for its new
Netra family of carrier grade blade servers. The new Sun StorageTek
4Gb/s Fibre Channel ATCA HBAs, which are based on the Emulex 4Gb/s
LightPulse LPe11000 HBA family, offer a highly integrated connectivity
solution ideal for telecommunications companies deploying the Sun Netra
platform within a storage area networking (SAN) environment.

"This new Emulex ATCA-based Fibre Channel HBA solution further
demonstrates the strength of our relationship with Sun," said Mike
Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing, Emulex Corp.
"This new form factor HBA paves the way for the delivery of
high-bandwidth solutions for the telecommunications market. We will
continue working with Sun to develop innovative SAN connectivity
solutions for new and emerging markets."

The new Emulex HBAs were designed for use within Sun Netra Blade
Servers, and uses an Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) form factor which
supports the ATCA chassis. Coupled with Emulex SAN connectivity
solutions, the new Sun server blades are designed for end users looking
to accelerate the delivery of next generation voice, video and data
services.

"Sun’s Netra Blade Servers are used within 90 percent of the
communications infrastructure market for carrier-grade solutions, and
we are committed to continue offering the utmost reliability,
availability and serviceability in every level of our blade solutions,
"
said Mike Wojnar, marketing manager, Sun Network and Fabric Group, Sun
Microsystems. "As one of our recently awarded ‘Best-in-Class’ vendors,
Emulex was a clear choice with its LightPulse Fibre Channel HBA
architecture, which offers high performance, robust data integrity and
enterprise class I/O connectivity
."

Emulex HBAs are qualified and supported for SAN connectivity across
a broad range of Sun server and storage systems, including Sun SPARC
Enterprise, Sun Blade, Sun Fire, Netra and StorageTek.

Emulex Corporation

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