QLogic Enables HBA-Level Virtualization

QLogic Corp. announced that QLogic SANblade Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) will offer N_Port_ID Virtualization (NPIV) for the upcoming release of VMware Infrastructure, the latest offering from VMware which will include VMware ESX Server 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5. Through its collaboration with VMware, QLogic SANblade HBAs bring the numerous benefits of hardware-assist virtualization to customers, including enhanced quality-of-service and dynamic provisioning without restrictions on zoning and LUN masking.
 
“VMware has established itself as the leader in infrastructure virtualization for industry-standard systems,” said Amit Vashi, vice president of marketing, QLogic Host Solutions Group. “Customers have been eagerly awaiting HBA-level virtualization solutions for VMware Infrastructure environments, which give businesses the advanced automation solutions and virtual infrastructure capabilities they require. As with previous versions of VMware Infrastructure, we have optimized our SANblade HBAs to provide an excellent user experience.”
 
“By leveraging the co-development resources provided through the VMware Community Source program, QLogic was able to deliver on a key technology such as NPIV, which enables end users to transfer SAN best practices from the physical world to virtualized environments,” said Brian Byun, vice president of global partners and solutions at VMware. “Businesses of all sizes can benefit from the features available in the new release of VMware Infrastructure, which increases the availability of IT environments, boosts performance of mission-critical workloads and streamlines management.”
 
For more details on the benefits of QLogic comprehensive virtualization products, read: http://www.qlogic.com/EducationAndResources/WhitePapersResourcelibrarySan.aspx

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