FC HBAs From QLogic Available for Windows Server 2008

QLogic Corp. announced availability of its Fibre Channel host
bus adapters (HBAs) for Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 automates
daily management tasks, tightens security and improves efficiency,
while offering virtualization solutions that enable IT professionals to
reduce costs, increase hardware utilization, optimize their
infrastructure, and improve server availability. QLogic Fibre
Channel HBAs, optimized for virtualized environments and Windows Server
2008 Hyper-V hypervisor technology, deliver industry-leading
performance in Windows Server 2008 environments.

Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V, the next-generation
hypervisor-based server virtualization technology, allows customers to
make the best use of their server hardware investments by consolidating
multiple server roles as separate virtual machines (VMs) running on a
single physical machine. With Hyper-V customers can also efficiently
run multiple different operating systems — Windows, Linux, and others
— in parallel, on a single server, and fully leverage the power of x64
computing.

"As a key ecosystem partner, we are actively collaborating with
Microsoft to ensure that our HBAs seamlessly integrate with key
features of Windows Server 2008, such as Windows Server 2008
Hyper-V-based server virtualization and virtual machine management,"
said Amit Vashi, vice president of marketing, QLogic Host Solutions
Group. "QLogic Fibre Channel solutions are integrated with
hardware-assisted virtualization technologies in the Microsoft Hyper-V
hypervisor platform to extend fabric security and flexibility in
virtual environments.

QLogic Corp.