Tuesday August 22, 9:06 am Eastern Time
Press Release
Emulex Demonstrates 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel Solutions At Intel Developer Forum
As Part of Intel's ``FastTrack'' Program, Emulex Products Successfully Pass IA-64 Interoperability Tests for Win64, Linux 64 and Monterey Operating Systems and are Selected for Display
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2000-- Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq:EMLX - news), the world's largest supplier of fibre channel host adapters(1), Tuesday announced it is demonstrating the 2 Gb/s LightPulse LP9002 fibre channel host bus adapter at the Intel Developer's Forum (IDF).
In addition to the demonstration, located in booth No. 841, the company's LightPulse products are displayed on Intel's showcase wall, which is dedicated solely to members of Intel's IA-64 Fast Track program who have successfully passed interoperability tests.
Intel's Fast Track program is designed to enable a select group of companies to develop complimentary technology as Intel introduces new or enhanced products. Emulex products included in Intel's Fast Track program and featured on the showcase wall are the 1 Gb/s LP8000, LP9000 and the 2 Gb/s LP9002 host adapters and the LH5000 digital fibre hub.
``Emulex is a leading provider of fibre channel technology to our OEM customers, so they are a natural participant in the IA-64 FastTrack program and we are pleased to have them represent their products at IDF,'' commented Jason Waxman, Intel IA-64 marketing manager. ``Emulex products provide high performance and robust storage area network operation for IA-64 platforms.''
The LP9002 demonstration at IDF operates in conjunction with Seagate's new 2 Gb/s Cheetah disc drives, setting a new standard for fibre channel performance and increased bandwidth.
The recently-introduced LP9002 is fully backwards compatible with today's 1Gb/s fibre channel standard, yet capable of providing up to 400MB/s bandwidth on a single link when operating at 2Gb/s full-duplex, delivering the I/O performance needed in IA-64 enterprise-class systems. In addition, the LP9002 is fully compatible with software drivers for the market-leading LP8000 and LP7000E products.
``The Intel Developer Forum is an ideal arena for its new IA-64 architecture, which will provide our mutual customers with enterprise-class performance in open computing environments,'' asserted Mike Smith, vice president of Worldwide Marketing at Emulex.
``Our LightPulse family of host adapters displayed on the showcase wall provide the quality, features and performance needed for the powerful new IA-64 systems,'' he concluded.
In support of the IA-64 system development, Emulex is developing drivers for Win64, Linux 64 and Monterey operating systems. In addition, Emulex will provide new EFI drivers, utilities and diagnostic tools to support IA-64. All Emulex IA-64 software is fully backward compatible with the entire installed base of LightPulse host adapters.
Emulex LightPulse Host Adapters
Emulex has a broad family of fibre channel products designed to address the needs of mission-critical enterprise applications. The market-leading LP8000 delivers world-class performance and unmatched interoperability for loop and switched SANs. This 64-bit PCI-based host adapter provides a unique combination of features, including:
-- full fabric support using F_Port and FL_Port connections
-- hardware context cache for superior fabric performance
-- support for multiple protocols (SCSI, IP, SB-2 and VI)
-- high data integrity
-- full-duplex data transfers for up to 200MB/s bandwidth
The LP8000 also features data buffering to support up to 100km cabling, support for all fibre channel topologies, and support for multiple service classes (2 and 3). The LP8000 provides customers with flexibility to support a full range of cabling options, including copper, multi-mode fiber or single-mode fiber.
The LP8000 is supported by a rich suite of software, providing support for storage protocol (SCSI), network protocol (IP), as well as multi-protocol (SCSI & IP) operation, enabling advanced SAN and network applications. Emulex provides a wide range of operating system support, including Windows 2000 and Windows NT, Solaris, AIX, Linux and NetWare.
The Emulex fibre channel family also includes the PCI-based 64-bit, 66 MHz LP9000 and LP950 host adapters, the high-performance LP7000E and open-server LP850 host adapters, the new 2Gb/s LP9002 host adapter family, the SBus based LP8000S host adapter and the industry's first digital re-timing hub, the LH5000 series.
About Emulex
Emulex Corp. is a leading designer, developer and supplier of a broad line of fibre channel host adapters, hubs, ASICs and software products that provide connectivity solutions for fibre channel SANs, network attached storage (NAS) and RAID.
The company's products are based on internally developed ASIC technology and are deployable across a variety of SAN configurations and operating systems, enhancing data flow between computers and peripherals.
Emulex's products offer customers the unique combination of critical reliability, scalability and high performance, and can be customized for mission-critical server and storage system applications.
Emulex products have been selected by the world's leading server and storage providers, including Compaq, EMC, Fujitsu-Siemens, Groupe Bull, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC and Unisys. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, Intel, McDATA, Microsoft, Legato and Veritas among its strategic partners.
Emulex markets to OEMs and end-users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as two-tier distribution partners. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, Calif. News releases and other information about Emulex Corp. are available via the Internet at emulex.com.
EMULEX -- the fibre channel company
(1) Source: IDC and Datquest |
