ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2003--
Single, Dual & Quad Channel HBAs Provide Highly Cost Effective 1,
2 and 4 Port Solutions
QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), the company that powers storage area
networks (SANs), today announced that its SANblade(TM) single and dual
channel PCI-X host bus adapters (HBAs) are now shipping with HP
ProLiant servers, including the ProLiant BL p-Class line of blade
servers, running Windows as well as Linux. In addition, the company's
quad channel host bus adapters are now shipping with the HP OpenView
Continuous Access Storage Appliance (CASA) software for enabling
heterogeneous data services such as migration and replication.
"Based on open industry standards, the emergence of PCI-X based
servers allows IT professionals to improve the performance of their
storage network while protecting their investment in PCI servers and
adapters," said Frank Berry, vice president of marketing, QLogic Corp.
"Highly integrated SANblade adapters from QLogic allow IT
professionals to harness the full power of PCI-X based HP ProLiant
servers."
Reliable, Scalable and Secure Industry Standard Platforms
Business demands are the driving force behind IT consolidation
activities today. Companies are bringing together data centers,
consolidating servers with newer, more powerful technology, and
relying more on management tools to reduce or eliminate expensive
downtime. The highly reliable, scalable and secure industry-standard
HP ProLiant server platform helps lower the overall cost of IT while
producing a greater return on IT investment. In addition, the
connectivity of the enhanced HP OpenView CASA expands from 16 to 24
ports using multiple QLogic SANblade QLA2344 HBAs, providing support
for larger multi-vendor network storage environments.
SANblade QLA2340 Series PCI-X HBAs
PCI-X HBAs from QLogic offer both added performance and
flexibility and enable enterprise customers to use multiple PCI-X
buses at different speeds. Designed to serve leading server and
storage companies like HP that have embraced the new 133MHz PCI-X
standard, the SANblade QLA2340 family of HBAs delivers double the
throughput of the 66MHz PCI interface that is commonly found in server
platforms today.
The SANblade QLA2340 Series is the company's flagship line with an
extensive checklist of features and benefits that is unmatched in the
industry including:
-- Highest-performance -- up to 80,000 Input/Output operations
per second and up to 800 Mbytes of throughput per second
-- Native support in all major operating systems including
Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) and Windows 2000, Novell(R)
NetWare, Linux, and Sun Solaris
-- Single-chip ISP2312 architecture for increased reliability and
more compact, versatile design
-- Single and dual channel versions to maximize performance and
the use of precious PCI-X slots
-- Support for new 133MHz PCI-X designs and unique legacy support
for PCI servers
-- Common driver interface for PCI-X, PCI, cPCI and SBus versions
-- Support for 2Gb/second and 1Gb/second speeds
-- Unique "bridgeless" dual channel HBA eliminates the severe
performance overhead of PCI-X bridges used in competitive HBAs
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QLogic products are included in servers, workstations, RAID
subsystems, tape libraries, disk and tape drives, and delivered to
small, medium and large enterprises around the world. Powering
solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu,
Hitachi, HP, IBM, Network Appliance, Quantum, Sony, StorageTek and
Sun, the broad line of QLogic controller chips, host bus adapters,
network switches and management software move data from storage
devices through the network fabric to servers. A member of the S&P 500
and NASDAQ 100, QLogic was recently named to Forbes' Best 200 Small
Companies for the fourth consecutive year and was named to Fortune's
100 Fastest Growing Companies list for the third consecutive year. For
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