COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1998--
Sequent's Second-generation NUMACenter(TM) Achieves Record
86,252.81 Transactions Per Minute With the Enhanced LP7000E
Emulex Corp. (NASDAQ:EMLX), a leader in fibre channel technology
and products, Monday announced that Sequent Computer Systems Inc. has
again selected Emulex for gigabit fibre channel connectivity.
Sequent has integrated the newest Emulex LightPulse(TM) PCI host
bus adapter, the LP7000E, into its industry leading NUMA-Q(TM) 2000
high end systems and NUMACenter framework for data center
applications.
The LightPulse LP7000E is an enhanced version of Emulex's LP7000
Fibre Channel PCI Host Bus Adapter providing industry leading fibre
channel performance for enterprise storage and networking
applications. Utilizing enhancements to the LightPulse "Superfly"
architecture along with Emulex's second generation Service Level
Interface or "SLI 2 API", the LP7000E provides unprecedented I/O
operations per second from a single PCI host bus adapter. With
on-board data buffering, the LP7000E also maintains high levels of
data throughput performance in large configurations or over extended
link distances. Industry standard benchmark testing has shown LP7000E
throughput performance over 10 kilometer links to be more than double
that of competitive products.
The NUMACenter system, running a mix of UNIX and Windows NT, was
configured with 64 Intel Pentium II Xeon processors, 64GB memory and
64 LP7000E adapters connected to a switched fabric of 8 Brocade Fibre
Channel Switches and achieved 86,252.81 transactions per minute
running Oracle8(TM). This is a gain of nearly 40 percent over the
previous TPC-C leader for a single system.
"Sequent selected the LightPulse LP7000E fibre channel adapter
for our new NUMA-Q 2000 product offerings due to its significant
increases in performance combined with the forward compatibility of
the enhanced driver software," said Jeff Pancottine, vice president of
global marketing for Sequent Computer Systems Inc. "The results from
our recent benchmark prove the enhanced capabilities of the LP7000E
and reinforces our belief that Emulex continues to be a highly
responsive supplier and fibre channel partner."
"Sequent is an innovative leader, taking early advantage of the
gigabit performance capabilities provided by fibre channel
technology," stated Teri Blackledge, vice president of marketing for
Emulex. "Sequent's NUMA-Q systems with Emulex LightPulse fibre channel
products have provided data center solutions with the highest level of
reliability and performance for more than two years," she added.
Designed to support mission critical enterprise applications in
networked storage, clustering and high performance network links, the
LP7000E utilizes Emulex's fibre channel-optimized ASIC architecture,
"Superfly", to achieve significant increases in performance over
earlier generation products. In addition, the LP7000E provides one of
the industry's widest set of operating features including support for
all classes of fibre channel services (1, 2, 3, and intermix) and all
topologies (arbitrated loop, point-to-point, and direct fabric/switch
attach) which is becoming significantly more important to users as
fibre channel solutions become more prevalent. Available with the
LP7000E are both SCSI and LAN protocol drivers for multiple operating
environments including NT and various UNIX systems. The driver
interface to the adapter is the proven, high performance Emulex "SLI2"
API which, when combined with the "Superfly" architecture, 233MHz
on-board processor, and dual-ported SRAMs for buffering, consistently
exceeds results in throughput, distance, and reliability for those
large and diverse enterprise applications requiring gigabit
connectivity when compared with other host adapters in the market. In
addition, the LightPulse family includes the LP3000, which is the
industry's price-to-performance leading fibre channel arbitrated loop
host adapter for high-speed direct connect storage applications, and
the innovative LH5000 digital re-timing hub product family which
offers superior loop management and integrity.
About Sequent
Sequent Computer Systems (NASDAQ:SQNT), the leader in Intel-based
systems for the data center, is committed to the success of its
end-user and system integrator customers. Sequent's platform
architectures and services are optimized for the scalability,
availability and manageability requirements of corporate and
institutional data center environments leveraging industry-standard
technologies and best-in-class partnerships.
Sequent was the world's fastest-growing server vendor with
systems priced between $100K and $1M in 1997 on the strength of the
NUMA-Q 2000, and has been the number one vendor of high-end UNIX
servers in the United Kingdom for the past seven years, according to
IDC. Sequent supports more than 10,000 installations worldwide,
including many of the world's largest and most sophisticated OLTP, DSS
and RDBMS applications. For further information, phone Sequent at
503/626-5700 or 800/257-9044, or visit the World Wide Web site at
sequent.com.
About Emulex
Emulex is a leading designer of high-performance network
connectivity products including fibre channel, printer server and
network access products. The company's hardware and software-based
networking solutions improve communication in computer networks and
enhance data flow between computers and peripherals. Fibre channel is
a high-performance ANSI standard interface that is supported by the
120+ worldwide member Fibre Channel Association which includes Sun,
Hewlett-Packard and Seagate. As a leading developer and supplier of
fibre channel technology, Emulex's fibre channel devices support all
implementations of the fibre channel standard, including arbitrated
loop, switched fabric and point-to-point topologies. The company
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. News releases and other
information about Emulex Corp. are available via Emulex's World
Wide Web address at emulex.com. |
