QLogic Provides Fibre Channel Host Adapters for Use in Intel-Sponsored Whitepapers
COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999--
QLA2100 Part of Suggested Configuration With Intel-based 2, 4 and
8-Way Platforms in Two Whitepapers Published Jointly by Intel
and Other Industry Leaders
QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), an industry leading designer of advanced, high-performance I/O controllers for direct connect and storage network interfaces, announced today that its QLA2100 product has been identified as part of complete recommended system solutions in two whitepapers: "Scalable Enterprise Storage Solutions", published jointly by Intel, CLARiiON, and LSI Logic; and "Multi-Tier Internet-Based Enterprise Applications", published jointly by Intel, CLARiiON, Dell, GigaNet, IBM, Microsoft and QLogic. The Fibre Channel adapters were featured for use in 2, 4, and 8-way Intel Pentium(R) III Xeon(TM) platforms utilizing both the Intel 450NX and new Profusion(R) chipsets. These documents can be found at qlc.com, under the "Industry" link.
The advent of Fibre Channel storage, added to the high performing, scalable and highly available Intel-based servers, enables high-end enterprise level solutions with management functions that facilitate remote administration, on a very flexible and highly scalable platform. The whitepapers outline configurations for both scalable enterprise solutions and high-availability Internet clustering applications.
QLogic's QLA2100 Fibre Channel host bus adapter is featured in both white papers in arbitrated-loop and switched fabric configurations ranging from single-server JBOD and RAID solutions to complex 16-server, 64-processor cluster implementations for multi-tier internet applications. The QLA2100 is featured in configurations with CLARiiON and LSI MetaStor storage subsystems, Ancor and Giganet switches, and enterprise management software from HP Openview, IBM Tivoli and CA Unicenter.
"Platforms based on the Intel Pentium(R) III Xeon(TM) processor, including our new 8-way Profusion(R) chipset, provide customers with great performance, availability and scalability, and are ideally suited for use in Fibre Channel SANs," said Bill Raleigh, director of marketing for Intel's Enterprise Server Group. "These recently published whitepapers demonstrate the strengths of Fibre Channel solutions such as QLogic in the enterprise storage network."
"The power of systems based on Intel Pentium III Xeon processors enhance the flexibility and strength of today's Fibre Channel-based SAN," stated Larry Fortmuller, vice president and general manager for QLogic's Computer Systems Group. "We are pleased that QLogic was selected as part of this specific configuration for enterprise applications."
The QLogic QLA2100
The heart of the QLA2100 is the award-winning ISP2100 Fibre Channel controller. The ISP2100 has a dedicated on-board RISC processor, which results in impressive performance and superior efficiency in real world applications. In addition, QLogic's unique architecture, which integrates both frame buffers and a 1 Gbit transceiver, continues to be the only single-chip solution available in the Fibre Channel market.
QLogic offers the widest array of Fibre Channel interface products in the marketplace today. QLogic Fibre Channel controllers can be found in products from industry leading manufacturers of hard disk drives, tape drives, RAID controllers, tape libraries to UNIX and NT systems and workstations.
About QLogic
QLogic Corporation is a leading designer and supplier of semiconductor and board-level I/O and enclosure management products. The company's products provide high-performance interface connections for computer systems and their attached data storage peripherals, such as hard disk drives, tape drives and RAID subsystems. In addition, QLogic provides enclosure management products that monitor and communicate management information related to components that are critical to computer system and storage subsystem reliability and availability. QLogic's highly integrated, fully featured solutions are targeted at the computer system, storage device and storage subsystem marketplaces. The company is utilizing its expertise to develop products for emerging standards such as Fibre Channel and Ultra3, as well as, SAF-TE, SES, and IPMI enclosure management solutions. For more information about QLogic and its product lines, contact QLogic Corp., 3545 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626; telephone: 800/662-4471 (sales); 714/438-2200 (corporate); fax: 714/668-5008; home page qlc.com.
With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include new and changing technologies and customer acceptance of those technologies; a change in semiconductor foundry capacity or conditions; fluctuations in the growth of I/O markets; fluctuations or cancellations in orders from OEM customers; the Company's ability to compete effectively with other companies; cancellation of OEM products associated with design wins; and reductions in the need for space and increased costs of operations due to facility relocation. Carrying additional expansion space may increase costs and adversely impact future earnings. These and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Form S-3, Form 10-K, and Form 10-Q.
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