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To: John Carragher who wrote (11377)	10/16/2000 9:17:47 AM
From: bob gauthier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17183

EMC Qualifies QLogic's SANbox 16 with EMC's Enterprise Storage Network ``EMC E-Lab Tested'' SANbox 16 Departmental Switch Solution Now Available ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2000--QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ:QLGC - news), the leading SAN infrastructure provider, today announced that EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC - news), the world's leader in information storage, has qualified QLogic's SANbox 16-port switches as EMC ``E-Lab Tested.'' EMC's E-Lab Tested qualification process is part of the EMC E-Infostructure Interoperability Program, a series of exhaustive stress tests to ensure the interoperability of all the components that make up the multivendor EMC Enterprise Storage Network (ESN). QLogic switches are designed to keep pace with today's explosive data growth by linking EMC Symmetrix® enterprise servers and storage subsystems into easy-to-manage, reliable storage networks. As an EMC E-Lab Tested component of the Enterprise Storage Network, the SAN box 16 switch has successfully completed tests of base qualifications, interoperability and standards compliance. Through the EMC E-Infostructure Interoperability Program, EMC strives to ensure that all components of the multivendor Enterprise Storage Network interoperate in the complex, widely varied storage network environments found at real customer sites. ``With the E-Lab qualification, EMC's customers can take advantage of QLogic's outstanding switch technology,'' said Jim Rothnie, EMC's Chief Technology Officer. ``EMC's E-Infostructure Interoperability Program gives our customers the power to choose best-of-class solutions, delivering on open, standards-based storage networks.'' ``QLogic and EMC share a commitment to simplify storage networking for our customers,'' said Larry Fortmuller, vice president of marketing, QLogic. ``Efforts such as EMC's E-Infostructure Interoperability Program deliver rigorously tested solutions designed to give customers the flexibility to change and grow their storage resources as their enterprise demands.'' The SANbox-16 switch supports the FibreAlliance-developed Fibre Channel based management information base (MIB) technology, which provides a common method of managing multiple devices within a heterogeneous storage network. QLogic is a charter member of the FibreAlliance, an open consortium of some 50 Fibre Channel suppliers working cooperatively to help their customers deploy and manage effective, interoperable, enterprise-class SANs. EMC's ESN offers universal data access for every major computing platform, operating system and application. The ESN integrates EMC Connectrix Fibre Channel directors and switches, Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems, CLARiiON Extended Storage systems, the Celerra File Server System, advanced network technology, enterprise storage software, consulting and services into one complete package. Customers value QLogic's technology, support and ability to provide best-of-breed products with short time-to-sales. QLogic saves customers time and resources by providing a portfolio of hardware, software and service components. With these tools, OEMs and resellers can develop and deploy SAN connectivity solutions faster, more cost effectively and with less risk.