Emulex Extends Virtual HBA Technology to Next Generation Fibre Channel Over Ethernet...

Emulex Extends Virtual HBA Technology to Next Generation Fibre Channel Over
Ethernet and 8Gb/s SAN Connectivity Solutions

BARCELONA, Spain, Jan. 22, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Cisco Networkers -- Emulex
Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that it is extending the capabilities of
its leading-edge Virtual Host Bus Adapter (HBA) technology to its emerging
technology platforms: 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE) Converged Network Adapters (CNAs). Emulex Virtual HBA technology, which
is based on industry-standard N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), is vital for
effectively managing storage-connected resources in a server virtualization
environment.

When combined with the inherent advantages and bandwidth of 8Gb/s Fibre Channel
and 10Gb/s FCoE, Emulex enables increased benefits of server virtualization and
consolidation by providing greater I/O capacity within the server. Emulex
LightPulse Virtual HBAs and CNAs are equipped with a Service Level Interface
(SLI), which enables driver compatibility across all generations of Emulex
products, including the forthcoming 8Gb/s LightPulse LPe12000 HBAs and FCoE
CNAs.

"Extending support for Emulex Virtual HBA technology to our new suite of 8Gb/s
and FCoE products will enable our end user customers to gain even greater
benefits from server virtualization," said Mike Smith, executive vice president
of worldwide marketing, Emulex. "Emulex has historically driven forward the
adoption of new Fibre Channel technology and is dedicated to making the
transition to 8Gb/s Fibre Channel and FCoE technology as seamless as possible
for its data center customers, while maintaining key capabilities, such as
virtual machine migration."

The demonstration at this week's Cisco Networkers event showcases NPIV supported
virtual machine migration across virtual server environments between differing
network speeds and protocols. The demonstration includes the Emulex
LightPulse(r) 8Gb/s LPe12000 and 4Gb/s LPe11000 families with Virtual HBA
technology based on industry-standard NPIV, and an Emulex FCoE CNA, connected to
leading fabric switches. Additionally, Emulex CNAs are also featured in a FCoE
Technology demonstration in the Nuova booth #E5.

"Teaming with Emulex to showcase the benefits of FCoE reinforces the strong
ecosystem support for this compelling next generation datacenter I/O
consolidation technology," said Soni Jiandani, chief marketing officer, Nuova
Systems. "FCoE is key to providing our mutual customers with products designed
to enable deployment of LAN and SAN connectivity on servers while lowering
cabling, power and cooling expenses. We will continue working closely with
Emulex to drive data center convergence with expanded SAN connectivity solutions
that leverage existing management tools."

"This demonstration is unique in that it provides a glimpse into the future of
the data center and the benefits 8Gb/s Fibre Channel and FCoE provide to end
users," said Arun Taneja, founder and consulting analyst, Taneja Group. "As
enterprises begin upgrading to faster speeds, the ability to migrate virtual
machines from 4Gb/s HBAs to 8Gb/s HBAs will be a necessity, and Emulex has
proven this ability with today's demonstration and gone a step further by
demonstrating this capability within FCoE as well."

As a leader in NPIV technology and products, Emulex is again the first to
demonstrate NPIV capabilities with emerging 8Gb/s Fibre Channel and FCoE
technologies. FCoE is designed to provide an efficient storage protocol for use
on a consolidated Ethernet fabric within the data center. The end user benefits
associated with FCoE include consolidated management and connectivity, which
will lower operating costs and protect customers' existing Fibre Channel
infrastructure investments.

Emulex is demonstrating these new capabilities at this week's Cisco Networkers
in Barcelona, Spain, January 21-24, in booth #E2.

About Emulex

Emulex Corporation creates enterprise-class products that intelligently connect
storage, servers and networks. The world's leading server and storage providers
rely on Emulex award-winning HBAs, intelligent storage platforms and embedded
storage products, including switches, bridges, routers and I/O controllers, to
build reliable, scalable and high performance storage and server solutions.
Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and corporate
headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other
information about Emulex Corporation are available at http://www.emulex.com.

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above include forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties.
The company wishes to caution readers that a number of important factors could
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CONTACT: Emulex Corporation
Robin Austin, Director, Public Relations
(714) 885-3462
robin.austin@emulex.com