Emulex Provides SAN Connectivity for HP StorageWorks 6400 and 8400 Enterprise Virtual...

Emulex Provides SAN Connectivity for HP StorageWorks 6400 and 8400 Enterprise
Virtual Arrays

COSTA MESA, Calif., April 29, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emulex Corporation
(NYSE:ELX) today announced that its LightPulse(r) Fibre Channel Host Bus
Adapters (HBAs) support the new HP StorageWorks 6400 and 8400 Enterprise Virtual
Arrays (EVAs), running Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, HP-UX 11i and
Linux operating systems.

"Emulex and HP have enjoyed a longstanding relationship ensuring customers
receive best-in-class performance and availability within their HP storage
arrays and servers," said Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice
president of business development, Emulex. "Emulex LightPulse HBAs provide
customers with optimal performance, simplified management and interoperability
across a wide range of HP StorageWorks arrays and operating systems, giving
customers the flexibility they need in a SAN connectivity solution."

Emulex LightPulse HBAs offer customers a range of capabilities, including:

* Comprehensive virtualization capabilities with support for N_Port ID
Virtualization (NPIV) and virtual fabric -- allows application of
SAN best practices, tools and processes with virtual server
deployments
* Host to Fabric FC-SP authentication -- ensures end-to-end data
integrity and protects sensitive data from unauthorized access
* Support for Message Signaled Interrupts eXtended (MSI-X) -- improves
host utilization & enhances application performance
* Common driver model allows a single driver to support all Emulex
HBAs on a given OS -- lowers administrative costs and speeds server
deployment
* Support for 8Gb/s, 4Gb/s & 2Gb/s Fibre Channel devices -- integrates
seamlessly into existing SANs
"As customers virtualize their data centers they want to improve the performance
of their SAN infrastructure while lowering overall costs," said Bob Wilson, vice
president, Storage Platforms Group, HP. "The combination of Emulex's LightPulse
HBAs and HP's new EVAs ensures customers have superior scalability, greater
efficiency and enterprise-class connectivity in their data center environments."

Emulex LightPulse HBAs and mezzanine cards are supported across a range of HP
StorageWorks storage arrays and HP Industry Standard Servers, including HP
ProLiant and Integrity-class servers.

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virtualization, HBAs, mezzanine cards, LightPulse, Fibre Channel, SANs

For more information on Emulex LightPulse HBAs for HP storage arrays and
servers, please visit: http://www.emulex-hp.com

To learn more about Emulex, please visit: http://www.emulex.com

About Emulex

Emulex is the leader in converged networking solutions for the data center. Our
Connectivity Continuum architecture provides intelligent networking services
that transition today's infrastructure into tomorrow's unified network
ecosystem. Emulex provides a single framework that intelligently connects every
server, network and storage device within the data center. Through strategic
collaboration and integrated partner solutions, Emulex provides its customers
with industry leading business value, operational flexibility and strategic
advantage. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and has
corporate headquarters in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other
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The company wishes to caution readers that a number of important factors could
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CONTACT: Emulex Corporation
Press Contact:
Katherine Lane, Manager, Public Relations
(714) 885-3828
katherine.lane@emulex.com