Solarflare to Demo with PANDUIT at Cisco Networkers Live 2009

Companies Showcase 10GBASE-T for a Highly-Available Virtualized Data Center
IRVINE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Solarflare Communications, the leading provider of standards-compliant 10
Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) silicon and VMware Technology Alliance Partner, will
showcase a highly-available virtualized data center network over 10GBASE-T with
PANDUIT at the Cisco Networkers Live Conference in San Francisco, June 29-July 2
at booth #515.

The data center network on display is the first public demonstration of ESX NIC
teaming and failover / fallback, which delivers the resiliency and redundancy
virtual servers need to support mission-critical applications. If one
switch-to-server link fails, the virtual server`s network connection is switched
to the redundant backup link while maintaining, without error, the various
traffic streams: iSCSI storage, Vmotion and video.

As server virtualization becomes more prevalent in data center environments, a
high-speed data transport capability is ideal. With multiple virtual machines,
server I/O is throttled in a 1 Gigabit network. By incorporating Solarflare`s
Solarstorm vNIC controllers and 10Xpress 10GBASE-T transceivers, the PANDUIT
TX6A 10GIG Category 6A UTP Cabling System and a Cisco Catalyst 6503 switch with
the VMware ESX platform, virtual machines can achieve 10 Gigabit performance.

"Virtual machines in data centers need to deliver the same level of high
availability as real physical hardware," said Bruce Tolley, vice president of
corporate marketing at Solarflare Communications. "Our high-performance 10
Gigabit Ethernet vNIC controller and 10GBASE-T PHY solutions not only make
upgrading to 10Gbps speeds possible and cost-efficient, but also deliver
features, such as high availability, that mission critical applications demand."

About Solarflare 10GbE Products

Solarflare designs and develops the industry`s highest-performing, lowest-power,
standards-compliant 10GbE vNIC controllers and 10GBASE-T transceivers. Optimized
for all key virtualization platforms including Citrix, Microsoft and VMware,
Solarflare`s Solarstorm Ethernet controller consumes less than 2 watts at full
line-rate performance delivering the optimal balance in performance and power
efficiency. At under 5 watts, Solarflare's 10Xpress 10GBASE-T PHY with dynamic
power scaling is the lowest power PHY in the industry and supports distances of
greater than 100 meters on UTP Category 6A cabling, 100 meters on STP Category
6, 55 meters on UTP Category 6 and 45 meters on UTP Category 5E cabling. For
additional product information and pricing, send a request to
productinfo@solarflare.com.

About Solarflare

Solarflare Communications is a semiconductor company delivering the next level
of high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE). As the leading provider of
standards-compliant 10GbE silicon, Solarflare`s robust and power-efficient
solutions are cost effective and easy to deploy. Ready for primetime, Solarflare
10 Gigabit Ethernet makes possible next-generation applications such cloud
computing, server virtualization, network convergence and low latency UDP
multicast (with Open Onload) for market data applications. The privately held
company is headquartered in Irvine, California, with a development center in
Cambridge, UK, and has announced relationships with Accton, Citrix, Delta
Networks Inc, Panduit, SMC Networks and VMware. For more information visit
www.solarflare.com.

LEWIS PR for Solarflare
Amy Robinson / Katie Eakins
619-677-2700
solarflare@lewispr.com
or
Solarflare Communications
Nicole E. Martin
415-860-9194
nmartin@solarflare.com

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