Emulex IOC 500S Meets Need for Complete Embedded Flexibility in
Storage Designs
COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 1, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) - Emulex Corporation
(NYSE:ELX) today announced that AMCC is now shipping its 3ware 9690SA
suite integrated with the Emulex SAS I/O Controller (IOC). The Emulex
SAS IOC 500S is designed for storage system providers that want
flexibility in their storage controller designs.
"This design win for the new Emulex IOC 500S is a testament to our
commitment to providing customers with SAS/SATA building blocks as part
of our industry-leading multi-protocol embedded product portfolio,"
said Bob Whitson, senior vice president and general manager, Embedded
Storage Products, Emulex Corporation. "The Emulex IOC 500S complements
the AMCC 3ware 9690SA, as both offer high performance, scalability and
data integrity capabilities that are ideal for customers requiring a
solution that will scale to meet their needs."
"The 3ware 9690SA SAS RAID controllers provide our customers with a
flexible, best in class SAS/SATA RAID experience that is ideally suited
for data center environments that demand performance and expandability,"
said Barbara Murphy, senior vice president and general manager, AMCC
Storage Products. "The Emulex IOC 500S is a key SAS building block that
enables us to provide our customers with the right tool for the job."
The Emulex IOC 500S is compatible with Emulex's Service Level Interface
(SLI(tm)) technology that allows storage system providers to leverage
driver-compatible designs across many different applications and
protocols to reduce development efforts and time to market. The IOC 500S
delivers simultaneous support for Target and Initiator modes and data
integrity features powered by Emulex BlockGuard(r) technology.
For more information on Emulex's Embedded IOC/IOP family, please visit:
www.emulex.com/solutions/embedded.
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
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