EMC Certifies Emulex's HBAs

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Emulex Corporation(NYSE:ELX) today announced that EMC Corporation has qualified the Emulex LightPulse(r) LPe12000 family of 8Gb/s Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) for the EMC(r) CLARiiON(r), EMC Celerra(r) and EMCSymmetrix(r) networked storage system families. Emulex 8Gb/s HBAs, which are available from EMC through EMC Select, provide customers with new performance, advanced virtualization and security features, while maintaining backward compatibility with existing 4Gb/s and 2Gb/s Fibre Channel products.

"Once again, Emulex is teaming with EMC to deliver technology advances into the storage industry. The availability of next generation connectivity solutions validates our commitment to driving the transition to 8Gb/s Fibre Channel," said Mike Smith, executive vice president, Emulex Corporation. "Further, EMC's rigorous E-Lab testing and qualification process reinforces our best-in-class technology."

Emulex Corp.