Emulex Announces Support

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Emulex Corporation(NYSE:ELX) today announced its support for the HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel (FC) module within the latest release of itsHBAnyware(r) management software. Emulex HBAnyware is a powerful FC host bus adapter (HBA) management suite designed for efficient, scalable administration of enterprise-class SAN connectivity, which fully interoperates with HP BladeSystem c-Class featuring Virtual Connect. HP Virtual Connect technology aggregates the blade server connections within the BladeSystem c-Class chassis so that networked storage environments can communicate with pools of server blades, which simplifies the deployment of SANs by decoupling the server management from the storage administration.

"Emulex Fibre Channel SAN connectivity solutions are trusted by business customers of all sizes around the globe," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing, Emulex Corporation."Now, HP Virtual Connect enables customers to leverage the best of Emulex technology when deploying an HP BladeSystem c-Class platform.Customers benefit from streamlined server and storage management practices, which simplify IT administration, increase productivity and flexibility, and lower total cost of ownership."

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