QLogic Unveils SANbox 9000

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ:QLGC), a leader in networking for storage and high performance computing (HPC), today announced the 9008V 8Gb Fibre Channel I/O blade for the QLogic SANbox® 9000 modular chassis switch, along with a road map that includes support for 16Gb Fibre Channel. A fully configured SANbox 9000 now provides SAN administrators with up to 256 8Gb switch ports, plus all the rack density and performance needed to support hundreds of server and storage nodes -- including blade servers and virtual machines. QLogic also announced today that SANbox 9000 business development will be focused on small to medium enterprises (SMEs), where the product has a proven track record of benefiting SAN administrators who need an affordable, long-term solution to build large fabrics.

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