Emulex Adapter Certified

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that the Emulex LightPulse(r) LP21000 family of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) has been certified for VMware ESX. Emulex CNAs provide VMware customers with transparent network and storage connectivity for both physical and virtual environments, coupled with the ability to leverage existing management tools and processes associated with Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) already deployed.

"Emulex has long been a leader in developing and driving new storage technologies and standards such as N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) to fuel server virtualization adoption, and today's announcement is indicative of the continued trend towards convergence in the data center," said Taufik Ma, vice president of product marketing, Emulex."VMware customers using Emulex CNAs within virtualized server environments will now be able to experience the same usability, management capabilities and best-in-class connectivity they expect from Emulex seamlessly within a unified network."

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