EqualLogic Offers Comprehensive Support for Solaris Environments

Business Wire, May 30, 2006

NASHUA, N.H. -- [R][sup.3]Supports Solaris 10 Native iSCSI Initiator, Multipath I/0, Server Clusters and SAN Boot

[R][sup.3]EqualLogic(R), the leading provider of enterprise-class iSCSI storage area networks (SANs), announced today its certification and integration support for the Sun Microsystems Solaris 10 operating system, Update 2, which supports iSCSI environments. This most recent certification of interoperability between Sun Solaris and EqualLogic's PS Series family of storage arrays ensures the most comprehensive support for Solaris of any iSCSI SAN in the industry today. [R][sup.3]The Sun Solaris UNIX operating system is one of the most widely deployed platforms for UNIX users and servers in enterprise data center environments. With the Solaris 10 Update 2, Sun is shipping its native iSCSI software initiator for Solaris and SPARC platforms. EqualLogic's PS Series is now fully qualified for seamless interoperability with all of Sun's iSCSI initiators for Solaris, as well as with the Solaris I/O multipathing feature, MPxIO. In addition, EqualLogic's integration with Solaris offers boot from SAN and support of QLogic iSCSI HBAs for Solaris 8, 9 and 10. The PS Series is an ideal solution for Sun customers running Solaris, Linux and Windows on low-end to midrange SPARC and Opteron computing platforms. [R][sup.3]Earlier this year, EqualLogic's PS Series SAN was tested and certified to work with Symantec's Veritas Storage Foundation, Veritas Cluster Server and Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability solutions in Sun Solaris environments. In 2003, EqualLogic was the first iSCSI vendor to successfully complete Sun Blade Server Verification and achieve Solaris Ready Certification. [R][sup.3]"EqualLogic continues to work closely with Sun Microsystems to provide our customers with the highest level of performance and reliability to maximize the value of their IT resources," said John Joseph, vice president of marketing for EqualLogic. "EqualLogic provides customers with the most robust and comprehensive iSCSI storage solutions available for Solaris platforms, and our full support of Solaris host environments is a strong example of our industry-leading certification work with all of our technology partners."

[R][sup.3]About EqualLogic

[R][sup.3]EqualLogic(R), Inc., is the leading provider of intelligent, enterprise-class iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions that enable businesses in more than 30 countries--from Fortune 100 to small and mid-size organizations--to realize the economic benefits of consolidated, self-managing storage. The EqualLogic PS Series of storage arrays, based on the company's patented peer storage architecture, is the industry's first automatic storage platform that delivers operational simplicity, comprehensive data management services and high data availability in a single, scalable pool of storage. EqualLogic's headquarters are located in Nashua, New Hampshire. http://www.equallogic.com [R][sup.3]EqualLogic is a registered trademark of EqualLogic, Inc. Other marks belong to their respective owners.