Sun Microsystems to Utilize QLogic's 64-bit PCI-to-Fibre Channel Technology for Enterprise Network Storage Applications - QLogic l100 - Company Business and Marketing

Edge: Work-Group Computing Report, Sept 27, 1999

QLogic Corp., an industry leading designer of advanced, high-performance I/O controllers for direct connect and storage network interfaces, announced Wednesday that Sun Microsystems has chosen the QLogic I100 64-bit PCI-to-Fibre Channel controller for utilization in its line of modular, scalable Sun StorEdge Fibre Channel subsystems.

Sun Microsystems is the world's leading UNIX storage vendor. Designed to meet the needs of the most demanding enterprise applications in mission-critical environments, Sun's line of modular high performance Sun StorEdge solutions excel in reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS).

"By utilizing QLogic's 64-bit PCI-to-Fibre Channel technology in our high-performance Sun StorEdge solutions, we are moving one step closer to eliminating the physical and logical barriers between devices on the Intelligent Storage Network," stated Raj Das, director product marketing at Sun Network Storage. "As the leader in Fibre Channel technology, we see this relationship with QLogic as expanding our commitment to open industry standards, such as PCI. This enables our customers to enjoy the benefits of storage networking across a wider range of solutions."

"Sun's commitment to open standards and modularity means customers will continue to have the maximum scalability as their networks grow and change," stated Larry Fortmuller, vice president and general manager of QLogic's Computer Systems Group. "Sun's industry-leading high-performance Fibre Channel RAID products which utilize QLogic's advanced ISP architecture provide a compelling PCI open standard solution for enterprise class environments."

Based on QLogic's award-winning ISP architecture, the I100 applies advances in I/O technology to a solid, industry-proven design. This chip connects the PCI bus to a Fibre Channel loop and contains an onboard RISC processor. The I100 is a fully autonomous device, capable of managing multiple I/O operations and associated data transfers from start to finish without host intervention. QLogic I/O controllers can be found in products from industry leading manufacturers of hard disk drives, tape drives, RAID controllers, tape libraries to UNIX and NT systems and workstations. QLogic offers the widest array of Fibre Channel and SCSI interface products in the marketplace today.

QLogic Corporation is a leading designer and supplier of semiconductor and board-level I/O and enclosure management products. The company's products provide high-performance interface connections for computer systems and their attached data storage peripherals, such as hard disk drives, tape drives and RAID subsystems. In addition, QLogic provides enclosure management products that monitor and communicate management information related to components that are critical to computer system and storage subsystem reliability and availability. QLogic's highly integrated, fully featured solutions are targeted at the computer system, storage device and storage subsystem marketplaces. The company is utilizing its expertise to develop products for emerging standards such as Fibre Channel and Ultra3, as well as, SAF-TE, SES, and IPMI enclosure management solutions. FMI: http://www.qlc.com.