Compaq Selects Emulex Host Adapter for Proliant Servers; LightPulse LP8000 Host Adapter Provides Recommended Host Connection for Windows 2000 Environments - Product Information

Edge: Work-Group Computing Report, June 5, 2000

Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq:EMLX), an industry leader in fibre channel products and technology Wednesday announced that Compaq, the world's leading storage systems supplier and leading storage area network (SAN) provider, has qualified a customized and fully tested version of the Emulex LightPulse LP8000 PCI fibre channel host adapter for use in connecting Compaq StorageWorks RAID Array 8000, Enterprise Storage Array 12000, Modular Array 8000 and Enterprise Modular Array 12000 storage systems to Windows NT and Windows 2000 based servers.

The Compaq 64-Bit/33MHz PCI-to-Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for NT (P/N 176479-B21) is designed for enterprise mission-critical applications on Compaq ProLiant and other X86 based servers, providing industry-leading performance in both Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop and Fibre Channel fabric based configurations.

"The qualification of our LP8000 enables Emulex to provide Windows NT and Windows 2000 solutions for Compaq enterprise customers worldwide," stated Kirk Roller, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for Emulex Corp. "The LP8000 provides the features and proven reliability needed to satisfy Compaq customers' demand for high-availability access to data," he added.

The Emulex LP8000 Host Bus Adapter

The 64-bit PCI LP8000 provides a unique combination of features required for mission-critical enterprise applications, including full fabric support using F_Port and FL_Port connections, high data integrity, full-duplex operation, data buffering to support up to 10km cabling, and support for all fibre channel topologies and service classes 2 and 3.

The LP8000 features a GBIC or embedded physical interface, providing customers with flexibility to support a full range of cabling options, including copper, multi-mode fiber or single-mode fiber.

The LP8000 is supported by a rich suite of software, providing support for storage protocol (SCSI), network protocol (IP), as well as multi-protocol (SCSI & IP) operation, enabling advanced SAN and network applications. Emulex provides a wide range of operating system support, including Windows NT and 2000, Solaris, AIX, UnixWare and NetWare.

Compaq has extended this broad support to include the Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS operating systems.

The LP8000 is part of a broad family of fibre channel products offered by Emulex to address the needs of both mission-critical enterprise applications and open systems computing.

The Emulex fibre channel family also includes the company's recently announced 64-bit, 66 MHz LP9000 and LP950 host adapters, the high-performance PCI-based LP7000E and open-server LP850 host adapters, the new 2Gb/s LP9002 host adapter family, the SBus based LP8000S host adapter, the price-performance optimized LP3000 host adapter and the industry's first digital re-timing hub, the LH5000 series.

Emulex Corp. is a leading designer, developer and supplier of a broad line of fibre channel host adapters, hubs, ASICs and software products that provide connectivity solutions for fibre channel storage area networks (SAN).

The company's products are based on internally developed ASIC technology, and are deployable across a variety of SAN configurations and operating systems, enhancing data flow between computers and peripherals.

Emulex's products offer customers the unique combination of critical reliability, scalability, and high performance, and can be customized for mission-critical server and storage system applications.

Emulex products have been selected by the world's leading server and storage providers, including Compaq, EMC, Fujitsu-Siemens, Groupe Bull, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, and Unisys. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Ancor, Brocade, Intel, Microsoft, Legato, and Veritas among its strategic partners.

The company also markets traditional networking products such as printer servers and network access products, including communications servers and WAN adapters. Emulex markets to OEMs and end users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as two-tier distribution partners. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa. FMI: www.emulex.com.