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BLADE Network Technologies and Emulex Deliver Essential Networking Components for IBM BladeCenter Virtual Fabric

Posted on: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST

Symbols: IBM, ELX

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PARIS, Nov 25, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
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Corporation (NYSE: ELX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and BLADE Network Technologies, Inc. (BLADE),
the trusted leader in data center networking, announced that the two
companies are delivering the essential networking components for IBM
BladeCenter Virtual Fabric. BLADE's BNT
Virtual Fabric 10G Switch Module combined with Emulex
Virtual Fabric Adapter CFFh for IBM BladeCenter provide an
end-to-end converged networking solution for IBM
BladeCenter H and HS22 blade servers.

Virtual Fabric for IBM BladeCenter provides flexible Ethernet
connectivity, virtual port switching and support for future converged
networking with iSCSI
or FCoE. Unlike the physical port switching employed by conventional
switch fabrics, the Emulex-BLADE solution provides a virtual fabric for
IBM BladeCenter supporting 1Gb/s or 10Gb/s that can be configured into
up to eight virtual ports with bandwidth allocation in 100Mb/s
increments.

BLADE's switch-resident and hypervisor-agnostic SmartConnect
with VMready software is the industry's first shipping product to
enable network policies to move along with Virtual Machines to maintain
application performance, availability and security.

The Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter CFFh for IBM BladeCenter provides the
fastest and most flexible blade server Ethernet connections in the
industry, offering two physical 10Gb/s Ethernet ports that can be
configured into up to eight virtual ports with bandwidth allocations in
100Mb/s increments. Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapters are field upgradable
to iSCSI or next-generation Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). BLADE's
10 Gigabit Ethernet switches support iSCSI and can be upgraded with new
firmware to support FCoE, allowing a converged networking infrastructure
to support diverse application requirements within the data center.

"One of the challenges customers face today is that they have too many
devices in their data centers that need to be managed," said Alex Yost,
vice president, IBM Systems & Technology Group. "Virtual Fabric for IBM
BladeCenter, developed in partnership with Emulex and BLADE Network
Technologies, allows customers to significantly reduce the number of
adapters, switches and cabling by offering up to eight virtual adapters
with the flexibility to work at any bandwidth from 100Mb to 10Gb."

"Emulex and BLADE Network Technologies are working with IBM to bring
industry-leading 10Gb/s Ethernet and virtual I/O solutions to the market
that help IT managers reduce costs and scale their operations through
the performance and consolidation benefits of network convergence," said
Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of
Business Development, Emulex. "Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapters for IBM
BladeCenter are based on our OneConnect(TM)
Universal Converged Network Adapter architecture and work seamlessly
with BLADE's convergence-ready switches to provide an ideal solution for
IBM BladeCenter customers seeking to lower capital expenditures,
maximize blade consolidation and deploy highly virtualized environments."

"BLADE's FCoE-ready virtual fabric switch automatically recognizes
Emulex's Virtual Fabric Adapter and has the ability to connect massive
virtualization environments that span thousands of servers, helping
simplify management and improve performance for today's agile
workloads," said Charles Ferland, vice president of EMEA, BLADE Network
Technologies. "Working with Emulex and IBM to deliver this combined
solution confirms that BLADE switches are today's best choice for
next-generation data center networks."

Availability

BLADE's BNT Virtual Fabric 10G Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter (Part
number 46C7191) and Emulex's Virtual Fabric Adapter (Part number
49Y4235) will be available in November from IBM.

View the product demonstration video at: http://www.youtube.com/EmulexVideo.

For more information on Emulex connectivity solutions for IBM, visit: http://www.emulex-ibm.com.

For more information on BLADE networking solutions for IBM
BladeCenter, visit: http://www.bladenetwork.net/ibm.

About Emulex

Emulex is the leader in converged networking solutions for the data
center. Our Connectivity Continuum architecture provides intelligent
networking services that transition today's infrastructure into
tomorrow's unified network ecosystem. Emulex provides a single framework
that intelligently connects every server, network and storage device
within the data center. Through strategic collaboration and integrated
partner solutions, Emulex provides its customers with industry leading
business value, operational flexibility and strategic advantage. Emulex
is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and has corporate
headquarters in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other
information about Emulex Corporation are available at: http://www.emulex.com.

About BLADE Network Technologies

BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE) is the leading provider of Gigabit
and 10G Ethernet cloud-ready
networking solutions for dynamic, enterprise data centers worldwide.
In addition to its innovative OEM
blade switches, and SmartConnect
with VMready virtualization and BLADEHarmony
Manager software, BLADE's "Virtual, Cooler, Easier" RackSwitch
family enables "Rackonomics"
-- an efficient approach for scaling out data center networks to drive
down total cost of ownership. BLADE's customers include more than 300 of
the Fortune 500 across 26 industry segments, representing nearly 7
million switch ports connecting over 2 million servers and storage
systems in data centers around the globe. Visit: www.bladenetwork.net.
Twitter: @BLADENetwork.

Emulex Safe Harbor Statement

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the
statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that
involve risk and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements
include, among other things, statements regarding future events and
future performance. Emulex wishes to caution readers that a number of
significant factors could cause actual results to differ materially from
those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include changes
in economic and industry conditions and the effects of ongoing global
economic uncertainty, changes in end user demand for technology
solutions; the effect of any actual or potential unsolicited offers to
acquire Emulex; Emulex's dependence on a limited number of customers and
the effects of the loss of, or decrease or delays in orders by, any such
customers, or the failure of such customers to make payments; the
rapidly changing nature of technology, evolving industry standards and
frequent introductions of new products and enhancements by competitors;
the effect of rapid migration of customers towards newer, lower cost
product platforms; slower than expected growth of the storage networking
market or the failure of Emulex's Original Equipment Manufacturer
("OEM") customers to successfully incorporate Emulex products into their
systems; delays in product development; the highly competitive nature of
the markets for Emulex's products; Emulex's ability to gain market
acceptance for its products; any inadequacy of Emulex's intellectual
property protection or the potential for and impact of third-party
claims of infringement, including any inability to successfully defend
itself against any intellectual property claims, obligations relating to
customer indemnification, any failure of suppliers to satisfy
indemnification obligations and other potential business disruption;
Emulex's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; and the
Emulex's reliance on third-party suppliers. These and other factors
which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements are also discussed in Emulex's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on
Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q. Statements in this release are based on
current expectations and Emulex undertakes no obligation to revise or
update any forward-looking statements for any reason. All trademarks,
trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their
respective companies.

SOURCE: Emulex Corporation


Emulex Corporation 
Katherine Lane, +1 714-885-3828 
Director, Corporate Communications 
katherine.lane@emulex.com 
or 
BLADE Network Technologies 
Maxine Bingham, +1 704-806-5028 
press@bladenetwork.net 
or 
ZNA Communications 
Zee Zaballos, +1 831-425-1581 x201 
BLADE@zna.com

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