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S-Series Line of Storage
Systems Achieves Interoperability Status with
Emulex Market-Leading Fibre Channel Host Bus
Adapters
Santa Clara, Calif., March 5, 2007 - NEC
Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network, storage
and storage software solutions, today announced it has garnered
Fibre Channel HBA interoperability status from Emulex Corporation
(NYSE:ELX) for its S-Series line of storage systems. Obtaining
verification ensures interoperability in multi-vendor Emulex-based
SAN connectivity environments, which is key to achieving optimum
performance in enterprise storage systems. Available in North
America, NEC's storage systems include the S1500, S2500 and the
S2900, and when coupled with Emulex's market-leading 2Gb/s and
4Gb/s HBAs, these systems offer high performance, full data
availability and scalability, as well as a comprehensive suite of
business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities.
"In demonstrating interoperability with Emulex Fibre Channel
HBAs, NEC continues to aggressively provide customers with storage
networking products that are compatible in a variety of IT
environments," said Matthew Wolken, vice president, Fault Tolerant
Server and Data Storage of NEC Corporation of America. "Today's
enterprises are creating and using more information than ever
before and we are taking the necessary steps to provide customers
with the performance, reliability and flexibility they need to
maintain and grow their business."
"Emulex is working with NEC to ensure the highest levels of
product compatibility and our ongoing collaboration affirms the two
companies' mutual dedication to delivering robust storage
networking solutions," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of
worldwide marketing, Emulex Corporation. "Working together, we are
giving customers a compelling offering that intelligently connects
storage systems for access to data that's open, secure and
adaptable."
In addition, NEC's S-Series line of storage systems also
includes Emulex's award-winning InSpeed® embedded
storage switching technology. NEC has incorporated Emulex's InSpeed
SOC 422 to create a "switched bunch of disks (SBOD®)"
application, which dramatically improves the performance,
reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) of storage
solutions by bringing switched connectivity to each individual disk
drive within the storage array.
About the S-Series line of Storage
Systems
NEC's storage systems are designed to provide exceptional
performance, business continuity, high availability, reliability
and scalability that meet rapidly evolving business needs. They can
be deployed easily in any SAN environment and are tested for
interoperability with other storage systems. In addition, the
entire storage offering addresses customer requirements for ease of
use and low total cost of ownership including:
The S1500 Storage Array is an entry-level model that offers
excellent performance and TCO reduction to support a mixed SATA/FC
configuration that meets the demands of differing quality of
service requirements. The S1500 supports high-speed 4Gb/s host
connections, high-performance RAID processors, and inter-controller
communication at 2Gb/s.
The S2500 Storage Array is a mid-range model that supports
high-speed 4Gb/s host connections, high-performance RAID
processors, and inter-controller communication at 4Gb/s. Up to 7
disk enclosures can be connected to NEC's S2500 Storage Array,
providing a maximum of 48TB with 120 disk drives. RAID-6 technology
is included to ensure continued operation even if errors occur in
two hard disks at the same time.
The S2900 Storage Array delivers high-end performance, using
NEC's RAID processor, plus a new switch technology in the disk
enclosure. The new RAID processor, with LSI high-speed
interconnect, achieves high-speed communication between controllers
at 4Gb/s.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation creates enterprise-class products that
intelligently connect storage, servers and networks. The world's
leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex award-winning
HBAs, intelligent storage platforms and embedded storage products,
including switches, bridges, routers and I/O controllers, to build
reliable, scalable and high performance storage and server
solutions. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE:ELX) and corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa,
California. News releases and other information about Emulex
Corporation are available at www.emulex.com.
About NEC Corporation of America
NEC Corporation of America is a leading technology provider of
network, IT and visual display solutions. Headquartered in Irving,
Texas, NEC Corporation of America is the North America subsidiary
of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY), and delivers technology and
professional services ranging from server and storage solutions,
digital presentation and visual display systems to biometric
security, optical network, radio communications and IP voice and
data solutions. NEC Corporation of America serves carrier and both
SMB and large enterprise clients across multiple vertical
industries. For more information, please visit www.necam.com.
NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. All
Rights Reserved. Other product or service marks mentioned herein
are the trademarks of their respective owners. © 2007 NEC
Corporation of America.
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