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ALISO VIEJO, Calif., March 17, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the latest
move to expand its global market share in Fibre Channel switches in
enterprise-class data centers worldwide, QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC)
today announced that on April 12 its 5800V Series 8Gb Fibre Channel
stackable switches will be available through the EMC(R) Select program
as scalable SAN solutions for a broad range of EMC storage platforms.
The switches will be available worldwide from EMC and its partners and
have been qualified through the EMC E-Lab(TM) with the EMC Symmetrix(R)
V-Max(TM), Symmetrix DMX(TM), CLARiiON(R) CX4 and CLARiiON AX4
networked storage systems and the EMC Celerra(R) NS line of unified
storage systems.

"QLogic is clearly gaining momentum in the Fibre Channel switching
sector with the stackable 5800V Series," said Jesse Parker, vice
president and general manager, Network Solutions Group, QLogic.
"Storage heavyweights like EMC are delivering our unique 8Gb Fibre
Channel stackable switch architecture, which provides businesses with
the latest in edge switching technology, management simplicity and
pay-as-you-grow predictability."

"The combination of EMC's leading 8Gb Fibre Channel storage systems
with QLogic 5800V Series 8Gb Fibre Channel stackable switches helps us
address our customers' increasing end-to-end I/O bandwidth
requirements," said Deirdre Wassell, director, Storage Product
Marketing, EMC Corporation. "By offering complete solutions that enable
more efficient consolidation, higher levels of service and lower costs,
EMC is able to help customers build an information infrastructure
capable of meeting the increasing demands of today's
bandwidth-intensive environments including large database servers and
virtual data centers."

QLogic 5800V 8Gb Fibre Channel Series switches incorporate QLogic's
unique inter-switch link (ISL) technology, which enables companies to
reduce total-cost-of-ownership by up to 43 percent compared to
non-stackable alternatives1.

"CTOs should give serious consideration to stackable switches, as we
believe they are a more-cost-effective and smarter approach to storage
networks," said Dave Vellante, founder and chief research advocate,
Wikibon. "Delivering 25 percent higher user port counts when scaling,
improved inter-switch bandwidth and simplified manageability, stackable
switches empower IT departments to better leverage company assets
through greater granularity of scale. QLogic's moves in this space are
impressive as the company is evolving its technology to play a more
important role in the data center."

The 5800V Series includes dedicated high speed 10Gb Fibre Channel
stacking ports, which can be easily upgraded to 20Gb performance. By
providing high-performance, dedicated switch-to-switch connectivity
through these stacking ISLs, the 5800V Series eliminates cabling sprawl
and preserves 8Gb Fibre Channel ports specifically for device
connectivity--meaning no user ports are required for connecting
switches to each other. By reducing cable and connection costs while
enhancing SAN performance, the 5800V Series enables lower capital and
operational expenditures.

The stackable design of QLogic 5800V Series Fibre Channel switches
offers improved flexibility and eliminates the need to reconfigure
switches, leading to better productivity for IT staff and less
disruption for users. The design of the 5800V Series, with dedicated
stacking ports, enables non-disruptive expansion requiring the IT
manager to only add stacking cables between the switches without
interrupting application uptime.

As multi-core servers begin to drive higher adoption rates of
virtualization, there is a commensurate increase in customer demand for
higher bandwidth connectivity options. With 20 dedicated 8Gb Fibre
Channel device ports per switch, scalable to over 100 device ports in
the fabric, QLogic 5800V Series switches address the needs of server
virtualization, massive storage capacities, resource-intensive
applications and other sources of unpredictable IT growth.

A wide range of QLogic products are available through EMC Select. In
addition to the 5800V Series, QLogic 3810 entry-level 8Gb Fibre Channel
switches, 5602 4Gb Fibre Channel stackable switches and the Enterprise
Fabric Manager advanced software suite are also now available from EMC.
Enterprise Fabric Manager provides IT managers with highly granular
control and monitoring of their SAN environments within an affordable
license model.

1"The Total Cost of Ownership of Stackable Switches," by Wikibon, is
available at: http://bit.ly/7bxatv.

Additional information on QLogic Fibre Channel switches is available
at: http://bit.ly/8dAmEl.

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About QLogic

QLogic (Nasdaq:QLGC) is a global leader and technology innovator in
high performance networking, including adapters, switches and ASICs.
Leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide rely on QLogic products for
their data, storage and server networking solutions. QLogic is a NASDAQ
Global Select company and is included in the S&P 500. For more
information, visit www.qlogic.com.