QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Products Build On Generations of Fibre Channel Certifications Over the Last Decade
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Dec. 1, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic Corp.
(Nasdaq:QLGC), a leading supplier of high performance network
infrastructure solutions, today announced that its 8Gb Fibre Channel
adapters and switches have now been certified with products from more
than 35 leading server, network, storage and application vendors. This
latest milestone builds on the company's 1Gb, 2Gb, and 4Gb Fibre
Channel certified products over the past decade. Achieving these
certifications reinforces the ubiquity of QLogic(r) 8Gb Fibre Channel
offerings throughout the entire ecosystem of servers, storage, routers
and storage management applications. Regardless of what hardware, OS or
application, IT professionals are currently using, they can purchase
and deploy QLogic 8Gb products, backed by a decade of industry-wide
certifications, with complete confidence that their 8Gb Fibre Channel
networks will be fully interoperable.
"When customers purchase certified 8Gb Fibre Channel products from
QLogic, they're really buying a decade of certified interoperability,"
said Frank Berry, vice president of marketing, QLogic Corp. "We've run
rigorous tests with industry-leading server, storage, network and
application vendors over the past 10 years certifying 1Gb, 2Gb and 4Gb
Fibre Channel products, improving quality and ease-of-use with every
generation. With the industry transition from 4Gb to 8Gb Fibre Channel
now in full swing, QLogic gives customers the peace of mind that they
need to implement high performance Fibre Channel networks with complete
confidence."
QLogic 2500 Series 8Gb Fibre Channel adapters have been certified with
products from: AC&NC, CA, Citrix, Cloverleaf, CommVault, DataCore,
Dell, EMC, FalconStor, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, Infortrend,
iQstor, LSI Corporation, Microsoft, NetApp, Newtech, Nexsan, Oracle,
Overland Storage, Promise Technology, Quantum, Sanbolic, Sun, Symantec,
Texas Memory Systems, Virtual Iron, VMware, Xiotech and Xyratex.
QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel switches are certified with solutions from CA,
Citrix, Cloverleaf, CommVault, DataCore, EMC, FalconStor, HP,
Infortrend, LSI Corporation, Nexsan, Oracle, Overland Storage, Promise
Technology, Quantum, Sanbolic, SmartOptics, Sun, Symantec, Texas Memory
Systems, Virtual Iron, Xiotech and Xyratex.
QLogic 2500 Series Adapters -- Transforming Server Connectivity into
Competitive Advantage
The QLogic 2500 Series is a family of 8Gb Fibre Channel-to-PCIe Gen2
adapters that are designed for next generation virtualized data centers
with powerful multi-processor, multi-core servers. QLogic 2500 Series
adapters are optimized for virtualization, power, RAS (reliability,
availability, serviceability), security and management to transform
server connectivity into competitive advantage. The 2500 Series
provides complete investment protection by maintaining backward
compatibility with previous Fibre Channel network and PCIe host bus
speeds, and are set apart from all other 8Gb Fibre Channel adapters
thanks to two breakthrough innovations under the QLogic Star Power(tm)
Green Initiative -- Dynamic Power Management and Cool HBA(tm)
technologies. Dynamic power management is the unique ability of the
QLogic 2500 to sense the type of PCI Express bus that is present and
consume only the amount of power necessary to run at full speed. QLogic
Cool HBA technology is the ability of QLogic products like 2500 Fibre
Channel adapters to operate without any air flow, unlike competitive
products which require fans to be cool.
SANbox 8Gb Fibre Channel Switches -- For Superior Scalability
The SANbox 5800 Series is a family of 8Gb Fibre Channel switches
designed to provide the most cost-efficient way to scale a storage
network. In addition to blazing 8Gb performance, SANbox 5800 Series
switches help eliminate the cost and complexity of trunking
inter-switch links (ISLs) with QLogic stackable switch technology
that's turbo-charged by the industry's first implementation of 20Gb
Fibre Channel.
With stackable switch technology, SAN architects can scale a fabric
with no wasted ports for ISLs, fees for trunking, or disruption to the
fabric, and with 20Gb Fibre Channel stack interconnects, the SANbox
5800 is the only 8Gb Fibre Channel switch with the ability to handle
more than 8Gb of inter-switch traffic without the cost and complexity
of trunking.
About QLogic
QLogic is a leading supplier of high performance network infrastructure
solutions, which include the controller chips, host adapters and fabric
switches that are the backbone of storage networks for most Global 2000
corporations. The company delivers a broad and diverse portfolio of
products that includes Fibre Channel adapters, blade server embedded
Fibre Channel switches, Fibre Channel stackable switches, iSCSI
adapters and iSCSI routers. The company is also a leading supplier of
InfiniBand switches and InfiniBand host channel adapters for the
emerging high performance computing market. QLogic products are
delivered to small-to-medium businesses and large enterprises around
the world via its channel partner community. QLogic products are also
powering solutions from leading companies such as Cisco, Dell, EMC,
Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, NetApp and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a
member of the S&P 500 Index.