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Emulex Introduces Implementer's Lab to Address Deployment Best Practices

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  Published in Science and Technology on Monday, June 6th 2011 at 20:20 GMT by Market Wire
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COSTA MESA, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ Emulex Corporation ] (NYSE:ELX), the leader in converged networking solutions, today announced the Implementer's Lab, a new one-stop online technical resource responding to the most relevant network I/O implementation best practices for deploying today's leading storage and server solutions. In conjunction with the Implementer's Lab is the Solution Implementer Series of technical how-to-guides, the Implementer's Lab blog, and technical training videos and webcasts.

The Emulex Solution Implementer's Series provides IT administrators and system architects with solution and deployment information on popular server and software platforms. Given Emulex is a leader in a wide range of I/O adapters a" Fibre Channel, Ethernet, iSCSI and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) a" developing and sharing these best practice how-to guides will enable users to successfully deploy leading server and storage technologies.

Three how-to guides are now available with the launch of the Emulex Solution Implementera™s Series:

• [ Deployment Guide: Deploying 8Gb/s Fibre Channel with HP BladeSystem and VMware vSphere ]: This guide outlines a baseline configuration based on certified, tested HP c-Class BladeSystem hardware that can be used to create a robust, highly-available ESX environment featuring 8Gb/s Fibre Channel adapters and storage.
• [ Deployment Guide: Deploying OneConnecta" 10GbE Adapters for iSCSI with VMware vSphere ]: This guide explores options for using a 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) OneConnect iSCSI Adapter to interface with iSCSI storage in a VMware® vSphere environment and provides guidelines for installing drivers, setting the appropriate configuration and attaching target iSCSI LUNs. Advanced topics such as booting from LUN and multipathing are introduced, as is the use of Virtual LAN (VLAN) technology to isolate iSCSI traffic.
• [ Operations Guide: Using OneConnecta" 10GbE Adapters with VMware vSphere ]: This guide provides information that can help IT administrators optimize deployments of OneConnect 10GbE adapters with VMware vSphere 4.1. Specific recommendations are provideda"including enabling NetQueue and use of jumbo MTUa"to ensure best throughput and performance.

The Implementer's Lab and solution series can be found at: [ http://www.implementerslab.com ].
Read the [ 'Welcome to the Implementer's Lab' ] blog post on our new Implementer's Lab blog, which can be found here: [ http://www.emulex.com/blogs/implementers/ ].
To learn more about Emulex, please visit: [ http://www.emulex.com ].
Follow Emulex on Twitter: [ http://www.twitter.com/emulex ].

About Emulex

Emulex, the leader in converged networking solutions, provides enterprise-class connectivity for servers, networks and storage devices within the data center. The Company's product portfolio of Fibre Channel host bus adapters, network interface cards, converged network adapters, encryption solutions, controllers, embedded bridges and switches, and connectivity management software are proven, tested and trusted by the world's largest and most demanding IT environments. Emulex solutions are used and offered by the industry's leading server and storage OEMs including, Apple, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, Huawei, IBM, LSI, Lenovo, NEC, Oracle, NetApp, Samsung and ZTE. Emulex is headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. More information about Emulex (NYSE:ELX) is available at [ http://www.Emulex.com ].

Emulex Safe Harbor Statement

aSafe Harbora 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 matters, statements concerning Emulexa™s acquisition of ServerEngines Corporation, including anticipated benefits expected from the acquisition, expected impact on Emulexa™s results of operations and financial condition, and expected market opportunities; Emulexa™s business outlook, as well as expectations of other 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 among others, the anticipated benefits of the combined companies may not be achieved, the combined operations may not be successfully integrated in a timely manner, if at all, and other risks inherent in acquisitions of businesses, including unanticipated costs and expenditures, potential changes in relationships with strategic partners, potential contractual or intellectual property issues, and potential accounting charges and write-downs; as well as 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; Emulexa™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 emergence of new or stronger competitors as a result of consolidation movements in the market; 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 Emulexa™s Original Equipment Manufacturer (aOEMa) customers to successfully incorporate Emulex products into their systems; delays in product development; the highly competitive nature of the markets for Emulexa™s products; Emulexa™s ability to gain market acceptance for its products; any inadequacy of Emulexa™s intellectual property protection or the potential for third-party claims of infringement; Emulexa™s ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; and Emulexa™s reliance on third-party suppliers. These and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are also discussed in Emulexa™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, except as required by law, 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.