ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Nov. 21, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), the leader in Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), stackable switches and blade server switches, today announced that Hewlett-Packard Corporation (HP) has chosen the QLogic 4Gb PCI-Express(tm) HBAs for refresh of HP's popular MSA1500 and MSA1000 SAN "Starter Kits." These bundles utilize the HP StorageWorks FC1142SR PCIe 4Gb Fibre Channel HBA. Companies that invest in HP's new ProLiant servers with PCI-Express slots can use these kits to streamline implementation and achieve the highest SAN performance and reliability.
The exceptional 4Gb performance of QLogic's PCIe HBAs -- which generate an industry-leading 150K IOPs per channel -- as well as smooth interoperability with common Windows and Linux drivers for 2Gb and 4Gb HBAs, were significant factors in HP's choice of QLogic as a component vendor for its customer SANs. In addition, the Linux driver now embodies a superior failover feature, helping provide enhanced availability for customer SANs and consequent higher investment value.
HP's latest choice underscores its relationship with QLogic, a leading SAN provider that is gaining prominence as one of the industry's premier vendors of high-performance HBAs. The QLogic SANPro(tm) product family is an important part of the 4Gb HBA category sought by the HP community of customers, resellers and sales organizations.
"We are particularly pleased to be able to offer HP SAN customers the advanced performance and interoperability features of QLogic HBAs," said Kyle Fitze, director of marketing for HP StorageWorks Division. "As more customers choose HP as a SAN provider, we are confident that QLogic HBAs will help them achieve the best technology and business solution."
About QLogic
QLogic is a leading supplier of high performance storage networking solutions including Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches, Fibre Channel stackable switches, iSCSI HBAs, iSCSI routers and storage services platforms for enabling advanced storage management applications. The company is also a leading supplier of server networking including InfiniBand host channel adapters that accelerate cluster performance. QLogic products are delivered to small-to-medium business and large enterprises around the world via its channel partner community. QLogic products are also powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index. For more information, go to www.qlogic.com.
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