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Best-of-breed Gen 5 FC connectivity for EMC VMAX enterprise storage arrays

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COSTA MESA, USA: Emulex Corporation, dealing in network connectivity, monitoring and management, today announced that its Emulex Engine (XE)201 I/O Controller provides best-of-breed Gen 5 Fibre Channel (FC) connectivity on the target side for the EMC VMAX enterprise storage arrays, enabling true end-to-end 16Gb Fibre Channel (16GFC) from server, to switch, to storage.

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EMC VMAX 10K and 40K storage arrays also provide data integrity protection with support for the T10 Protection Information standard (T10 PI). When combined with Emulex Gen 5 FC (8GFC and 16GFC) HBAs with T10 PI and supported operating systems (OSs), customers can benefit from end-to-end protection against costly and time consuming silent data corruption.

Shaun Walsh, senior VP of marketing and corporate development, Emulex said: "EMC and Emulex are delivering a true 16GFC end-to-end infrastructure that addresses the new demands of the data centre for flash, I/O caching, server virtualisation and big data. As Gen 5 FC adoption continues to ramp, Emulex connectivity solutions on both the host and target side will provide next-generation management, application optimisation, virtualisation and scalability, providing more than just a speed bump in performance."

EMC VMAX 10K and 40K storage arrays, when paired with Emulex Gen 5 FC technology, provide an end-to-end 16GFC enterprise storage solution delivering the necessary performance, availability, and intelligence for virtualised data centres. Emulex Gen 5 FC technology, when leveraged in target mode, enables the highest level of performance available today for storage connectivity.

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