According to Emulex, the LightPulse fiber channel host bus adapters (HBAs) offer customers a range of capabilities, including: comprehensive virtualization capabilities with support for N Port ID Virtualization and virtual fabric; host to Fabric FC-SP authentication, which ensures data integrity and protects sensitive data from unauthorized access; support for message signaled interrupts eXtended (MSI-X), which improves host utilization and enhances application performance; common driver model allows a single driver to support all Emulex HBAs on a given OS, which lowers administrative costs and speeds server deployment; and support for 8Gb/s, 4Gb/s & 2Gb/s fiber channel devices.

Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of business development at Emulex, said: "Emulex LightPulse HBAs provide customers with optimal performance, simplified management and interoperability across a wide range of HP StorageWorks arrays and operating systems, giving customers the flexibility they need in a storage area network (SAN) connectivity solution."

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