The SDK will support development of two driver options: the Emulex Linux Target Mode Driver for customers supporting Linux-based or custom operating system (OS) proprietary hardware and storage solutions, and the Emulex Linux SCSI Target Subsystem for Linux (SCST) Driver for developers of Open Source Linux storage solutions using the SCST infrastructure. All drivers created using the SDK will be compatible with Emulex's entire LightPulse® adapter product line.

"Emulex's TargetConnect SDK helps broaden access to our products while meeting customer enthusiasm and demand for Intel architecture-based target applications," said Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of business development, Emulex. "What's unique about the TargetConnect target mode SDK is the ability to run both initiator and target-mode devices with a single driver that runs across the entire Emulex product line based on eight generations of advanced, field-proved enterprise technology."

The Emulex Linux Target Mode Driver is geared for highly-tuned proprietary Linux applications and includes a Linux initiator base driver delivered in source code form, along with a target mode API added to the base driver. This option brings greater design customization to achieve better performance and proprietary functionality for Linux, Linux-based or custom OS solutions. For developers wanting to leverage the Open Source community SCST architecture, the Emulex Linux SCST Driver interfaces to the Open Source SCSI target subsystem (SCST), offering faster time-to-market and providing extensive target device support. In addition, the Emulex Linux SCST Driver supports SCST drivers for single, dual and quad-channel Emulex LightPulse 4Gb/s and 8Gb/s Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), as well as 10Gb/s Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Converged Network Adapters (CNAs).

"Intel® architecture processors deliver industry-leading performance, flexibility, and scalability, along with the latest I/O technologies," said Brad Karlberg, director of marketing for Storage, Intel Server Platforms Group.