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MILPITAS, Calif. -- June 26, 2002 -LSI Logic (NYSE:
LSI) announced today
that its Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), the dual-channel
LSI44929O
and quad-channel ITI7004G2-LC, have been verified by Brocade
Communications
Systems, Inc. as interoperable (http://interop.lsilogic.com)
with the new
SilkWorm 12000 Core Fabric Switch and Brocade-based Storage
Area Networking
(SAN) infrastructure in testing conducted through the Brocade
Fabric
Aware(tm) Program, an end-to-end interoperability initiative
for enterprise
SANs.
The program is a comprehensive testing and configuration
initiative
designed to foster end-to-end SAN interoperability in multi-vendor
Brocade-based SAN environments. LSI Logic's complete line
of storage
products has Fabric Aware certification with multiple generations
of
Brocade products.
"We are pleased that LSI Logic's Fusion-MPT based Fibre
Channel HBAs have
successfully completed the Fabric Aware testing with Brocade
fabric
switches in heterogeneous SAN environments," said Jay
Kidd, Brocade vice
president of product marketing. "Storage area networks
are being deployed
worldwide at a rapid rate as a scalable, high performance
networking
foundation for storage environments. End users are implementing
large
fabric SANs comprising hundreds of storage subsystems, servers,
and
networking technologies, all from multiple vendors. The Fabric
Aware
program is an example of our continued investment in delivering
end-to-end
SAN interoperability to our partners and their customers."
Testing of the LSI44929O and ITI7004G2-LC was conducted at
the Brocade
interoperability labs, which are state-of-the-art facilities
supporting
end-to-end interoperability and performance testing of SAN
products in
multi-vendor and large fabric SAN environments. The Brocade
Fabric Aware
Program has added more than 40 partners since its launch in
2000. In
addition, as part of its investment in SAN interoperability,
Brocade
actively supports its partners' interoperability initiatives.
"Achieving the Brocade Fabric Aware program certification
is an important
milestone for LSI Logic and our Fibre Channel HBAs,"
said Robert Anderson,
director for the LSI Logic HBA Division. "Proving interoperability
in the
Brocade labs further reinforces our product engineering excellence
and the
value we place on participation with Brocade in working to
accelerate SAN
implementations."
The quad-channel ITI7004G2-LC HBA is designed for the most
I/O intensive
applications in a high-performance Fibre Channel environment.
It is the
industry's highest density module with four channels in a
PCI short card
form factor saving valuable PCI slots and replacing the need
for a Fibre
Channel router. The LSI44929O HBA is ideal for use in applications
such as
digital media, data warehousing and data mining. The card
comes with an
optical connection for long distance application and features
a low profile
PCI form factor. Both products are 64-bit PCI, 66 MHz with
2 Gbit
performance.
About the Brocade Fabric Aware Program
The Brocade Fabric Aware program is a comprehensive testing
and
configuration initiative designed to foster end-to-end SAN
interoperability
in multi-vendor storage networking environments. As part of
the program,
companies agree to test in SAN configurations that comprise
a heterogeneous
mix of servers, storage subsystems, Brocade fabric switches,
and other SAN
technologies. Brocade has created an interoperability lab
comprising a
heterogeneous SAN fabric, in which the company tests and validates
partner
equipment in specific configurations. Vendors receive Brocade
Fabric Aware
qualification after completing tests to confirm that vendors'
products meet
interoperability guidelines. For more information on the Brocade
Fabric
Aware Program, visit
http://www.brocade.com/partners/fabric_aware_program.jhtml.
About the Fusion-MPT (Message Passing Technology) Architecture
Fusion-MPT architecture, using industry standard ARM processor
technology,
uniquely employs the same device driver that supports Ultra320
SCSI, Serial
ATA and Fibre Channel, eliminating the need to develop, install
and qualify
separate device drivers for each physical interface. The architecture
enables OEMs to invest in a single I/O architecture that allows
them to
choose the best physical interface for their application while
retaining
the flexibility to migrate to new technologies. LSI Logic
considers its
Fusion-MPT architecture to be the fastest, most efficient
and versatile
architecture implemented in high performance I/O controllers
today. The
architecture will be applied to emerging interface technologies
such as
Serial Attached SCSI, as products evolve.
About LSI Logic Corporation
LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) is a leading designer
and manufacturer of communications, consumer and storage semiconductors
for applications that access, interconnect and store data,
voice and video. In addition, the company supplies storage
network solutions for the enterprise. LSI Logic is headquartered
at 1621 Barber Lane, Milpitas, http://www.lsilogic.com.
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