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PATROL for Host Bus Adapters
uses LSI44929 for SNIA HBA API certification
MILPITAS, Calif., October 28, 2002 --
LSI Logic (NYSE: LSI) announced today that BMC
Software, Inc. (NYSE: BMC), a leading provider
of enterprise management, now supports the LSI
Logic 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel family of storage
adapters (http://adapters.lsilogic.com)
through its PATROL® Storage Management and
PATROL for Storage Networking products. Certification
was based on the Storage Network Industry Association
(SNIA) HBA API standard. The PATROL Storage
Management solution is BMC Software's underlying
management fabric for enterprise-class data
management between mainframes and distributed
storage systems.
"It's only natural for us to support the LSI
Logic 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel products, given their
market success," said Helmuth Klemm, Vice President
and General Manager, Enterprise Storage Management,
BMC Software. "Through LSI Logic products and
BMC Software's leading PATROL technology, IT
administrators can improve the availability
of their heterogeneous infrastructure by providing
superior monitoring and management capabilities."
"BMC Software is a proven leader in providing
enterprise storage management solutions. Having
the added support specific to our Fibre Channel
host bus adapters (HBAs) further extends customer's
options," said Bob Anderson, director for the
LSI Logic Host Bus Adapter Group. "In a fast
moving marketplace, customers must increase
competitiveness. Having PATROL-based support
for our HBAs is a means of achieving better,
more reliable system integration."
The LSI Logic 2 Gb/s, dual-channel LSI44929
Fibre Channel HBA offers industry leading target
mode performance achieving up to 53,000 I/Os
per second with small block reads. LSI Logic
storage adapters take advantage of the Fusion-MPT?
(Message Passing Technology) architecture, ideal
for use with data-intensive applications such
as data warehousing, digital media and data
mining. LSI Logic supplies a full spectrum of
ICs, storage and RAID adapters and bus expanders
worldwide are through distribution channel partners
such as Arrow Electronics, Avnet, Bell Microproducts,
Insight Electronics and Tech Data.
PATROL for host bus adapters joins a family
of Knowledge Modules (KMs) offered by BMC Software.
BMC Software's PATROL KMs provide a graphical
view of intelligent storage and connectivity
devices. These KMs show physical attributes
of the storage configuration, such as spindles,
cache, controllers, power, ports, and temperature.
In addition, the KMs escalate these attributes
and events to the central PATROL repository
to minimize unscheduled downtime and to ensure
that expensive storage assets are online and
performing.
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
as the market warrants. 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. http://www.lsilogic.com/techlib/marketing_docs/storage_stand_prod/integrated_circuits/fusion.pdf
About BMC Software
BMC Software, Inc. [NYSE:BMC], is a leader in
enterprise management. The company focuses on
Assuring Business Availability for its customers
by helping them proactively improve service,
reduce costs and increase value to their business.
BMC Software solutions span enterprise systems,
applications and databases. Founded in 1980,
BMC Software has offices worldwide and is a
member of the S&P 500, with fiscal year 2002
revenues of approximately $1.3 billion. Visit
www.bmc.com
to learn more.
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, CA 95035. http://www.lsilogic.com/
Brodeur Worldwide for LSI Logic Corporation
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