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Sun Certifies Emulex Host Bus Adapters and Drivers for the Solaris Operating System, SPARC and x86 Platforms

Posted on: Wednesday, 22 October 2003, 06:00 CDT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Emulex Corporation today announced an expansion of its long-term alliance that will include support for the Solaris(TM) 9 Operating System, SPARC and x86 Platform Editions. The expanded support enables customers to improve productivity by reducing time spent on set up, installation, management and availability within enterprise and mid-range storage area networks (SAN). The companies have a shared commitment to open, standards-based computing to provide high performance, flexible, and scalable HBA and driver technology for SPARC and now x86 environments.

Additionally, Sun's certification of Emulex's host bus adapters and drivers for Solaris SPARC and x86 as Solaris Ready, enables end users to utilize the high performance LightPulse 2Gb/s line of PCI and PCI-X HBAs, which include LP10000, LP9802 and LP9002 product families.

"With demand accelerating for Solaris x86 solutions, Sun continues to expand its portfolio offerings with key partners like Emulex," said Ann Wettersten, vice president of Systems Software Product Marketing, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Emulex has long been a valued partner with Sun and we are pleased that they are the first partner to deliver a Fibre Channel solution on Solaris x86."

"Sun continues to provide leading products and solutions that help meet the needs of today's enterprise, mid-range and small to medium business customers," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of Worldwide Marketing for Emulex. "We are pleased that Sun has certified Emulex's SAN connectivity solutions for the low-cost computing sector and we look forward to expanding our efforts with Sun into new areas of its server and storage businesses."

About Sun Microsystems

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer(TM)" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com/ .

About Emulex

Emulex Corporation, which was named one of Forbes Magazine's 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in 2002, is the world's largest supplier and developer of storage networking host bus adapters. The Emulex product families are based on internally developed ASIC, firmware and software technologies spanning both Fibre Channel and IP networking protocols, and offer customers high performance, scalability, flexibility and reduced total cost of ownership. Company press releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at http://www.emulex.com/.

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NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. The company wishes to caution readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the rapidly changing nature of technology, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and enhancements by competitors; fluctuation in the growth of Fibre Channel and IP markets; changes in economic conditions or changes in end-user demand for technology solutions; fluctuations or delays in customer orders; the highly competitive nature of the markets for Emulex's products; Emulex's ability to gain market acceptance for its products; the company's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the company's reliance on third-party suppliers. These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q.

This news release refers to various products and companies by their trade names. In most, if not all, cases these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies.

CONTACT: Terri Molini of Sun Microsystems, Inc., +1-650-786-7983, or terri.molini@sun.com; or Robin Austin of Emulex Corporation, +1-714-513-8152, or robin.austin@emulex.com.

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