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COSTA MESA,CA -- Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq:EMLX), a leading supplier of storage networking host bus adapters (HBAs), today announced that its LightPulse 2Gb/s LP9002C CompactPCI (cPCI) Fibre Channel HBA has achieved the Solaris(TM) Ready Certification from Sun Microsystems Inc. Solaris Ready certification indicates that Emulex's LP9002C has passed Sun's standards for reliability, integration and ease-of- installation into the Solaris(TM) 8 Operating Environment. The Solaris Ready certification positions Emulex as the only company to have received the Solaris Ready logo for cPCI, PCI and SBus Fibre Channel host bus adapters, which includes its 2Gb/s LP9002L and LP9002C, LP8000 and SBus-based LP8000S HBAs. The Solaris Ready branding program is designed to provide customers a recognizable symbol for tested Solaris platform software products from third-party solution providers. To receive the Solaris Ready designation, products must complete a rigorous testing process conducted by an independent testing laboratory. Products are evaluated for interoperability, platform support, Solaris compliance, ease-of-installation, driver compatibility and product documentation. "The Solaris Ready certification program continues to illustrate Sun's leadership in promoting development for the Solaris platform," said Patric Chang, director, Sun Developer Network, Sun Microsystems. "We have enjoyed a long-standing alliance with Emulex and are pleased that they have achieved Solaris Ready certification with their 2Gb/s cPCI Fibre Channel host bus adapters, providing their customers with the confidence of easier integration with the Solaris platform." The Solaris Ready logo allows customers to readily identify third-party products as easy to install and interoperable within the Sun Solaris Operating Environment. Customers can benefit from this program in terms of improved user satisfaction, enhanced productivity, high system availability and increased interoperability. "Sun's Solaris Ready certification of our 2Gb/s cPCI host bus adapters provides our storage partners with a connectivity solution for use with Sun's Sun Fire(TM) line of servers (3800, 4800, 4810, 6800) and reinforces our dedication to providing a wide variety of high-quality HBAs to meet our enterprise customers' needs," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing for Emulex. "The Solaris Ready certification also assures users that Emulex's market-leading HBAs are designed with the robustness required to pass rigorous qualification tests." Additional information is available at www.emulex.com