COSTA MESA, CA -- Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq:EMLX), a leading supplier of storage networking host bus adapters (HBAs), today announced that Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ), has selected the Emulex LightPulse LP9002L Fibre Channel HBA to provide connectivity for the new Compaq StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array, a high-end, enterprise-class storage system designed to set a new benchmark for storage performance and functionality. As part of a joint development effort, Compaq has integrated support for Emulex's driver interface into its management applications and utilities, enabling powerful SAN management capabilities. Emulex's drivers are fully compatible with its entire family of LightPulse host bus adapters, which allows customers to easily and efficiently transition to next-generation SAN performance. "Emulex has played a strategic role in the solution deployment of Compaq's new Enterprise Virtual Array," said Roger Archibald, vice president of Compaq Enterprise Group's Enterprise Array division. "We continue to select Emulex HBAs for connectivity because of the high performance, rich feature set and our ability to integrate their HBAs seamlessly into our SAN management infrastructure." Compaq utilizes Emulex Fibre Channel host bus adapters for connectivity in a variety of its enterprise storage networking solutions, including the AlphaServer series running Unix and the Proliant server series for Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating environments. Compaq's StorageWorks series of storage arrays also utilizes Emulex's market-leading host bus adapters in Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Unix operating environments. "As Fibre Channel technology advances, Compaq's decision to integrate our 2Gb/s connectivity solutions demonstrates our continued success in providing the industry's most robust and reliable connectivity solutions," said Kirk Roller, chief operating officer at Emulex. "Compaq's new 2Gb/s Fibre Channel SAN solutions, combined with the Emulex LP9002L, enables enterprise customers to deploy highly reliable and robust Fibre Channel solutions for mission-critical environments." The Emulex LP9002L provides high-performance server CPU offload, which improves storage I/O processing and access speed. With support for features such as full-duplex transfers, firmware upgradeability and hardware context cache, the Emulex LP9002L is ideal for enterprise SANs requiring high-performance, scalability and ease of management. The Emulex LP9002L operates at speeds of up to 2Gb/s, and is capable of maintaining full backwards compatibility and interoperability with legacy 1Gb/s installations. For more information visit www.emulex.com