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COSTA MESA, CA -- Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq:EMLX), a leading supplier of storage networking host bus adapters (HBA), today announced the new Emulex LightPulse(R) LP9002S, a two gigabit per second (2Gb/s) SBus Fibre Channel HBA. The Emulex 2Gb/s LP9002S offers a unique and advanced architectural design that enables Solaris-based server customers to benefit from higher performance levels and increased scalability. In addition, the Emulex SBus HBA provides maximum server CPU offload and extended link distances, which are critical to the deployment of enterprise-class SBus applications. "As Sun Solaris-based server customers continue to demand higher performance SAN solutions, Emulex is well positioned to set the industry standard for robust and scalable connectivity solutions," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing at Emulex. "Our newest SBus HBA demonstrates Emulex's architectural leadership and boasts the industry's most feature rich SBus storage connectivity solution. Solaris-based server customers will greatly benefit from 2Gb/s data rates and the tremendous CPU offload that our HBAs provide." The Emulex LP9002S 2Gb/s SBus host bus adapter, based on the company's market-leading Fibre Channel architecture, is optimized for Sun Microsystems' servers and provides the flexibility and broad interoperability to enable connectivity between SBus servers and highly scalable enterprise SANs. For more information visit www.emulex.com