New LSI Logic Fibre Channel Controller Exceeds 100,000 I/O Per Second Performance Barrier

Fusion-MPT(TM) Based 2 Gigabit PCI-X to Fibre Channel Controller and Host Bus Adapter Provide Industry-Leading Target Mode Performance for SAN, RAID And Storage Virtualization Markets

MILPITAS, Calif., April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI - news) today announced its most advanced dual-channel Fibre Channel controller to date, the LSIFC929X, accompanied by a full line of PCI-X to Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs). The LSI7202XP-LC HBA uses the single-chip LSIFC929X, a 2 Gigabit per second PCI-X to Fibre Channel controller, to achieve up to 120,000 I/Os per second for host connections and up to 85,000 I/Os per second for target connections. The products are engineered using LSI Logic's Fusion-MPT(TM) (Message Passing Technology) architecture.

"Our new Fibre Channel controller, combined with the single, dual and quad-channel Fibre Channel HBAs, delivers the most powerful and cost-effective I/O solution in the market today," said Dave Steele, director of product planning and management for LSI Logic's storage standard products division. "System designers gain the advantage of unparalleled flexibility, unprecedented performance, higher integration and substantial savings in circuit board real estate and power consumption with our 929X solution."

About the Controller

The LSIFC929X controller includes three embedded ARM® processors and advanced performance features, such as adaptive interrupt coalescing and native PCI-X. The LSIFC929X is the industry's first true multifunctional device to support Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) simultaneously on two channels, allowing system designers greater flexibility in system configuration. The high level of integration, unmatched performance and cost savings per port makes the LSIFC929X ideal for system designers needing to integrate Fibre Channel into system level products such as storage area networks (SANs), redundant array of independent disks (RAID), and storage virtualization applications.

About the HBAs

Two next-generation 2 Gigabit per second PCI-X Fibre Channel HBAs use LSI Logic's dual-channel LSIFC929X controller. These PCI-X to Fibre Channel solutions include the dual-channel LSI7202XP-LC HBA and quad-channel LSI7402XP-LC HBA, which reach optimal speeds of up to 400 megabytes per second per channel in full duplex mode and 1066 megabytes per second bus throughput at 2 Gigabit per second data rates. At these speeds, the quad-channel LSI7402XP-LC can handle the most I/O intensive applications. Completing the product line is the LSI7102XP-LC, a cost effective, single-channel HBA solution based upon the LSIFC919X single-channel, 2 Gigabit per second PCI-X to Fibre Channel controller.

LSI Logic's PCI-X to Fibre Channel solution supports fabric, arbitrated loop and point-to-point topologies and the Storage Networking Industry Association's (SNIA) HBA API (Application Programming Interface), which extends interoperability and manageability of storage networks by providing a standard interface to access information across Fibre Channel networks. LSI Logic Fibre Channel solutions have received the Brocade Fabric Aware certification for proven end-to-end interoperability and are proven interoperable with current offerings from leading vendors such as Chaparral, Exabyte, FalconStor, Gadzoox, IBM, SANavigator, Seagate, SpectraLogic, and Texas Memory Systems. LSI Logic HBAs have also passed the latest SANmark qualification. LSI Logic is an active member of the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) and participates in helping shape industry standards and open interface technologies. A complete interoperability matrix can be found at http://interop.lsilogic.com .

All LSI Logic HBAs and controllers are built upon LSI Logic's proprietary Fusion-MPT architecture. Introduced in June 2000, Fusion-MPT delivers the highest levels of I/O performance while providing a versatile message-passing interface that allows for flexible value-added applications. The architecture, based on industry standard ARM® processor technology, has the unique feature of having the same device driver that supports both Ultra320 SCSI and Fibre Channel, eliminating the need to develop, install and qualify separate device drivers for each physical interface. LSI Logic considers its Fusion-MPT architecture to be the fastest, most efficient and versatile architecture implemented in high performance I/O controllers today.

LSI Logic supplies ICs, HBAs, RAID storage adapters and bus expanders to the channel at competitive price points worldwide with distribution through partners such as Arrow Electronics, Avnet, Bell Micro products, and Insight Electronics.

About LSI Logic Corporation

LSI Logic Corporation 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 1551 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, CA 95035, 866-574-5741 (within U.S.), 408-954-3108 (outside U.S.), http://www.lsilogic.com .

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