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LSI LOGIC ANNOUNCES NEW iMegaRAID SOLUTION

LSI Logic Corporation has announced its iMegaRAID solution with iSCSI target controllers for IP SANS. iMegaRAID will leverage LSI Logic's market-leading RAID technology and include a family of iSCSI target controllers specifically designed for external IP SAN (storage area network) environments that enable storage system builders to deliver iSCSI target solutions with minimal price premium over DAS (direct attach storage) models.

This intelligent, integrated iSCSI solution will offer products that meet the growing demand for iSCSI supporting Serial ATA RAID and Ultra320 RAID implementations. LSI Logic will now be providing a complete iSCSI component solution for the IP SAN using interoperability of the iMegaRAID controller and the LSI5201 iSCSI initiator host bus adapter. iMegaRAID products will also be interoperable with non-LSI Logic initiator solutions.

"Until now, the lack of a simple, intelligent iSCSI RAID target solution has created a gap and delayed the deployment of IP SANs," said Phil Bullinger, vice president and general manager of LSI Logic's RAID storage adapters division. "LSI Logic is focused on combining its proven RAID technology with the price performance advantage of iSCSI and Serial ATA to close that gap and enable storage OEMs to deploy target subsystems with proven RAID functionality."

LSI Logic will demonstrate iMegaRAID functionality in Europe at the CeBIT international tradeshow, March 12-19. LSI Logic will also showcase iMegaRAID products at the Storage Networking World tradeshow and conference in Scottsdale, AZ, April 14-17.

The iMegaRAID solution will deliver the industry's first truly integrated iSCSI RAID product design for modular and efficient storage subsystems, and offer dual-port Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to 16-port Serial ATA RAID providing maximum I/O performance and data throughput with affordable storage. Storage subsystem providers can now benefit from storage flexibility and scalability as well as faster and easier solution deployment to satisfy their customer's ever-growing storage demands.

End users looking to maximize their storage capacity, flexibility and scalability will be able to convert a simple JBOD into an intelligent iSCSI array. Leveraging LSI Logic's stable and proven MegaRAID firmware in conjunction with affordable Serial ATA allows storage to extend into the IP-SAN using dual port Gigabit Ethernet technology.

URLs to Extend Your Knowledge

• LSI Logic Storage Components: lsilogic.com/storage
• MegaRAID products and technology: megaraid.lsilogic.com/

LSI Logic Storage Components Group supplies a full spectrum of ASICs, ICs, storage and RAID adapters and bus expanders worldwide through distribution channel partners such as Arrow Electronics, Avnet, Bell Microproducts, IngramMicro, Insight Electronics, Synnex and Tech Data.

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 1621 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA 95035, www.lsilogic.com/.

Contact: Jon Carlson of LSI Logic Corporation, 719-533-7982, or jcarlson@lsil.com.