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JNI FibreStar HBAs Available For Sun StorEdge Open SAN

JNI Corporation announced that its FibreStar HBAs have completed rigorous compatibility and integration testing at Sun Microsystems Inc and are now available for use in all Sun PCI servers operating in Sun StorEdge Open SAN environments. The Sun StorEdge Open San Architecture delivers a unified, consistent, open SAN; offering choice, innovation, flexibility and investment protection to customers. Sun's SAN enables confident and consistent access to applications and data, freeing customers to focus on their business. The JNI FibreStar HBAs for Sun StorEdge Open SAN environments are now available on Sun's pricelist. "Having Sun endorse, sell and support JNI HBAs is a milestone that cements our position as a leader in Solaris HBAs," said Russell Stern, CEO of JNI Corporation. "Sun Solaris customers can now get high-quality JNI HBAs for Solaris as part of the Sun StorEdge Open SAN Architecture, fully tested and supported by Sun."

The availability of Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation Software on JNI HBAs is the latest chapter in a strategic relationship between the two companies. JNI pioneered the Fibre Channel HBA market for the Solaris operating system environment in 1995. In addition to JNI's 2Gb PCI-X products, Sun also resells and supports JNI FibreStar PCI, SBus and CompactPCI HBAs for the Sun StorEdge 9900 series storage system.