Beijing, Otc. 18th, 2004 – Red Flag, Asia’s leading supplier of Linux Operating system software, today announced that the LightPulse family of HBAs of Emulex, which is the world leader in Fiber Channel host bus adapters and embedded storage switches, has been certified on Red Flag Enterprise Linux. Both 32-bit and 64-bit Linux operating systems of Red Flag were included in this certification mission with Emulex Fibre Channel HBAs. It enhances the extended utilization of Red Flag Linux on enterprise application market. 　

    “As the Linux market leader in China, Red Flag is uniquely positioned to continue momentum for the broad adoption of Linux-based computing solutions throughout Asia,” said Mike Smith, executive vice president of Worldwide Marketing for Emulex. “Working with Red Flag signifies Emulex’s commitment to provide world-class, high reliability storage solutions for the Linux community. Linux users benefit from utilizing Emulex HBAs for industry-leading connectivity for Fibre Channel SANs” 　

    “Emulex is the world leader in Fibre Channel HBAs while Red Flag is the leading Linux distribution in Asia,” said Zhao Xiaoliang, acting president of Red Flag Linux. “It’s important for both Red Flag Linux and Emulex to maintain a long-term relationship and provide sustainable support as well as deliver economical, reliable and stable technologies to enterprise Linux clients.” 　　

    Red Flag certified and listed multiple Emulex HBA generations on its Hardware Compatibility List, including the LP9002, LP9802, LP982 ,LP10000 and LP1050 families. Both Red Flag’s former Linux version of 4.0 and the current version of 4.1 have been certified in this mission. It guarantees the reliability, continuous compatibility and ease-of-use for diversified enterprise-class applications.