Now enterprises can fly on AutoPilot

Feb 2, 2005: Recognising that it's not just the little guys that want to keep things simple, storage vendor Emulex has made life easier for enterprise customers with its latest release.

The Enterprise AutoPilot Installer for Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server is wizard- based, offering simplicity and automation to streamline host bus adaptor (HBA) installations and upgrades in server blade and large scale data centre environments.

Like SMBs, large and mid-range enterprise storage environments want drivers and utilities that are easy to install, but due to their larger scale and complexity, enterprises also require more extensive configuration and installation options and capabilities.

The application allows users to install or upgrade all HBAs in the system with just six clicks of a mouse. It also allows drivers and utilities to be installed prior to the HBA hardware installation, as well as providing storage managers with the ability to set a corporate standard for HBA installation parameters.

"With Enterprise AutoPilot Installer, Emulex has taken the same principles of simplicity and automation we delivered in our latest products for small-to-medium-sized businesses and migrated them to the enterprise environment," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing for Emulex. "Enterprise storage environments are inherently more complex, so the simplification of the HBA installation process, and the ability to script parameters once and then leverage the work across hundreds of installations - even before the HBA hardware is installed - is a tremendous value proposition for enterprise storage managers."

"The availability of Emulex's Enterprise AutoPilot Installer is good news for Windows based enterprise storage users," said Dr. Claude Lorenson, technical product manager, storage technologies at Microsoft. "Enterprise AutoPilot Installer's scripting and automation capabilities streamline and simplify the HBA installation process."

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