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Emulex Gains Fibre Channel Market Share Over Nearest Competitor for Third Consecutive Year

Company Achieves #1 Share in Fibre Channel Stand-Up Adapters

COSTA MESA, Calif., February 11, 2013 – Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that it has gained another four points of overall Fibre Channel revenue market share over its nearest competitor during the fourth quarter of calendar 2012, according to bothDell'Oro Group's Q4 2012 Fibre Channel Adapter Vendor report and Crehan Research's Q4 2012 Server-class Adapter and LOM market share report, closing the gap between the two companies to only three points of market share. Additional key points from these independent market analyst reports include:

• Emulex has steadily gained overall Fibre Channel revenue market share for the past three years
• Emulex has gained overall Fibre Channel revenue market share for three consecutive quarters, gaining more than eight points of market share in that timeframe
• Emulex has overtaken its closest competitor to seize the #1 revenue market share position in Fibre Channel stand-up adapters
• Emulex continues to lead the 16Gb Fibre Channel (16GFC) market transition with 65 percent of the overall 16GFC revenue market share during 2012
• This quarter marks the highest percentage of overall Fibre Channel revenue market share for Emulex since 2003

“Emulex has made significant market share gains over the past three years and is clearly dominating the 16GFC market transition,” said Shaun Walsh, senior vice president of marketing and corporate development, Emulex. “This quarter’s reports validate our strategy in the market and provide additional proof points that we’re on a path to achieve overall market leadership. Emulex Fibre Channel technology is the fastest, highest performing and most reliable in the market today, and we expect to see this product leadership translate into more share gains in the future.”¹

¹Demartek, Emulex LPe16000B 16Gb Fibre Channel HBA Feature Comparison, December 2012

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Emulex, the leader in converged networking solutions, provides enterprise-class connectivity for servers, networks and storage devices within the data center. The company's product portfolio of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters, 10Gb Ethernet Network Interface Cards, Ethernet-based Converged Network Adapters, controllers, embedded bridges and switches, and connectivity management software are proven, tested and trusted by the world's largest and most demanding IT environments. Emulex solutions are used and offered by the industry's leading server and storage OEMs including, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, Huawei, IBM, NEC, NetApp and Oracle. Emulex is headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif. and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. More information about Emulex (NYSE:ELX) is available at www.Emulex.com.