Colorado Springs, CO (April 17, 2006) – Astek Corporation has announced the A7204-PMC-01,a dual channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) in the PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) form factor. The card is supported under all major operating systems including Microsoft Windows® XP and Windows® Server 2003, Linux and VxWorks® 5.5.x.

The A7204 board is intended to provide a low risk storage solution for the industrial, medical and military embedded computing markets, and is ideally suited to help customers make the transition to 4Gb/s Fibre. Astek provides hardware and software support, including drivers and system level integration
support such as SAN management software tools to support enterprise level customers.

The dual port A7204-PMC-01 offers front panel I/O with 2 optical SFP transceivers and PCI-X 64bit/133Mhz support for up to 800Mb/s of data transfer. Direct, switched, and FC-AL loop topologies are supported without special software drivers. Multi-path redundant connectivity with automatic fail-over is also supported. The HBA is compatible with 1Gb, 2Gb and 4Gb devices. Astek’s family of storage adapters allow upgrade or switching between parallel SCSI, Serial Attach SCSI (SAS) and Fibre Channel with no changes to software drivers, reducing the integration effort and providing lifetime upgrade options.

The A7204 HBA is certified under FCC Class A, UL recognized and CE mark compliant. The card is in fullproduction and is available for immediate sale.

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Kevin Guy
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About Astek Corporation
Astek Corporation, started in 1998, is the number one provider of electronic design services in the state of Colorado, and specializes in storage productions and solutions for the embedded, industrial, medical and military markets. Astek provides off-the shelf products, OEM and custom configurations, and full-custom design services. Our engineers also perform ASIC design, board design, prototyping and manufacturing, software/firmware development and other design and system integration services. Astek is a closely held private company, established in 1998, located in Colorado Springs CO at 5055 Corporate Plaza Drive, Colorado Springs, CO, 80919.
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