FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, USA (May 12, 1999) - ZNYX Corporation, the leader in high availability networking solutions for Embedded and Telephony applications, today announced the release of its LynxOS® drivers for the company’s NetBlaster™ CompactPCI and PCI multi-channel Fast Ethernet adapter product lines. The drivers support LynxOS version 3.01 for both PowerPC® and Intel® Pentium® processor - based platforms. The first PowerPC platform supported is the Motorola Computer Group (MCG) MCP750 CompactPCI single board computer. Embedded in the LynxOS driver is ZNYX’s RAINlink technology that provides redundant links with fast failover, system-to-switch, and system-to-system trunking.

RAINlink provides fast deterministic failover by placing the secondary Ethernet channel in a hot standby state. When a failure is detected on the primary port, RAINlink redirects traffic to the secondary port which has already been initialized with the primary port’s MAC address.  The failover sequence occurs within milliseconds, and Internet Protocol connections are maintained during the failover transition.  Both port-to-port and board-to-board failover mechanisms are supported. RAINlink’s system-to-switch trunking can be used to connect to Cisco® Fast EtherChannel-compatible switches.  RAINlink’s trunking capability can provide scalable, incremental bandwidth between 100 and 400 Mbps.  In addition, system-to-system trunking provides the same capability by providing a multi-channel trunk between two or more LynxOS platforms.

“With the inclusion of embedded RAINlink in our LynxOS driver, ZNYX is providing scaleable and reliable networking capability for a number of applications including wireless, Voice over IP (VoIP), and Advanced Intelligent Networking (AIN),” said Tim Hayes, product marketing manager at ZNYX Corporation.  “RAINlink’s fast deterministic failover capability maintains connections during LAN failures.  Fault detection, fault isolation, and automatic failover are essential to the next generation of telco platforms.  RAINlink addresses these needs at the LAN interface which is used to build distributed computing solutions in the Central Office.”

"Our major telecommunications customers are turning to the flexibility, scalability and open architecture of LynxOS as the software foundation for their next-generation products, using commercial off-the-shelf technology building blocks." said Inder Singh, chairman and CEO of Lynx." ZNYX's RAINlink provides a powerful networking platform for those customers looking to exploit high reliability and availability of LynxOS for addressing the convergence of voice, data and video."

"High Availability features are essential to our customers building the next generation telephony platforms. MCG's MCP750 running RAINlink for LynxOS is a hot combination for adding further HA feature sets to our Datacom & Telecom platform offerings" said Cousy Maher, director of business management, telecom business unit, MCG. He added, "ZNYX's RAINlink extends high availability to the LAN where it is critical for applications built around a distributed computing environment. The partnership of MCG, Lynx, and ZNYX is ideal for high availability communications solutions."

NetBlaster adapters are available for both PCI and CompactPCI systems. NetBlaster CompactPCI is available in two, four, and eight channel models supporting 3U and 6U slots, Hot Swap and front or rear panel I/O. Prices for the NetBlaster CompactPCI series range from $699 to $2699.  The NetBlaster PCI series support one, two, and four channel models. Pricing ranges from $99 to $699. Additional product information including drivers for the NetBlaster adapters, are available from ZNYX’s website.

ZNYX Corporation, a privately held company headquartered in Fremont, California specializes in bringing continuous availability and improved performance to network systems, while preserving the existing network infrastructure. ZNYX’s focus is to deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions for high availability computing systems to make network interfaces faster and more reliable. Using its Redundant Array of Independent Netports (RAIN) technology, ZNYX designs and manufactures a family of PCI and CompactPCI Fast Ethernet adapters. Information about ZNYX products is available at http://www.znyx.com.

Lynx is a worldwide supplier of embedded software solutions including real-time operating systems, development tools, support and consulting. These products are used in a broad spectrum of applications including telecommunications switches, printer, avionics control systems, automotive test systems and process control systems. Lynx products shorten product development cycles and reduce costs for software engineers. By committing to POSIX, UNIX, Java and other industry standards, the company enables customers to leverage their investments in software development and education. No other real-time operating systems matches the degree of LynxOS compliance to POSIX, which defines the industry-standard API for UNIX and is the first standard API for real-time embedded applications. Founded in 1988 as a privately-held company, Lynx has offices in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, with worldwide headquarters in San Jose, California.

Motorola Computer Group (MCG) is a major supplier to the telecommunications industry. Over 40% of the embedded platforms it supplies are used in telecom applications. For system-level platforms this increase to over 60%. MCG counts the world's major telecommunications equipment manufacturers among its customers. MCG embedded platform technologies have been deployed within numerous telecommunications projects across the globe.

Motorola Computer Group, a division of Motorola, Inc., is the world's leading supplier of embedded computing platforms to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) for use in telecommunications and industrial applications. MCG provides best in class solutions by combining its advanced design engineering capability with responsive, world-class manufacturing operations. MCG is part of Motorola's Integrated Electronic Systems Sector which comprises five major businesses recognized for delivering leadership solutions to customers in the form of platform-based embedded controls and integrated components. Information about MCG is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.mcg.mot.com. Motorola is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions.  Sales in 1998 were $29.4 billion.