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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Emulex Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
(No. 333-57370) on Form S-3 of Emulex Corporation of our report dated August
4, 2000 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Emulex Corporation and
subsidiaries as of July 2, 2000 and June 27, 1999, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended July 2, 2000, and the related schedule,
which report appears in the July 2, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of Emulex
Corporation.


                                                  KPMG LLP


Orange County, California
May 18, 2001