QLogic QLE2672 - Host bus adapter - PCIe 3.0 x4 / PCIe 2.0 x8 - 16Gb Fibre Channel x 2 - Arcserve OLP
- Virtualization optimized
- Superior performance
- Integrated fabric features
The QLogic QLE2672 Gen 5 fiber channel (FC) adapters boast excellent native fiber channel performance — achieving dual-port, line-rate 16 Gbps FC throughput — at extremely low CPU usage with full hardware offloads. Gen 5 FC resolves data center complexities by enabling a storage network infrastructure, that supports powerful virtualization features, application-aware services, and simplified management. This achievement provides a storage networking infrastructure, capable of supporting the demanding virtualized and cloud-enabled environments, while fully leveraging the capabilities of high-performance Gen 5 FC and hard drive storage. These features help reduce cost and complexity, while the unmatched performance eliminates potential I/O bottlenecks in today’s powerful multiprocessor, multicore servers.
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Virtualization optimized
The QLE2672, powered by QLogic VMflex technology, supports standards-based virtualization features. Support for N_Port ID virtualization (NPIV) enables a single FC adapter port to provide multiple virtual ports, increasing network scalability. Virtual fabric technology allows a single FC adapter port to participate in multiple virtual fabric domains for improved availability. In addition, high line-rate throughput per physical port delivers unmatched storage performance to maximize the number of virtual machines per physical server.
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Superior performance
Multiple I/O transactions per second provides amazing application throughput for physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Integrated QLogic StarPower technology delivers dynamic power management, which ensures, that the PCIe host bus link uses the minimum number of PCIe lanes to meet the required bandwidth. Overlapping protection domains (OPDs) ensure the high level of reliability as data moves to and from the PCI bus and FC network. As a result, QLE2672 adapters consume less power and fewer CPU cycles, while maintaining peak performance.
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Integrated fabric features
QLogic FC adapters combine advanced capabilities, that are enabled when deployed with supported switches. By implementing these solutions together, SAN administrators can take advantage of enhanced features, that improve availability, streamline deployment, and increase network performance.
