HP has just unveiled its next generation HP ProLiant Gen8 platform that accelerates server market transformation – in addition to being self-sufficient, this new platform is enabled with industry leading I/O, making them incredibly fast and flexible. Supported by Emulex OneConnect® technology, the HP ProLiant Gen8 platform delivers a converged I/O that includes FlexFabric, Flex-10, iSCSI and Fibre Channel. This broad choice in I/O connectivity delivers high value (all-in-one) connectivity, providing HP customers with convergence-ready, integrated Ethernet, FCoE or iSCSI connectivity solutions on a single-chip solution. In addition, this flexibility allows HP customers to leverage their existing infrastructure, while providing a seamless, future-proof path for future expansion.
Emulex I/O Connectivity Solutions for HP ProLiant Server Blades
Emulex is providing new 10GbE dual-port modular LAN on motherboard (LOM), converged network adapter (CNA) and network interface card (NIC) solutions for the new HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 server blade, including the HP 554FLB FlexFabric LOM Adapter, HP 554M FlexFabric Mezzanine Adapter and HP 552M Flex-10 Mezzanine Adapter.
The HP 554FLB and 554M FlexFabric Adapters allow 10Gb ports to be divided into multiple NIC and storage functions to converge network and storage traffic for 10GbE and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), helping clients reduce networking complexity, lower technology costs and promote a green data center. The HP 552M Flex-10 Adapter allows 10Gb ports to be divided into multiple NIC functions to optimize bandwidth allocation for virtualized server workloads.
Emulex I/O Connectivity Solutions for HP ProLiant Rack and Tower Servers
Emulex is also providing dual-port 10GbE modular LOM, CNA, and NIC and Fibre Channel HBA solutions for the new HP ProLiant ML350p, DL160, DL360p, DL380p, SL230s, SL250s, SL270s Gen8 servers, including the new HP 554FLR-SFP+ FlexFabric Adapter and the previously announced HP CN1100E Converged Network Adapter, HP NC552SFP Ethernet Server Adapter, HP 82E 8Gb dual-port PCIe Fibre Channel HBA and HP 81E 8Gb single-port PCIe Fibre Channel HBA.
As with the HP FlexFabric adapters for the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 server blades, the HP 554FLR-SFP+ FlexFabric Adapter and HP CN1100E Converged Network Adapter converge network and storage traffic for 10GbE and FCoE, helping clients reduce networking complexity, lower technology costs and promote a green data center.
Emulex OneConnect I/O technology with HP ProLiant Gen8 is the right combination to best position your business for success today and into the future. For more information on Emulex solutions for HP, please visit http://www.emulex.com/hp/. And, check out our data sheets here:
- HP 554FLR-SFP+ Adapter for HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers
- HP 552M and NC552m Flex-10 Adapters for HP ProLiant Gen 8 BladeSystem Servers
- HP 554FLB Adapter for HP ProLiant BladeSystem Gen8 Servers
- HP 554M and NC553m Adapters for HP ProLiant BladeSystem Gen8 Servers
- HP 10GbE and SAN Connectivity Products from Emulex
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