Virtual Fabric for System x and BladeCenter

IBM and Emulex have introduced the IBM Virtual Fabric Adapter (VFA) for IBM System x servers and IBM BladeCenter. Based on Emulex OneConnect™ technology, Emulex 10Gb/s VFAs deliver industry leading 10Gb/s performance.

Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x

The Emulex VFA for IBM System x is a high-performance, dual-port network adapter for 10Gb/s Ethernet (10GbE) networks. It offers the benefits and flexibility of both virtual NIC and I/O convergence on a single end-to-end solution. Protocol offload for stateless TCP/IP and TCP Offload Engine (TOE) provide maximum bandwidth with minimum use of CPU resources.

Virtual Fabric Adapter (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter

The Emulex VFA  for IBM BladeCenter offers the benefits and flexibility of both virtual NIC and I/O convergence on a single end-to-end solution. The VFA provides two physical Ethernet ports, supporting 1Gb/s and 10Gb/s traffic. Each physical 10Gb/s port can be divided into four virtual ports with bandwidth allocation in 100Mb/s increments to the maximum 10Gb/s per physical port. Based on the Emulex OneConnect technology, the adapter offers the fastest 10Gb/s performance in the industry. License upgrades can enhance  functionality with FCoE and iSCSI protocol support, delivering the industry’s first Universal Converged Network Adapter and a future-proof connectivity solution for IBM BladeCenter.