I/O Controllers

Connecting Storage Controllers to Storage Capacity

The Emulex I/O Controlers are the industry's only embedded storage processor/controller products that support for all three serial storage protocols, including Fibre Channel, SAS and SATA. Designed for storage system providers that want to build flexibility into their external storage systems, the family of Emulex storage processors/controllers provides a fully integrated, high performance solution to support a broad range of entry-level to enterprise-class storage systems, including new high-performance 8Gb/s FC storage arrays.

Embedded I/O Controller Selection Guide

Product

Speed

FC Ports

SAS Ports

SATA Ports

IOC 540

8, 4 or 2Gb/s

2

-

-

IOC 504

4, 2 or 1Gb/s

4

-

-

IOP 502M

4, 3, 2, 1.5 or 1Gb/s

2

4

4

IOC 500S

3 or 1.5 Gb/s

-

8

8