The 16Gb Fibre Channel (16GFC) ecosystem is rapidly developing with switches and host bus adapters (HBAs) available now and storage vendors planning this capability in 2012. Server vendors in the midst of the Intel® Romley transition, as well as new and faster SSDs will require higher levels of I/O performance to eliminate bottlenecks.

Emulex LightPulse® LPe16000 16GFC HBAs were designed to meet the performance demands of this new hardware as well as meeting the needs of exceedingly demanding applications including the next generation of private clouds, mission-critical databases and deploying production environments on virtualized platforms.

The LPe16000 marks the ninth generation of Emulex Fibre Channel adapters that are not only the fastest FC HBAs to date, but also include a number of feature enhancements:

• Pooling of resources for dynamic allocation to multiple protocols. The eight-core architecture allows workload-based performance and scalability by leveraging Emulex vPath™ virtual I/O support. This enables VM to VM connectivity while maintaining I/O traffic isolation.
• Performance and scale to accommodate virtualized and cloud environments. Emulex’s vScale™ technology will not only deliver twice the performance of 8Gb Fibre Channel but can also support 255 virtual functions, 1024 MSi-X and 8192 logins and open exchanges for maximum VM density—up to 4x more than other 16GFC adapters.
• Advanced power efficiency. Emulex’s GreenState™ power management technology enables the adapters to dynamically reduce power and control heat.
• Single screen management. Leveraging OneCommand™ Manager, organizations can control all Emulex adapters, Fibre Channel or otherwise, from a single screen. For highly virtualized environments, Emulex also offers a plug-in for VMware® vCenter™ that allows administrators to view and manage Emulex adapters in a vCenter window, reducing points of management.

Featured Videos

• Dell on 16GFC Technology
• First 16Gb Fibre Channel HBA Demo
• LPe16000 16Gb FC HBA performance
• NetApp on 16GFC Technology

Product Information

• LPe16000B single-port PCIe 3.0
• LPe16002B dual-port PCIe 3.0
• LPe16000 single-port
• LPe16002 dual-port

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