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The Brocade 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for HP c-Class BladeSystem provides a new level of server connectivity through unmatched hardware capabilities and unique software features. It is designed to help organizations implement end-to-end services across next-generation data centers.
Brocade FC HBAs are the only HBAs which support the Server Application Optimization (SAO) license to extend Brocade data center fabric technologies to the server infrastructure, thereby improving overall application performance and virtual machine scalability. SAO enables individual traffic flows to be specifically configured, prioritized, and optimized from end-to-end throughout the data center. SAO is enabled via software licensing on Brocade switches and directors, and is deployed along with Brocade FC HBAs to help IT organizations more easily manage true end-to-end SAN services across next-generation data centers.
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Key Features and Benefits of the Brocade 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for HP c-Class BladeSystem
Optimize Server Virtualization
- Server Application Optimization (SAO) extends Quality of Service (QoS) and priority levels down to Virtual Machines (VMs) and applications.
- End-to-end flow control to improve link utilization between HBAs and adjacent switch ports and overall application response times.
- Supports virtualized environments with N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) for 255 virtual ports
Performance
- I/O transfer rates with up to 500,000 IOPS per port at 8 Gb per second reduces response time of mission critical datacenter applications and backup time-windows
- Multiple I/O data queues increase performance for virtualized environments
- Parallel I/O engines support simultaneous I/O transfers
Management
- Fabric-based Boot LUN Discovery saves time and errors through automatic discovery of LUN information during zoning resulting in centralized, automatic configuration of the boot setup
- Boot from SAN: Fabric-based boot LUN discovery enables simplified deployment of boot-over-SAN environments
- Unified, end-to-end, local and remote HBA and switch management using Brocade Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) and HP Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM)
- Both DCFM and HCM provide open APIs and standards-based interfaces for integration with popular third-party applications and higher-level frameworks to help orchestrate HP B-series hardware and SAN services.
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Ideal for...
Brocade 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for HP c-Class BladeSystem is ideal for entry, mid-range, and enterprise class networks that require high performance IO connectivity solutions.
- 8Gb FC ports for maximum bandwidth.
- 500K IOPS per port to improve application response times.
- Minimal CPU interrupts improves server utilization.
Brocade 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for HP c-Class BladeSystem is ideal for virtualized environments with multiple VMs per server.
- 3 distinct IO priority levels to manage bandwidth down to the VM and related applications.
- Robust IO engines to handle multiple VMs and IO intensive applications.
- NPIV enabled VM migrations to ensure continuous access to data.
Brocade 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for HP c-Class BladeSystem is ideal for network environments with multiple server and applications that include strict power, deployment, and cabling requirements.
- Delivers required IO performance levels for compute, switch, and storage connectivity.
- Doubles the throughput and available bandwidth compared to 4Gb environments.
- Improves the overall application performance for and response times.
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