QLogic 16Gb FC Single-port and Dual-port HBA for IBM System x

The QLogic 16Gb FC Single-port and Dual-port Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) for IBM® System x® are sixth generation Fibre Channel Adapters. They offer 16 Gbps line-rate performance at extremely low CPU utilization with full hardware offloads. Support for powerful virtualization features make this adapter ideal for virtualized environments that need excellent I/O performance to service growing numbers of virtual machines (VMs).

The QLogic 16Gb FC Single-port and Dual-port HBAs have the following specifications:

• Host interface: PCI Express 2.0 x8 or PCI Express 3.0 x4 (physical connector is PCIe x8)
• Single-port or dual-port SFP+ based adapters
• Support for 16 Gb, 8 Gb and 4 Gb FC link speeds, which are automatically negotiated
• Data rate: 14.025 Gbps (1600 MBps), 8.5 Gbps (800 MBps), and 4.25 Gbps (400 MBps) autosensing (per port), with full duplex
• Performance: Over 500,000 IOPS per port (over 1,200,000 IOPS per dual-port adapter)
• Throughput: 3,200 MB per port, full-duplex
• 2048 concurrent logins
• 255 N_Port IDs (NPIV) per port
• Topology: Point-to-point and switched fabric
• Supported media: 16 Gbps Fibre Channel LC SFP+ short wave optical transceivers (850 nm), hot-pluggable