Brocade Fibre Channel HBAs and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) CNAs are essential connectivity products that are interoperable with the vast majority of the global installed base of storage area network (SAN) and converged enhanced Ethernet switch ports.

Tested and qualified by EMC, they’re designed to meet the growing connectivity, virtualization, and operating efficiency needs of enterprise data centers. Brocade HBAs and CNAs provide breakthrough performance, robust services, built-in extensibility, and seamless interoperability.

Key features include:

• Advanced performance providing up to 500,000 IOPS per port
• Intelligent PCI Express (PCIe) lane negotiation to maximize bus throughput
• Parallel I/O engines to support simultaneous I/O transfers
• Hardware-based low/medium/high data prioritization enabling quality of service (QoS)
• Flow control to maximize link utilization between HBAs and switch ports
• 4Gbps FC, 8Gbps FC, and 10Gbps CEE line rates
• Centralized management and provisioning

Emulex Adapters are an essential component of networked storage and are available in single and dual-channel versions for 2 Gb, 4 Gb, and 8 Gb Fibre Channel SANs.

LightPulse FCoE converged network adapters (CNAs) are also available in single- and dual-channel options, providing host LAN and Fibre Channel SAN connectivity over 10Gb/s Ethernet using FCoE and enhanced Ethernet functionality.

Tested and qualified by EMC, LightPulse products support a wide range of operating system environments, including Windows, Solaris, VMware, and Linux. They provide the highest level of quality, performance, and functionality for complete, end-to-end EMC storage solutions.

For organizations of every size, Emulex:

• Offers superior 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA performance.
• Provides energy efficiency.
• Provides a centralized console for robust manageability.
• Provides high availability and supreme reliability.

QLogic adaptors are an essential component of SANs and are available in Fibre Channel and iSCSI implementations, including:

• Single and Dual-Port 8GB FC (PCI Express)
• Single and Dual-Port 2 Gb or 4Gb FC (PCI Express, PCI-X)
• Dual-Port 1 Gb iSCSI (PCI Express, PCI-X)

8 Gb models feature "Cool HBA" Technology (no fans or heatsinks required), which significantly reduces energy consumption.

Also available:

• QLogic SANbox Router 6142 — Connect remote EMC storage over WAN links to a local EMC FC SAN.
• QLogic SAN Connectivity Kits — Leverage a bundled kit for a cost effective way to start your first SAN, including a QLogic SANbox switch, (2) or (4) QLogic SANblade HBAs and all necessary software, cables and accessories.
• QLogic FCoE Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) — Consolidate data networking of an NIC with storage networking of an FC HBA onto a single 10-GbE Ethernet adapter.