Table 3. Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6, 16 Gb (Gen 5), and 8 Gb FC HBAs feature comparison
Feature
16 Gb FC Gen 6
16 Gb FC (Gen 5)
8 Gb FC
Part numbers
01CV830
01CV840
81Y1655
81Y1662
42D0485
42D0494
Host interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x8
IOPS performance
1.6 M IOPS
1.2 M IOPS
0.2 M IOPS (per port)
16 Gb FC SFP+ transceiver support
Yes
Yes
No
8 Gb FC SFP+ transceiver support
No
Yes
Yes
16 Gbps speed support
Yes
Yes
No
8 Gbps speed support
Yes
Yes
Yes
4 Gbps speed support
Yes
Yes
Yes
ClearLink support
Yes
Yes
No
ExpressLane support
Yes
Yes
No
Logins and Exchanges
16,127
8,192
4,096
SR-IOV support
255 VFs
255 VFs
No
Important: Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 FC HBAs offer better performance and scalability with lower power
consumption, while fitting into the same price band, compared to Emulex 16 Gb (Gen 5) FC HBAs.
Technical specifications
The Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 FC HBAs have the following specifications:
Based on the LPe31000 (single port) and LPe31002 (dual port) adapters
I/O controller: Emulex Engine 501 (XE501) I/O Controller (IOC)
Host interface: PCIe 3.0 x8
Ports: Single-port and dual-port SFP+ based adapters
Link speed: 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: Up to 1,600,000 IOPS
Industry standards:
Current ANSI/IETF standards: FC-PI-4, FC-PI-5, FC-PI-6 , FC-FS-3, FC-LS-2, FC-GS-6, FC-
DA, FC-DA2, FCP-4, SPC-4, SBC-3, and SSC-4
Legacy ANSI/IETF standards: FC-PH, FC-PH-2, FC-PH-3, FC-PI, FC-PI-2, FC-PI-3, FC-FS,
FC-GS-2/3/4/5, FCP-2/3, FC-HBA, FC-TAPE, FC-MI, SPC-3, SBC-2, SSC-2, and SSC-3
Topology: Point-to-point and switched fabric
Hot-pluggable 16 Gbps Fibre Channel SFP+ short wave optical transceivers (850 nm) with LC
connectors (included with the adapters). Note: Other transceivers are not supported.
Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters
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