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Welcome
Thank you for purchasing a QLogic BR-800 Series Fibre Channel Host Bus
Adapter. These adapters provide reliable, high-performance host connectivity for
mission-critical Storage Area Network (SAN) environments. Available models are
listed in the following table.
QLogic BR-800 Series Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters allow a host system to
connect to a Fibre Channel SAN in a switched-fabric or point-to-point topology.
The combined high performance and proven reliability of a single-ASIC design
makes these HBAs ideal for connecting hosts to SAN fabrics based on Brocade
Fabric OS
®
(FOS) or Brocade M-Enterprise OS (M-EOS).
Related Materials
The following documents are available on the QLogic Web Site:
BR-Series Adapters Installation Guide
BR-Series Adapters Troubleshooting Guide
BR-Series Adapters Administrator’s Guide
For information about downloading documentation from the QLogic Web Site, see
“Downloading Updates” on page v
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Model
Port Speed
Number of Ports
QLogic BR-825
8 Gbps maximum
2
QLogic BR-815
8 Gbps maximum
1
NOTE
Install only QLogic-supported SFPs in these adapters.
