QLogic Enhanced Gen 5 16 Gb Fibre Channel HBAs
Product Guide
The QLogic Enhanced Generation 5 (Gen 5) 16 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) Single and Dual-port Host Bus
Adapters (HBAs) for Lenovo ThinkSystem and System x servers offer industry leading native FC
performance with extremely low CPU usage with full hardware offloads.
Enhanced Gen 5 FC technology provides advanced storage networking features capable of supporting the
most demanding virtualized and private cloud environments, while fully leveraging the capabilities of high-
performance 16 Gb FC (16GFC) and all-flash arrays (AFAs). Powerful management tools automate and
simplify SAN provisioning to help reduce cost and complexity, while the unmatched 16 Gbps performance
eliminates potential I/O bottlenecks in today’s powerful multiprocessor, multicore servers.
The QLogic Enhanced Gen 5 16 Gb FC HBAs are shown in the following figure.
Figure 1. QLogic Enhanced Gen 5 16 Gb FC Single-port and Dual-port HBAs ( shown without the included
SFP+ modules )
Did you know?
The QLogic StorFusion architecture delivers ultimate reliability to meet the needs of mission-critical
enterprise applications with lower power and fewer CPU cycles, all while maintaining peak performance.
The QLogic Enhanced 16 Gb FC HBAs are based on our 32 Gbps Architecture, which delivers higher IOPS
and performance with lower power consumption compared to previous generation.
QLogic QConvergeConsole provides unified, single-pane-of-glass management across generations of
QLogic FC adapters.
QLogic Enhanced Gen 5 16 Gb Fibre Channel HBAs
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