Features
The Brocade 16Gb FC Single-port and Dual-port HBAs have the following features:
16 Gbps Fibre Channel
16 Gb FC enables I/O consolidation of multiple 2/4/8 Gbps Fibre Channel HBAs into a single
adapter to dramatically reduce CapEx/OpEx costs. It can also provide 50% server rack space
savings by reducing from a 2U to 1U rack-mount server with fewer PCIe adapter slots.
Over 500,000 IOPS per port
The industry’s most powerful FC adapter that achieves the highest transaction performance to
maximize density of VMs per server, performance of 315,000 IOPS for E-mail Exchange, and
205,000 IOPS for SQL Database.
16 Gbps and 8 Gbps optical media support
Investment protection for existing previous-generation 8 Gbps optics.
Fabric Assigned World Wide Name (FA-WWN)
FA-WWN virtualizes host WWNs to simplify server deployment by enabling pre-provisioning prior to
initial install and to eliminate time-consuming fabric reconfigurations when replacing adapters and
servers.
Boot-From-SAN
Automate SAN Boot LUN discovery to simplify boot from SAN and reduce image management
complexity and support for Direct Attached Storage (DAS point-to-point topology).
Brocade Server Application Optimization (SAO)
Quality of Service (QoS) levels assignable to VM applications and support for N_Port Trunking of
2×16 Gbps links into a single logical 32 Gbps link to improve application performance and
availability.
Direct I/O
This enables native (direct) I/O performance by allowing VMs to bypass the hypervisor and
communicate directly with the adapter.
Brocade Network Advisor
This simplifies and unifies the management of Brocade adapter, SAN, and LAN resources through a
single pane-of-glass.
Brocade Diagnostics (D-Port)
This improves detection and isolation of 16 Gbps optics problems between adapters and switches.
LUN Masking
Initiator-based LUN masking for storage traffic isolation.
Target Rate Limiting (TRL)
This throttles data traffic when accessing slower speed storage targets to avoid back pressure
problems.
Technical specifications
Brocade 16Gb FC Single-port and Dual-port HBAs
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