QLogic cPCI Fibre Channel HBAs Qualified By EMC

Enterprise Storage Forum content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More.

QLogic Corporation’s. SANblade CompactPCI
(cPCI) Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) has been qualified by EMC
Corporation
as “E-Lab Tested” for use in EMC Enterprise Storage Network environments running Solaris server platforms with its Symmetrix information storage systems.

EMC’s E-Lab tested qualification process is part of the EMC E-Infostructure
Interoperability Program, a series of performance and reliability
tests that EMC said ensures the interoperability of all the components that make up the
multi-vendor EMC Enterprise Storage Network.

“With over $2 billion invested in equipment and resources, EMC is committed
to qualify and test the industry’s widest range of components for continuous
interoperability across networked storage environments,” said Chuck Hollis,
vice president of markets and products at EMC. “EMC has completed its E-Lab
Tested qualification of QLogic SANblade cPCI-Fibre Channel HBAs across all
cPCI compatible Sun Fire server platforms, providing additional performance,
flexibility and interoperability for complex SAN environments.”

The hot-swapable SANblade cPCI HBA is based on cPCI , an embedded
board architecture built on the industry standard PCI interface. It features cPCI to Dual Fibre Channel connections, data transfer rates of up to 200Mbytes per second in full duplex mode, concurrent SCSI and IP protocols, cPCI full hot-swap and hot-plug specifications, 3U cPCI form factor and support

Get the Free Newsletter!

Subscribe to Cloud Insider for top news, trends, and analysis.

Latest Articles

15 Software Defined Storage Best Practices

Software Defined Storage (SDS) enables the use of commodity storage hardware. Learn 15 best practices for SDS implementation.

What is Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)?

Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE) is the encapsulation and transmission of Fibre Channel (FC) frames over enhanced Ethernet networks, combining the advantages of Ethernet...

9 Types of Computer Memory Defined (With Use Cases)

Computer memory is a term for all of the types of data storage technology that a computer may use. Learn more about the X types of computer memory.