QLogic QLE2672 Dual Port 16Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) to PCI-E x8, Host Bus Adaptor (HBA) overview
Overview
The 2600 Series adapters are QLogic’s sixth generation of Fibre Channel Adapters. They boast industry –
leading native Fibre Channel performance – achieving dual port, line-rate, 16-gigabit Fibre Channel
throughput – at extremely low CPU utilization with full hardware offloads. This extreme performance
eliminates potential I/O bottlenecks in today’s powerful multiprocessor, multicore servers.
In addition, support for powerful virtualization features make this adapter ideal for virtualized environments
that need excellent I/O performance to service growing numbers of virtual machines (VMs).
Unmatched Expertise
QLogic is the undisputed leader in Fibre Channel
adapters, with over 15 years of experience and six
generations of Fibre Channel products that have been
qualified by all major server OEMs in multiple form
factors. QLogic owns the most established, proven
Fibre Channel stack in the industry – more than 11
million Fibre Channel ports shipped.
Virtualization Optimized
The 2600 Series adapters, powered by QLogic VMflex
technology™, support standards-based virtualization
such as N-port ID virtualization (NPIV) and virtual
storage area networks (virtual fabrics). In addition,
single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) may be enabled
to allow enhanced I/O performance in virtualized
environments and improved VM scalability for
increasing storage workloads.
Superior Applications Performance
The QLogic 2600 Series of 16Gb Fibre Channel
adapters consume the lowest CPU to drive storage
traffic at line rate across all ports. With support for
over 1 million I/O transactions per second, QLogic
adapters deliver the best storage application
performance in virtualized and non-virtualized
environments.
Power Optimized
The 2600 Series adapters use QLogic’s StarPower™
technology to provide maximum power efficiency. The
adapters offer dynamic power management, which
ensures that the PCIe® host bus link uses the minimal
number of PCIe lanes, regardless of whether the
server supports PCIe Gen2 or Gen3, to meet the
required Fibre Channel bandwidth. Using fewer PCIe
lanes means that these adapters use less power, while
continuing to maintain the highest level of Fibre
Channel performance.
Investment Protection
The adapters are backward compatible with existing
4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel infrastructure.
The adapters are also compatible with the same Fibre
Channel software driver stack that has been tested
and validated across all major hardware platforms, all
major Hypervisors and operating systems (OSs), and
has been battle-hardened in millions of previous
installations.
Simplified Management
QLogic’s new, unified management application,
QConvergeConsole™ (QCC), provides single-pane-of-
glass management for the company’s broad product
line of storage and networking adapters (Fibre
Channel, converged networking, NIC, and iSCSI).
In addition, QLogic supports all major APIs, giving the
end user the flexibility to manage their QLogic Fibre
Channel adapter portfolio using third-party
management tools.