Emulex delivers range of 8/16GFC and 10GbE-based connectivity solutions

COSTA MESA, USA: Emulex Corp. announced the availability of a broad range of I/O connectivity solutions for the new HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, based on the new Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family.

This next wave of HP ProLiant Gen8 innovations is designed to accelerate performance of virtualized environments and deliver the intelligence necessary to optimize data center effectiveness. Connectivity solutions provided by Emulex include modular LAN on Motherboards (referred to as HP FlexibleLOMs), FCoE and iSCSI CNAs, 10GbE NICs, and 8 and 16GFC HBAs.

"We're enabling a convergence-ready infrastructure with market-leading, integrated 10GbE, FCoE and Fibre Channel connectivity solutions for the new HP ProLiant Gen8 blade and rack server platforms;" said Shaun Walsh, senior VP of marketing and corporate development, Emulex.

"With the broadest range of I/O connectivity support for the HP Converged Infrastructure, customers can leverage the Emulex common driver stack and management application for physical and virtual networking solutions, including HP FlexFabric and HP Flex10 and HP Virtual Connect."

Key features of the Emulex I/O connectivity solutions for HP ProLiant Gen8 servers include:

Industry Leading Protocol Offload Performance: Emulex vEngine technology offers full FCoE, iSCSI and TCP/IP offload, including TOE, to provide optimum server efficiency and higher virtualization ratios.

Superior Gen 5 Fibre Channel Connectivity: Emulex LightPulse Gen 5 FC HBAs deliver more than 1.2 million IOPS on a single port,1 the highest level of Fibre Channel adapter performance available today. Emulex Gen 5 FC HBAs also deliver up to 10x better reliability than competing HBAs2 with a cool running ASIC and fail-proof passive heat sink for heat management within the server, rather than utilizing a fan.

Increased I/O Bandwidth with PCIe 3.0 Support: Emulex LightPulse Gen 5 FC HBAs for HP ProLiant servers support PCIe 3.0, which provides a faster I/O bus, more PCIe lanes and increased I/O bandwidth and delivers optimal performance for applications – such as virtualization and database management systems – by matching the performance capabilities of HP ProLiant Gen8 servers based on the new Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family.

Network Convergence: Based on IEEE standards and an enterprise-hardened Fibre Channel stack, Emulex FCoE supports storage and network traffic on converged infrastructure. FCoE can help customers save up to 30 percent on adapters and switches, 80 percent on cables and 40 percent on power and cooling, and is fully compatible with existing Fibre Channel storage and switches.

Centralized Management: With a single driver model, HP FlexFabric and Flex-10 adapters can be controlled, configured and managed from a single console using Emulex OneCommand Manager. This enables enterprise scalability with time-saving features that provide more than twice the adapter management functionality and take half the time to install and manage compared to other I/O solutions. Emulex OneCommand Manager plug-in for VMware vCenter server allows users to manage Emulex adapters across hundreds of servers natively from the VMware vCenter server console.