QLogic BR-1020 - Manual

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Data Sheet
OVERVIEW
Today’s IT professionals face the difficult challenge of reducing data center
cost and complexity while satisfying numerous service level agreements
(SLAs) and performance requirements. As a result, organizations are
seeking ways to improve server and storage utilization, reduce ongoing
operational costs, and increase their flexibility and responsiveness.
The QLogic BR-1020 (dual port) Converged Network Adapter provides
enterprise-class connectivity for next-generation data centers. This
adapter integrates 10Gbps Ethernet NIC functionality with Fibre Channel
technology—enabling transport over a 10-gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
connection through the data center bridging (DCB) and Fibre Channel
over Ethernet (FCoE) protocols. This approach provides best-in-class LAN
connectivity and server I/O consolidation, helping to reduce cost and
complexity in next-generation data center environments.
IMPROVED TCO THROUGH I/O CONSOLIDATION
DCB is a set of industry standards that enhances Ethernet protocol to
enable low-latency, lossless, and deterministic network infrastructure
for storage and other highly demanding traffic types. QLogic Converged
Network Adapters support all of these standards, including priority-based
flow control (PFC), enhanced transmission selection (ETS), congestion
notification (CN), and data center bridging exchange (DCBX).
FCoE encapsulates and transmits Fibre Channel frames over this enhanced
Ethernet infrastructure while preserving the Fibre Channel constructs
and management paradigm for backward compatibility and investment
protection.
By leveraging these technologies, QLogic Converged Network Adapters
enable organizations to consolidate multiple 1GbE NICs and Fibre Channel
Host Bus Adapters into a single adapter.
CENTRALIZED ADAPTER MANAGEMENT
QLogic’s Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) is an easy-to-use adapter
management tool for configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting the
QLogic BR-series adapters. HCM enables server administers to quickly
configure BR-series adapters locally or remotely.
HCM scans the SAN environment to discover visible storage resources
and display target LUNs. A simple to use graphical tree view provides fast
access to the managed Host Bus Adapters, Converged Network Adapters,
ports, and target storage resources. HCM also provides notifications of
various conditions and problems through a user-defined event filter.
• Provides high-performance line-rate 10Gbps Ethernet for
enterprise-class, reliable LAN connectivity
• Supports DCB for low-latency, lossless, and deterministic
10Gbps Ethernet connectivity and storage over Ethernet
applications (FCoE/iSCSI)
• Delivers advanced Ethernet performance, including IPv4 and IPv6
checksum offload, RSS, HDS, jumbo frame support, and TSO
• Provides scalable connectivity features across a secure,
multiprotocol, lossless environment
• Enables a single storage driver for both QLogic BR-Series
Converged Network Adapters and Fibre Channel Host Bus
Adapters
QLogic BR-1020
Converged Network Adapter