QLogic BR-1020 - Manual (Page 2)

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QLogic BR-1020 Data Sheet
In addition to providing a graphical interface, QLogic also provides
a powerful command line interface, BCU CLI, for scripting and task
automation.
For holistic data center-wide management, QLogic HCM is tightly
integrated with Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) to provide end-to-
end configuration and management of the entire SAN infrastructure.
Administrators can launch QLogic HCM from within BNA to provide single-
pane-of-glass management of QLogic BR-series adapters and Brocade
Fibre Channel switches.
QLogic also provides open APIs and standards-based interfaces for
integration with popular third-party applications.
UNMATCHED PERFORMANCE
The explosive growth of server virtualization and high-bandwidth
applications, such as video-on-demand and high performance computing
(HPC), is leading to increased performance demands, making 10Gbps
connectivity a key requirement. Recent advances in server technology,
including Intel
® Nehalem processors, now enable servers to run more
workloads, increasing consolidation and virtualization ratios. With more
VMs deployed per server, network bandwidth and storage I/O requirements
are higher than ever before.
QLogic Converged Network Adapters are full-featured 10GbE NICs that
deliver 10Gbps line-rate performance per port. They provide stateless
networking offloads such as TCP checksum and segmentation offloads
for improved performance and more efficient CPU usage. Additional CPU
cycles can then be dedicated to additional application processing.
QLogic Converged Network Adapters deliver full hardware-based FCoE
offload to provide superior performance for storage applications, with up
to twice the performance of competitive offerings in real-world application
scenarios.
Ultimately, this means that businesses of all sizes can scale their virtual
server deployments and virtualize highly demanding applications with
greater confidence, resulting in better server resource utilization and lower
capital and operational costs.
OPTIMIZED FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
In non-virtualized environments, applications are tied to physical servers,
which in turn connect to physical switch ports in a “static” manner.
Applying network policies or monitoring application performance is simple
because the applications are permanently associated with the physical
ports.
With server virtualization, multiple applications share a physical switch
port. Furthermore, applications can move across the virtualized server
infrastructure based on a number of user-defined policies and in response
to dynamic business requirements. Virtualization hypervisors implement
virtual switching technologies to connect the VMs to the network, and to
move data between VMs.
Virtual machine optimized ports (VMOPs) offload the hypervisor of essential
virtual switching tasks, such as incoming packet classification and sorting
tasks, helping to reduce latency and improve throughput while freeing CPU
cycles that can be used to further scale an organization’s virtualization
environment.
QLogic Converged Network Adapters support N_Port ID virtualization (NPIV)
with up to 255 virtual ports, and are qualified with all major hypervisor
solutions in the industry.
Optimal Support for Windows Server 2012
QLogic Converged Network Adapters’ support of Windows Server ® 2012
policy-based quality of service (QoS) enables administrators to specify
network bandwidth controls based on application type, users, and servers
for the physical network. In addition, support of Hyper-V
® QoS enables
cloud hosting providers and enterprises to deliver predictable network
performance for multiple types of traffic for VMs on Windows Server 2012
servers equipped with QLogic BR-1020 adapters running in DCB mode.
MAXIMIZING INVESTMENTS
To help optimize technology investments, QLogic and its partners offer
complete solutions that include professional services, technical support,
and education. For more information, contact a QLogic sales partner or
visit
www.qlogic.com .