QLogic 8300 Series DataSheet - Manual (Page 2)

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Data Sheet
Leadership, Confidence, and Trust
QLogic is the undisputed leader in Fibre Channel and Converged Network
adapters, with over 15 years of experience and more Fibre Channel and
FCoe ports deployed than any other vendor. QLogic’s Fibre Channel and
Converged Network adapters have been qualified by all major server
and storage OeMs to provide networking, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and FCoe
connectivity from host and storage to fabric. QLogic is the only vendor with
proven ethernet, Fibre Channel, FCoe, and iSCSI stacks.
Virtualization Optimized
the 8300 Series adapters, powered by QLogic VMflex™ technology,
support QLogic’s switch-agnostic NIC partitioning (NPaR) technology as
well as industry-standard I/O virtualization technologies. SR-IOV enhances
I/O performance in virtualized environments and improves VM scalability
for increasing storage and networking workloads.
Superior Application Performance
the QLogic 8300 Series of Converged Network adapters, powered by
QLogic FlexOffload
® technology, consume the lowest CPU to drive FCoe
and iSCSI storage traffic at line rate across all ports. With support for
over 1.2 million I/O transactions per second, QLogic adapters deliver the
best storage application performance in virtualized and nonvirtualized
environments.
Support for Multiple Protocols Simultaneously
the QLogic 8300 Series adapters reduce data center costs by converging
FCoe, tCP/IP, and iSCSI traffic simultaneously on the same hardware.
this convergence results in buying fewer adapters, cables, and switches.
In addition, convergence offers lower power consumption, reduced cooling,
and easier LaN and SaN management.
Investment Protection
the 8300 Series adapters are also compatible with the same 10Gbe
networking, 1/10Gbe iSCSI, and Fibre Channel/FCoe software driver stack
that is shipping today on QLogic’s 8100 and 8200 Series Converged
Network adapters. this driver stack has been tested and validated across
all major hardware platforms, all major hypervisors and 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, including a vCenter™ plug-in for VMware
® .
Future-Proof Design
the QLogic 8300 Series adapters can convert from a 10Gbe Converged
Network adapter to a 16Gb Fibre Channel adapter. Based on QLogic
I/OFlex™ technology, the adapter’s flexibility simplifies and reduces cost
for customers who want to deploy an ethernet SaN today and migrate to a
Fibre Channel SaN in the future.
• 10Gbe per-port maximum throughput for high bandwidth storage
and networking traffic.
• Over 1.2 million FCoe IOPS reduce latency in high transaction
intensive applications and virtualized environments.
• Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) support for faster performance
in virtualized environments.
• Reduced hardware, cabling, and management costs by enabling
more applications (VMs) to run on a single server with converged
traffic to top-of-the-rack switch.
• Decreased power and cooling costs by using the fewest PCI
express
® lanes in PCIe ® Gen3 environments.
• Overlapping protection domains (OPD) to ensure a high level of
reliability as data moves to and from the PCI bus.
• Future-proof design enables conversion to a 16Gb Fibre Channel
adapter.
Highlights