Emulex Gen 6 - Host bus adapter - PCIe 3.0 x8 low profile - 16Gb Fibre Channel x 2 - for ThinkSystem SR250; SR530; SR630 V2; SR645; SR650 V2; SR665; SR850 V2; ST250; ST650 V2

The Emulex 16 Gb Fiber Channel (FC) host bus adapters (HBAs) are an ideal solution for all Lenovo System x servers requiring high-speed data transfer in storage connectivity for virtualized environments, data backup, and mission-critical applications. They are designed to meet the needs of networked storage systems that utilize high-performance and low latency solid state storage drives for caching and persistent storage as well as hard disk drive arrays. Offer end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) application prioritization with ExpressLane technology, which allows customers to prioritize faster storage traffic (such as SSDs) ahead of slower traffic (such as spinning hard drives), alleviating potential bottlenecks from slow storage. GreenState power efficiency reduces data center power consumption and associated operational expenses by delivering exceptional power to port ratios. Support forward error correction (FEC), a new Gen 6 standard feature that provides enhanced data reliability and performance by automatically detecting and recovering from bit errors. End-to-end data protection with hardware parity, CRC, ECC, and other advanced error checking and correcting algorithms, which ensures that data is safe from corruption. Frame-level multiplexing and out-of-order frame reassembly increases link efficiency and maximizes HBA performance. Maximum performance with up to 1.6 million input/output operations per second (IOPS) to support larger server virtualization deployments and scalable cloud initiatives, and performance to match new multicore processors, SSDs/flash storage, and faster server host bus architectures. Supports Brocade Clearlink diagnostics, which helps ensure optical and signal integrity for Fibre Channel cables and optics by validating the health, reliability and performance of the network prior to, and after, deployment. Allows the IT administrator to detect faulty cables and optics in minutes versus hours. Brocade ClearLink is also seamlessly integrated into Emulex OneCommand. The Emulex OneCommand Manager enterprise class management application features a multiprotocol and cross-platform architecture that provides centralized management of all Emulex HBAs. VMware vCenter plug-in provides OneCommand support within a VMware environment. vScale performance and scalability: Multicore ASIC engine with eight cores supports 255 VFs, 1024 MSI-X, and 16127 logins/open exchanges for maximum VM density. T10-PI data integrity with high performance offload provides end-to-end data corruption protection.