QLOGIC 16Gb Dual Port FC HBA, PCIe Gen3 x4 (x8 physical), LC multi-mode optic

Ships in an individually-packed box with a standard-size bracket and a spare low-profile bracket.

The QLogic 2600 Series Adapters have the unique capability of transforming from a 16Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter to a 10GbE Converged Network Adapter that supports NIC, FCoE, and iSCSI traffic. Based on QLogic’s I/OFlex technology, the adapter’s flexibility simplifies and reduces cost for customers who want to deploy a Fibre Channel SAN today and migrate to an Ethernet SAN in the future. •16Gbps fibre channel per port maximum throughput for high bandwidth storage area network (SAN) traffic
•Over 1.2 million IOPS reduce latency in high transaction intensive applications and virtualized environments
•Reduced hardware, cabling, and management costs by enabling more applications (virtual machines) to run on a single server and Fibre Channel port
•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 and Fibre Channel network
•Complete investment protection for legacy 8Gb and 4Gb Fibre Channel infrastructure
•Future-proof design enables conversion to a 10GbE Converged Network Adapter