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Qlogic QLE2742-SR-CK  8Gb PCIe Fiber Channel HBA Product Overview

Qlogic QLE2742-SR-CK  is a high-performance 8Gb/s Fibre Channel host bus adapter designed specifically for enterprise storage area networks (SANs), providing high bandwidth, low latency connectivity solutions. It adopts PCI Express (PCIe) interface, suitable for server environments that require reliable and efficient data transmission, especially for virtualization, database, and high-performance computing (HPC) applications.

Key features and advantages

High performance and low latency

Supports 8Gb/s fiber channel speed (compatible with 4Gb/s and 2Gb/s), providing up to 1600MB/s full duplex bandwidth.

Adopting Emulex's fourth generation architecture, optimizing I/O processing efficiency and significantly reducing CPU overhead.

PCIe interface compatibility

Supports PCIe 2.0 x4 or x8 slots, backward compatible with PCIe 1. x, ensuring flexible deployment options.

Enterprise level reliability and scalability

Support multi-path I/O (MPIO) and link aggregation to enhance redundancy and fault tolerance.

Compatible with mainstream operating systems (Windows Server, Linux, VMware iPadOS, HP-UX, etc.), seamlessly integrating with existing SAN environments.

Advanced feature support

Hardware acceleration: Supports TCP/IP offloading, Boot from SAN, and virtualization optimization (such as NPIV).

Green energy saving: Dynamic power management technology reduces power consumption and meets environmental standards.

Simplify management

Centralized management through Emulex OneCommand Manager tool, supporting SNMP and API integration.

Application scenarios

Virtualization platform: provides high-throughput storage connectivity for VMware, Hyper-V.

Key business databases: low latency demand scenarios such as Oracle and SQL Server.

High performance storage network: connects enterprise level storage arrays such as EMC, NetApp, HPE, etc.

Summary of Technical Specifications

Interface: 8Gb FC (compatible with 4Gb/2Gb)+PCIe 2.0 x4/x8

Protocol: FC-PI-4, FCP-4, SCSI-3

Number of ports: Single port or dual port models are optional

Power consumption:<10W (typical load)

Operating system support: Windows, Linux, VMware, Solaris, HP-UX, etc