
Major Features
- single-channel PCI-X 2.0 to 4Gb/s
Fibre Channel HBA
- auto speed negotiation allows seamless integration into
existing 1Gb/s and 2Gb/s Fibre Channel SANs
- PCI-X 2.0 mode 2, 266MHz bus compatibility and
extended high-availability support with ECC
- also compatible with PCI 33/66 and PCI-X 66/100/133
MHz slots
- Universal Boot Support: simultaneous on-board support
for Windows & Linux remote boot in x86, x64 and
Itanium (BootBIOS and EFI), as well as UNIX Open Boot
- large on-board hardware context cache for superior
fabric support and high transaction performance
- multiprotocol support (SCSI and IP)
- FC service class 2 and 3 support
- firmware-upgradeable architecture: update
HBA features and functionality, preserve investment
value
- hardware-independent drivers ease management and
allow driver upgrade independent of HBA firmware
- broadly tested and certified by major OEMs and ISVs
make Emulex HBAs easy to deploy in end-to-end
qualified enterprise solutions
The Emulex LP11000 host bus adapter (HBA) offers
highly-integrated 4Gb/s
Fibre Channel connectivity solutions for enterprise-class Storage Area
Networks. The LP11000 HBA delivers exceptional performance through
the use of the Emulex Helios Fibre Channel I/O controller. The
high-performance Helios controller combines ARM11� microprocessors,
1Gig/2Gig/4Gig SERDES, buffer memory, and an advanced Fibre
Channel protocol engine into a single module. The LP11000 HBA uses
a low-profile PCI card form factor that adapts to either standard
height
or low profile server slots.
The Emulex LightPulse HBAs architecture performs transactions at
the frame level, making it ideal for mixed-workload environments
such as simultaneous tape and disk operations on the same HBA.
This unique architecture also produces the highest efficiency in
mixed speed networks.
The robust features of Emulex LightPulse� HBAs provide the flexibility
and broad interoperability needed for complex, highly-scalable
heterogeneous SANs. The LP11000 builds upon the Emulex software
architecture that enables the independence of an operating system?
device driver from the underlying HBA platform. This exclusive HBA
architecture is the foundation for proven reductions in the total cost
of SAN ownership. The Emulex LP11000 HBA architecture provides a
platform that is fully software-compatible with previous generations of
market leading Emulex HBAs. This enables customers to effortlessly
migrate to new Emulex HBAs, while also allowing for simplified
integration into existing Storage Area Networks.
Choosing to standardize on Emulex HBAs provides significant
investment protection. The Emulex firmware-based architecture
provides the capability to update prior generation HBAs to current
standards while leveraging newly-released management capabilities
and performance features.
The Emulex centralized HBA management suite, HBAnyware� reduces
both total cost of ownership and server downtime. This feature is
available on the LP11000 as well as previous generations of Emulex
HBAs. Complementing the Emulex software architecture, HBAnyware
enables sophisticated management capabilities such as remote
firmware upgrades from a single console anywhere in the SAN.
Emulex LP11000 HBAs feature specialized hardware, which yields
superior performance in SANs and provides best-in-class server CPU
offload. Emulex HBA architecture also delivers low latency and high
throughput in switched-fabric and arbitrated-loop topologies, and in
clustered environments.
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Specifications
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