
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 (3.3V signaling)
and PCI-X 66/100/133 MHz slots
- economical connectivity solution for Windows, Linux and
NetWare OS environments
- simultaneous on-board support for Windows & Linux
remote boot in x86, x64 and Itanium (BootBIOS and EFI)
- powerful frame level multiplexing, the best choice for
mixed workload applications
- 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 LP1150 host bus adapter (HBA) offers highly-integrated 4Gb/s
Fibre Channel connectivity solutions for Storage Area Networks. The
LP1150 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 LP1150 HBA uses a low-profile PCI
card form factor that adapts to either standard height or low profile
server slots.
The Emulex LightPulse HBA 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 LP1150 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 LP1150 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 LP1150 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 LP1150 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.
LP1150 Specifications
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