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Key Features - 81Q PCIe FC HBA (AK344A) and 82Q PCIe FC HBA (AJ764A) Key Features - 81Q PCIe FC HBA (AK344A) and 82Q PCIe FC HBA (AJ764A) Key Features - 81Q PCIe FC HBA (AK344A) and 82Q PCIe FC HBA (AJ764A) Key Features - 81Q PCIe FC HBA (AK344A) and 82Q PCIe FC HBA (AJ764A)
First step into the 8 Gb First step into the 8 Gb First step into the 8 Gb First step into the 8 Gb
future future future future
Advanced embedded Advanced embedded Advanced embedded Advanced embedded
support for virtualized support for virtualized support for virtualized support for virtualized
environments environments environments environments
Redundant HBAs for high Redundant HBAs for high Redundant HBAs for high Redundant HBAs for high
availability availability availability availability
Reduced power Reduced power Reduced power Reduced power
consumption consumption consumption consumption
Key Features - 81E PCIe FC HBA (AJ762A) and 82E PCIe FC HBA (AJ763A) Key Features - 81E PCIe FC HBA (AJ762A) and 82E PCIe FC HBA (AJ763A) Key Features - 81E PCIe FC HBA (AJ762A) and 82E PCIe FC HBA (AJ763A) Key Features - 81E PCIe FC HBA (AJ762A) and 82E PCIe FC HBA (AJ763A)
First step into the 8 Gb First step into the 8 Gb First step into the 8 Gb First step into the 8 Gb
future future future future
Advanced embedded Advanced embedded Advanced embedded Advanced embedded
support for virtualized support for virtualized support for virtualized support for virtualized
environments environments environments environments
Redundant HBAs for high Redundant HBAs for high Redundant HBAs for high Redundant HBAs for high
availability availability availability availability
Enhanced Security and Enhanced Security and Enhanced Security and Enhanced Security and
Performance Performance Performance Performance
Better performance at a competitive price
Well positioned for the future with 8 Gb technology
Enhanced for storage intensive applications
Supports virtualized servers for overall effective server utilization
Allows multiple logical (virtual) connections to share the same physical port
256 queue pairs for intensive virtualization
Prioritization of queues prevents conflicts between multiple queues
Failover of HBAs to prevent single point of failure
Two single port cards are more reliable than one dual port card
Latest generation technology saves power
Reduced number of components on each FC HBA reduces overall power consumption
Lower power consumption means HBA requires lower airflow
Better performance at a competitive price
Well positioned for the future with 8 Gb technology
Enhanced for storage intensive applications
Comprehensive virtualization capabilities with support for N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) and
Virtual Fabric
Virtualized server environments benefiting from industry-leading CPU offload
Scaled up NPIV configurability (255 VPorts, larger RPI count - 4000)
Support for large number of simultaneous transactions/exchanges (XRI count - 4000)
Host to Fabric FC-SP authentication
Failover of HBAs to prevent single point of failure
Two single port cards are more reliable than one dual port card
Protection against corruption (BlockGuard/T10 dif) and unauthorized intrusion (FC-SP)
Support for Message Signaled Interrupts extended (MSI-X), improves host utilization & enhances
application performance
Complete data and code parity protection
Data parity and ECC protection
Overlapping end-to-end data protection
DA - 12907 Worldwide — Version 3 — July 11, 2008
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