Canon FC HBAs manual QuickSpecs, Features and Benefits

QuickSpecs

HP StorageWorks 8Gb PCIe FC HBAs

Features and Benefits

Key Features - 81Q PCIe FC HBA (AK344A) and 82Q PCIe FC HBA (AJ764A)

First step into the 8 Gb	Better performance at a competitive price
future	Well positioned for the future with 8 Gb technology
	Enhanced for storage intensive applications
Advanced embedded	Supports virtualized servers for overall effective server utilization
support for virtualized	Allows multiple logical (virtual) connections to share the same physical port
environments	256 queue pairs for intensive virtualization
	Prioritization of queues prevents conflicts between multiple queues
Redundant HBAs for high	Failover of HBAs to prevent single point of failure
availability	Two single port cards are more reliable than one dual port card
Reduced power	Latest generation technology saves power
consumption	Reduced number of components on each FC HBA reduces overall power consumption
	Lower power consumption means HBA requires lower airflow

Key Features - 81E PCIe FC HBA (AJ762A) and 82E PCIe FC HBA (AJ763A)

First step into the 8 Gb	Better performance at a competitive price
future	Well positioned for the future with 8 Gb technology
	Enhanced for storage intensive applications
Advanced embedded	Comprehensive virtualization capabilities with support for N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) and
support for virtualized	Virtual Fabric
environments	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
Redundant HBAs for high	Failover of HBAs to prevent single point of failure
availability	Two single port cards are more reliable than one dual port card
Enhanced Security and	Protection against corruption (BlockGuard/T10 dif) and unauthorized intrusion (FC-SP)
Performance	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

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