[ClickPress, Wed Oct 10 2018] Fibre
Channel Adapter Market: Introduction Network connectivity is the lifeline of any business enterprise as the adoption of data centres is on the rise.
- Superior Gen 5 Fibre Channel Connectivity: Emulex Gen 5 FC HBAs deliver more than 1.2 million I/O operations per second (IOPS) on a single port, the highest level of Fibre
Channel adapter performance available today, and up to 6x greater IOPS per port than the previous generation, enabling better storage performance for cloud and storage intensive applications.
According to the company, ConnectX-2 with CORE-Direct is the first host
channel adapter (HCA) in the market to process in hardware application communications used by scientific simulation for data broadcast, global synchronisation and data collection.
"Our CNAs appeared to everyone's products in this ecosystem as Fibre
Channel adapters. Because the operating system handles a CNA like just another Fibre
Channel adapter, nothing changes for customers as they move to implement FCoE.
A slot interposer is an alternative probing method for devices that use the PCle slot, such as graphics cards or host
channel adapter cards.
Protection information can be checked at the external storage system interface (
channel adapter) to validate that the data through the storage transport is correct (as shown in figure 1-b).
The InfiniSwitch solution, which includes a 12/24 Port Leaf Switch and a dual port Host
Channel Adapter, passed compatibility testing for three IBM eServer xSeries platforms: the x335, x345 and x440.
The fibre
channel adapter is suitable for accessing fibre channel fabrics in embedded systems.
JNI continues to leverage its years of Solaris leadership in providing best-of-class Fibre
Channel adapter products for EMC information storage environments.
Intel's InfiniBand suite of products, which will be used with the company's future IA-32 and upcoming Itanium-based server platforms, include the three critical components for an InfiniBand fabric - a host
channel adapter, a switch and a target
channel adapter.
The server connects to a
channel adapter that manages the communication with the switched backplane.