Virtual: Multiple virtual ports and protocols (Ethernet, FCoE, and iSCSI) from a single physical port while allowing shared bandwidth across multiple applications.

• Requires up to 50% fewer adapters and up to 75% fewer switch modules
• Up to 45% lower energy consumption
• Simplified cabling and management
• Easily integrates into clients’ existing setup (virtual or non-virtual)

Fast: True line-rate 10Gb performance.

• Faster data transfer between virtual machines (VMs) and faster backup in case of disaster recovery
• Up to 20% more virtual machines per server when compared to equivalent 10Gb adapters.
• Suited for a high performance environment.

Scalable: Define the EXACT number of ports needed (from 2 to 8 per adapter) and upgrade to FCoE and HW iSCSI via software key to get a combination of virtual Ethernet and virtual FCoE ports.

• Get the exact number ports and amount of bandwidth as needed by your application
• Upgrade to FCoE or HW iSCSI without losing your existing investment in switches and adapters

Flexible: Each virtual port operates anywhere between 100Mb and 10Gb and can run as Ethernet, FCoE or iSCSI. Both switch and adapter can work at 1Gb, 10Gb, Virtual Fabric or FCoE mode.

• Easy transition from 1Gb to 10Gb to FCoE or iSCSI
• Increases network utilisation by allowing clients to assign the exact bandwidth needed by different applications.

Reliable: Intelligent Failure Monitoring to enable automatic failover between physical or virtual ports in an event of uplink port failure.

• Easy recovery from failures even when operating with virtual ports. BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager not only makes management easy but also automatically moves the network settings to the spare blade.

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