QLogic Corporation Converged Network Adapter QLogic 8300 Series

The QLogic 8300 Series 10GbE Adapters are QLogic's fourth generation of Converged Network Adapters, supporting simultaneous LAN (TCP/IP) and SAN [Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI] traffic at line rate, 10Gbps Ethernet (GbE) speeds—at extremely low CPU utilization with full hardware offloads. This extreme performance eliminates potential I/O bottlenecks in today's powerful multiprocessor, multicore servers. In addition, support for powerful virtualization features make this adapter ideal for virtualized environments that need excellent I/O performance to service growing numbers of virtual machines (VMs). The ability to support multiple protocols simultaneously on the same hardware offers multi-tenancy flexibility, which is ideal for private and public cloud environments.

The QLogic 8300 Series10GbE Converged Network Adapters come in single- and dual-port models with support for SFP+ direct attach copper cables and SR (short reach) optical transceivers.

• 10Gbps per-port maximum throughput for high bandwidth storage and networking traffic
• Over 1.2 million FCoE IOPS reduce latency in high transaction intensive applications and virtualized environments
• Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) support for faster performance in virtualized environments
• Reduced hardware, cabling, and management costs by enabling more applications (virtual machines) to run on a single server with converged traffic to top-of-the-rack switch
• Decreased power and cooling costs by using the fewest PCI Express® lanes in PCIe® Gen3 environments
• Overlapping protection domains (OPD) to ensure a high level of reliability as data moves to and from the PCI bus
• Future-proof design enables conversion to a QLogic 2600 Series 16Gb Fibre Channel Adapter

The 8300 Series Controllers are QLogic’s fourth generation of Converged Network Controllers. They boast industry-leading native Fibre Channel performance—achieving dual-port, line-rate, 16Gbps Fibre Channel throughput—at extremely low CPU utilization with full hardware offloads. In addition, the controllers support simultaneous LAN (TCP/IP) and SAN (Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI) traffic at line rate, 10Gbps Ethernet (GbE) speeds. This extreme performance eliminates potential I/O bottlenecks in today’s powerful multiprocessor, multicore servers.

QLogic’s end-to-end data integrity with overlapping protection domain (OPD) and support for T10 DIF makes the 8300 Series controllers ideal for file- and block-based storage controller applications. The ability to support either 16Gb Fibre Channel or 10GbE and multiple protocols simultaneously on the same hardware offers multi-tenancy flexibility, which is ideal for private and public cloud environments.

• 10GbE per-port maximum throughput for high bandwidth converged storage (SAN) and networking traffic, as well as support for linerate native 16Gb Fibre Channel traffic on both ports.
• Over 500,000 Fibre Channel/FCoE IOPS per port reduce latency in high transaction intensive applications and virtualized environments.
• Reduced hardware, cabling, and management costs by enabling simultaneous TCP/IP, FCoE, and iSCSI on one controller. The same controller can also support native 16Gb Fibre Channel with full backward compatibility.
• Decreased power and cooling costs by using the fewest PCI Express® lanes in PCIe® Gen3 environments.
• OPD to ensure a high level of reliability as data moves to and from the PCI bus.
• Complete investment protection for legacy 8Gb and 4Gb Fibre Channel infrastructure.
• Flexible network port configurations with a rich mix of 16Gbps Fibre Channel and 10GbE options.

The 8300 Series Controllers are QLogic’s fourth generation of Converged Network Controllers. They boast industry-leading native Fibre Channel performance—achieving dual-port, line-rate, 16-gigabit Fibre Channel throughput—at extremely low CPU utilization with full hardware offloads. In addition, the controllers support simultaneous LAN (TCP/IP) and SAN (Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI) traffic at line rate, 10Gbps Ethernet (GbE) speeds. This extreme performance eliminates potential I/O bottlenecks in today’s powerful multiprocessor, multicore servers.

QLogic’s end-to-end data integrity with overlapping protection domain (OPD) and support for T10 DIF makes the 8300 Series controllers ideal for file- and block-based storage controller applications. The ability to support either 16Gb Fibre Channel or 10GbE and multiple protocols simultaneously on the same hardware offers multi-tenancy flexibility, which is ideal for private and public cloud environments.

• 10GbE per-port maximum throughput for high bandwidth converged storage (SAN) and networking traffic, as well as support for linerate native 16Gb Fibre Channel traffic on both ports.
• Up to 1 million Fibre Channel/FCoE IOPS reduce latency in high transaction intensive applications and virtualized environments.
• Storage and networking single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) support for faster performance in virtualized environments.
• Reduced hardware, cabling, and management costs by enabling simultaneous TCP/IP, FCoE, and iSCSI on one controller. The same controller can also support native 16Gb Fibre Channel with full backward compatibility.
• Decreased power and cooling costs by using the fewest PCI Express® lanes in PCIe® Gen3 environments.
• OPD to ensure a high level of reliability as data moves to and from the PCI bus.
• Complete investment protection for legacy 8Gb and 4Gb Fibre Channel infrastructure and 1/10GbE iSCSI storage.
• Port flexibility with support for four 1GbE ports, two 10GbE/16Gb Fibre Channel ports, or two 10GbE ports and two 1GbE ports.