Qlogic QLE2690-SR 16GB/s single-port Fibre Channel HAB card

The QLogic@2690 Series of enhanced fifth-generation (16Gb) Fibre Channel (FC) adapters includes a complete set of single -, dual -, and four-port adapters designed for enterprise data centers that require the highest FC performance, power reliability, and investment protection for demanding virtualization and private cloud environments. These new, enhanced fifth-generation FC adapters deliver the industry's highest FC performance at 2.6 million input/output operations (OPS) per second (650K IOPS per end), with optimal load balancing and linear performance scalability on a per-port scale. The QLogic port isolation design provides a separate data path for each port, prevents errors and firmware crashes from propagating to all ports, and provides predictable and scalable performance across all ports.

The QLogic 2690 Series adapter supports QLogic StorFusionm technology and provides comprehensive port diagnostics, rapid preconfiguration services, and guaranteed performance service level Agreements (SLAs) when used with Brocade's fifth-generation FC Faric architecture. Compared to other solutions in its class, the QLogic2690 series adapters offer unmatched operational efficiency with 75% lower power consumption per port, resulting in lower total cost of ownership (TCO). They also utilize QLogicStarPowerTm technology with dynamic adaptive power management to optimize power and heat dissipation within the data center. The QLE2694U is a sixth-generation (32Gb) FC-ready product that allows users to upgrade from 16Gb FC (16GFC) field to 32GFC by simply replacing the optical module, ensuring long-term infrastructure investment protection.