QLogic extends HP StorageWorks range | | 2008-07-31 | | | QLogic has extended the range of its products that are compatible with the HP StorageWorks 8Gb Simple SAN Connection portfolio, a family of SAN infrastructure products featuring QLogic 8Gb switch and 8Gb PCI-Express adapter technology.Products in the StorageWorks 8Gb Simple SAN Connection portfolio are compatible with HP StorageWorks MSA 2000fc Arrays and HP BladeSystem servers running Windows Server 2008, Windows Storage Server 2003, VMware ESX v3.5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.2 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.QLogic SANbox technology delivers next-generation 8Gb Fibre Channel performance with built-in simplicity and is aimed at new mid-market or big business SAN applications. The HP StorageWorks 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch is based on this technology and is part of the HP StorageWorks 8Gb Simple SAN Connection Kit.The QLogic 2500 Series of 8Gb Fibre Channel-to-PCIe Gen2 adapters are designed for next-generation virtualized data centres with powerful multi-processor, multi-core servers and have backward compatibility with previous Fibre Channel network and PCIe host bus speeds.The adapters feature Dynamic Power Management which gives the QLogic 2500 the ability to sense the type of PCI Express bus that is present and consume only the amount of power necessary to run at full speed. | |
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