Emulex Blade Adapters for Dell 16GFC Blade Solutions

Emulex Corp. is delivering 16GFC blade adapters to support the new 16GFC blade solution from Dell, Inc. which consists of Dell PowerEdge blade servers and Dell Compellent SC8000 storage arrays, as well as Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.‘s 6505, 6510 and M6505 switches.

The Emulex LPm16002B-D dual-port adapters are based on Emulex LightPulse 16GFC HBA technology, which is designed to meet the demands of server virtualization and cloud initiatives, multi-core processors, and SSDs. The newest addition to the Dell and Emulex 16GFC solution family now extends Emulex 16GFC connectivity for Dell customers across blade, storage and servers, as Emulex’s Dell certified LPe16000 and LPe16002 16GFC HBAs are also qualified for PowerVault MD3620f and MD3600f storage arrays, and Dell PowerConnect and Dell Force10 switches.

"Massive growth in data, and the advent of flash/SSD based solutions, and the ever-growing need for more VMs per server, is driving a more rapid transition to 16GFC," said Shaun Walsh, SVP of marketing and corporate development, Emulex. "Dell’s new 16GFC blade solution, leveraging Emulex 16GFC blade adapters, will give customers the first complete 16GFC blade solution, providing superior performance, integrated adapter management and reliability."

"Enabling a complete, end-to-end 16GFC blade solution for our customers from blade, to switch, to adapter and storage gives our customers a best of breed solution to help them meet their data center needs, from performance to reliability, to driving more throughput and enabling single-pane-of-glass management," said Brian Payne, executive director of server solutions, Dell. "Emulex 16GFC blade adapters are a natural extension of our broad range of PowerEdge 12th generation blade servers. These blades streamline customers’ deployments with a common driver stack and management tools, and are compatible with previous Emulex I/O connectivity solutions for Dell storage arrays and blade servers."