Interoperability Between Microsemi 12Gb SAS/SATA HBA Adaptec HBA 1100 and Cavium ThunderX2 ARM-Based CPU

Microsemi Corporation announced interoperability between its 12Gbs SAS/SATA HBA, the Adaptec HBA 1100, part of its Smart Storage adapters portfolio, and Cavium, Inc.‘s ThunderX2 ARM-based CPU.

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Data center customers looking for a storage adapter solution for ThunderX2 deployments to support performance SAS/SATA connectivity can deploy the HBA 1100 with confidence as a qualified end-to-end solution.

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“Extensive interoperability testing between Cavium and Microsemi make our Adaptec HBA 1100 the ideal storage solution for Cavium ThunderX2 server deployments,” said Andrew Dieckmann, VP, marketing, Microsemi. “ARM-based processors are increasingly being considered for next-generation server deployments in the data center due to their performance and power profile advantages for specific data center workloads; this collaboration with Cavium provides data centers with the confidence to make Microsemi their first call when looking to adopt Cavium ThunderX2-based servers.“

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According to research firm IDC, the ARM-based server processor market will grow to 10% of all server processors shipped by 2021. The HBA 1100, which leverages the company’s unified Smart Storage Stack, is optimized for software-defined storage, cold storage and other raw high-performance connectivity applications for data centers, server OEMs and server original design manufacturers due to its performance and flexibility. It provides adapters in a range of port configurations, from four to 24 ports, and takes advantage of the company’s latest 28nm storage controller, the SmartIOC 2100, offering flexibility and an optimal power profile for these target applications. It also offers support for host-managed and host-aware SMR drives as well as broad OS driver support, including inbox driver support.

“It is an exciting time in the server processor market, as application workloads continue to become more diverse and performance-intensive,” said Larry Wikelius, VP, software ecosystem and solutions group, Cavium. “Data centers are looking at the Cavium ThunderX2 to deliver the required performance for cloud and high-performance computing (HPC) deployments, and we are pleased to now offer Microsemi’s Adaptec HBA 1100 as part of our solution set when external connectivity or fan out to internal drives is required.“

Cavium collaborates with the company as part of the firm’s ‘Accelerate Ecosystem‘, which facilitates collaboration between the company and firms in the semiconductor IC, IP, systems, software, tools and design spaces to integrate, test and deliver pre-validated designs and system-level solutions for end customers in the firm’s key vertical markets-aerospace and defense, data center, communications and industrial. It is designed to reduce time-to-market for end customers and time-to-revenue for the company and ecosystem members via technology alignment, joint marketing and sales acceleration. (Partner Network).

The Adaptec Smart Storage adapters deliver performance, low power, reliability and feature-rich solutions tailored to a variety of server storage applications. The combination of the company’s Unified Smart Storage Stack, SmartRAID and SmartHBA, HBA product families and the company’s SXP family of SAS expanders provide a server solution for storage management and connectivity.

The HBA 1100 series board-level product family is available in volume production quantities.

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