Marvell Adds FC Connectivity for HPE Gen 10 Servers

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. announced that its QLogic line of Enhanced 32Gb FC PCIe Gen 4 HBAs are available from Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP for their ProLiant and Apollo Gen 10 servers.

HPE Gen 10 servers with Marvell’s 32Gb FC HBAs are capable of achieving 50% more in terms of transactional performance than previous generations, enabling enterprise databases to scale to exceed the demanding data center workloads. Leveraging 16 consecutive years of FC technology leadership, the HPE 32Gb FC HBAs accelerate business-critical application access to NVMe storage, while delivering security and operational efficiency.

The introduction of the QLogic Enhanced 32Gb FC HBAs into HPE’s portfolio of Gen 10 servers, including select HPE ProLiant DL, ML and HPE Apollo platforms, provides customers with a solution delivering concurrent FCP and FC-NVMe access. In addition, firmware integrity protection with hardware root of trust coupled with business productivity innovations deliver a secure and future-proof storage connectivity solution. Designed to offload and accelerate FC-NVMe, the 32Gb FC HBAs further reduce latency compared to previous generations, enabling customers to gain more from their flash-accelerated private and hybrid cloud data center.

“The increase in adoption and performance of NVMe, coupled with the latest Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC processor families are driving digital transformation, the success of which relies on a robust and high-performance storage network,” said Seamus Crehan, president, Crehan Research, Inc. “The new Marvell QLogic Enhanced 32Gb FC HBAs deliver performance and scalability to meet the storage networking demands of next-gen applications while also providing a secure and future-proof solution.“

“Marvell’s market leadership has been driven by strong brand preference, a large installed base of customers and a long track record of product innovation over successive FC generations,” said Vikram Karvat, VP and GM, server connectivity business unit, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. “Designed as the connectivity of choice to NVMe, the 32Gb FC HBAs enable HPE customers to eliminate performance bottlenecks, drive business efficiency and protect their investments with a secure and future-proof solution.“

“Intelligent storage networking is a critical component for an agile application and delivering a secure environment for a hybrid and distributed infrastructure,” said Marty Lans, GM, storage technologies and connectivity, HPE storage and big data. “One of our key goals in collaborating with Marvell on their QLogic FC HBA technology was to enhance the performance and security of HPE ProLiant and HPE Apollo Gen10 servers.“

Delivering its most advanced ever 32Gb FC HBAs, Marvell continues its role in FC adapters. These solutions are designed to exceed the performance, scalability, and manageability requirements in virtualized and mission critical environments, NVMe accelerated storage platforms and SAN architectures.

With over 20 million ports shipped, more enterprise data centers have chosen to entrust their storage fabric interconnect to Marvell QLogic FC technology. A

Availability
Enhanced 32Gb FC HBAs based on Marvell QLogic technology are available from HPE including: