HPE QMH2672 16Gb Fibre Channel HBA Mezz Adapter (711305-001) | 710608-B21

Adapter Specs

The QMH2672 16Gb FC HBA is a dual channel Fibre Channel mezzanine card that provides reliable, high-performance connectivity at 8Gb/s or 16Gb/s. This is a Type A mezzanine card for HPE BladeSystem c-Class that is compatible with HPE ProLiant Server blades starting with Gen8. All HPE 8 Gb and 16 Gb Fibre Channel Interconnects for BladeSystem c-Class are supported by the QMH2672. It is optimized for HPE and is also supported by third-party SAN vendors.

At a Glance Features

• Capable of delivering twice the data throughput (MB/s) compared to 8Gb FC HBAs
• High link speed combined with larger data block sizes results in improved application performance
• Management Optimized Common drivers for 16Gb, 8Gb and 4Gb
• Fault tolerant HBA Architecture
• Two 16Gb/s Fibre Channel ports
• 16/8- automatic speed negotiation without throttling down to the external SAN speed
• Multi-Path support for redundant HBAs and paths including Linux driver failover
• Superior performance capable of sustaining more than 500,000 I/Os per second per channel
• RoHS compliance
• QLogic Converge Console management utility for centralized management and remote control of distributed HBAs

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NOTE: The HPE QMH2672 16Gb FC HBA for HPE BladeSystem c-Class must be deployed with the BladeSystem c-Class infrastructure and will only work with the BL c-Class Server Enclosures.

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NOTE: The HPE BladeSystem c7000 Platinum Enclosure is required to permit 16Gb/s speed. Other HPE BladeSystem c7000 Enclosures and HPE BladeSystem c3000 Enclosures will have a maximum speed of 8Gb/s.

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NOTE: The HPE QMH2672 16Gb FC HBA for HPE BladeSystem c-Class is not compatible with 4Gb BladeSystem c-Class Fibre Channel interconnects.

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NOTE: The HPE QMH2672 16Gb FC HBA for HPE BladeSystem c-Class is not compatible with HPE ProLiant G7 and earlier server blades.

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NOTE: This is a Type A mezzanine card, and can be configured in either Type A or Type B slots on HPE ProLiant Gen8 Server Blades.

The HPE BladeSystem c7000 Platinum Enclosure is required to permit 16Gb/s speed. Other HPE BladeSystem c7000 Enclosures and HPE BladeSystem c3000 Enclosures will have a maximum speed of 8Gb/s.