HPE QMH2572 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA Mezzanine Card | 651281-B21

HPE QMH2572 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA Mezzanine Card | 651281-B21

P/N's:

• 651281-B21
• 656452 - 001

The QMH2572 8Gb FC HBA is a dual channel PCI Express Fibre Channel mezzanine card that provides reliable, high-performance connectivity at up to 8Gb/s. This is a Type A mezzanine card for HPE BladeSystem c-Class that is compatible with HPE ProLiant Server blades. It is optimized for HPE and is also supported by third-party SAN vendor

At a Glance Features

• Advanced embedded support for virtualized environments
  – Supports virtualized servers for overall effective server utilization
  – Allows multiple logical (virtual) connections to share the same physical ports
  – 256 queue pairs for intensive virtualization
  – Prioritization of queues prevents conflicts between multiple queues
• Fault tolerant 8Gb HBA Architecture
• Reduced power consumption
  – Latest generation technology saves power
  – Reduced number of components on each FC HBA reduces overall power consumption
• PCI Express Bus: Gen I (x8), Gen II (x4)
• Two 8Gb/s Fibre Channel ports
• 8/4/2 automatic speed negotiation without throttling down to the lowest target speed on the network
• Multi-Path support for redundant HBAs and paths including Linux driver failover
  Superior performance capable of sustaining up to 200,000 I/Os per second per channel
• RoHS compliance
• QLogic SANsurfer Manager for centralized management and remote control of distributed HBAs
  

The HPE QMH2572 also supports a range of advanced features, including N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), which enables multiple Fibre Channel IDs to be associated with a single physical port, and Virtual Fabric, which provides the ability to partition physical adapters into multiple virtual adapters. This adapter offers excellent compatibility with a range of HPE servers and storage systems, and its hot-pluggable design ensures easy installation and maintenance. The HPE QMH2572 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter is an ideal choice for organizations looking to improve their storage network performance and reliability.

Compatibility - Supported Servers

• BL460c Gen9
• BL660c Gen9
• WS460c Gen9

NOTE:The HPE QMH2572 8Gb FC HBA for HPE BladeSystem c-Class must be deployed with the c-Class BladeSystem infrastructure and will only work with the BL c-Class Server Enclosures.
NOTE:The HPE QMH2572 8Gb FC HBA for HPE BladeSystem c-Class is not compatible with HPE ProLiant G7 and earlier server blades.
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.