
SERVER
CONNECTIVITY
DATA SHEET
www.brocade.com
BROCADE
415, 425, 815, AND 825
FIBRE CHANNEL HBAs
HIGHLIGHTS
•Centralizes management across
the data center by leveraging
Brocade Network Advisor
•Provides fabric-based boot LUN
discoveryforsimpliedSANboot
congurationforbothDASand
diskless server deployments
•MaximizesbusthroughputwithaFibre
ChanneltoPCIeGen2(x8)businterface
with intelligent lane negotiation
•Deliversunprecedentedperformance
withupto500,000IOPSperport,
1millionIOPSperdual-portadapter,and
upto1600MB/secperportfullduplex
•SupportsNPIVwithupto255
virtualports
•ProvidesoptimalsupportforWindows
Server2012,includingthe
newvirtualFibreChannelfeature
•Accelerates deployment and
troubleshootingtimewith
Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP),
critical monitoring, and advanced
diagnosticfeatures
Server Connectivity for
Next-Generation Data Centers
Today’sITprofessionalsfacethedifcult
challengeofreducingdatacentercost
andcomplexitywhilesatisfyingnumerous
ServiceLevelAgreements(SLAs)and
performancerequirements.Asaresult,
organizations are seeking ways to improve
serverandstorageutilization,reduce
ongoing operational costs, and increase
theirexibilityandresponsiveness.
Twomajorindustrytrendsaimedatreducing
cost and complexity—server consolidation
andvirtualization—havequicklybecomethe
highestprioritiesforserveradministrators.
Most data centers were designed to meet
basic connectivity needs for physical servers,
switches,andstorage.However,consolidation
andvirtualizationdrivenewconnectivity
requirementsthatlegacysolutionsareno
longerabletomeet,suchasstreamlined
manageability, increased performance, and
virtualizationawareness.Performanceofthe
applicationsunderloadandmanageability
are often critical concerns for organizations
deployingservervirtualization.
Brocade
®
415 and 425 4 Gbps Fibre
ChannelHostBusAdapters(HBAs)and
Brocade 815 and 825 8 Gbps Fibre
Channel HBAs are a new class of server
connectivityproductswithunmatched
hardwarecapabilitiesanduniquesoftware
features.ThisnewclassofHBAsisdesigned
to help IT organizations deploy and manage
end-to-endStorageAreaNetwork(SAN)
servicesacrossnext-generationdatacenters.
WhilelegacyHBAprovidersfocuson
simple connectivity, the Brocade 4 Gbps
and8GbpsHBAsleveragevegenerations
ofApplication-SpecicIntegratedCircuit
(ASIC)design.ThecurrentASICisan
evolutionoftheindustry-leadingBrocade
FibreChannelswitchingASIC.Itleverages
thesametechnologyandfeaturesthatmake
Brocade the market leader in storage
networking,includingframe-basedtrunking
for additional performance and availability,
andVirtualChannels(VCs)forQualityof
Service(QoS)andisolation.Thisenables
organizationstoextendessentialVirtual
Machine(VM)-awareBrocadeAdvanced
FabricServicesintotheserver.
UNIFIED MANAGEMENT
Brocade Network Advisor can monitor and
managemultipleHBAsacrossadatacenter
simultaneously—alongwithBrocadeswitches
and backbones—all from a single central
location.Thisenablesorganizationsto
The Brocade One
®
strategy helps
simplifynetworkinginfrastructures
throughinnovativetechnologiesand
solutions.Brocade415,425,815,
and825HostBusAdapters(HBAs)
supportthisstrategybysimplifying
and optimizing server connectivity
to Fibre Channel fabrics in highly
virtualizeddatacenters.
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