QLogic has unveiled its16Gb Gen 5 Fibre Channel and 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) adapters that have been specifically designed for HP ProLiant Generation 8 or Gen8 server blades and HP ProLiant DL and HP ProLiant SL servers. The adapters aim to complement the HP Converged Infrastructure by offering high-performance, versatile, proficient storage networking connectivity, with the goal of simplification.

QLogic Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology has been used to build the HP QMH2672 16Gb Fibre Channel HBA for HP BladeSystem c-Class. This solution is capable of handling high bandwidth and I/O-intensive applications, like virtualization, media streaming, backup and recovery, data warehousing and web-based transaction processing. The HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 526FLR-SFP+ Adapter harnesses QLogic's driver stack for operating concurrent, multi-protocol traffic on the same hardware in 10Gb converged Ethernet environments.

In a statement, Amit Vashi, vice president of products, technology and planning at QLogic said,

"QLogic and HP have worked closely together on Fibre Channel solutions for well over a decade. HP customers can now take advantage of QLogic's Gen 5 Fibre Channel and 10GbE high-bandwidth connectivity options to support more virtual machines, achieve improved application performance1 and drive greater consolidation within the data center."

Other offerings from QLogic for HP hardware include 8Gb/4Gb Fibre Channel adapters; 10Gb Ethernet converged networking adapters; Intelligent Ethernet adapters and integrated server adapters. The QLogic portfolio also includes Fibre Channel switches, modules, ASIC and adapter solutions, designed to help HP offer Converged Infrastructure solutions to its customers.

Important features of the QLogic Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology include high performance, high availability architecture; optimization for virtualization; and wide interoperability. The efficiency of the fundamental QLogic Fibre Channel stack has been corroborated by the shipping of over 14 million ports to enterprise data centers globally.