Network Card Emulex LPe16002B-M6 Gen 5 (16Gb), Dual-port HBA - Host-bus-adapter

Emulex LPE16002B-M6 Product Introduction

1. Product Overview

Emulex LPE16002B-M6 is a high-performance 16Gb fiber channel (16GFC) host bus adapter designed by Broadcom (formerly Emulex) specifically for enterprise level storage area network (SAN) environments. It supports high bandwidth, low latency data transmission and is suitable for virtualization, cloud computing, and high-performance storage applications.

2. Key characteristics

High speed connection:

Supports 16Gb/s fiber channel, compatible with 8Gb/s and 4Gb/s rates, ensuring backward compatibility with existing infrastructure.

High performance:

Provide up to 1200000 IOPS (input/output operations per second) and ultra-low latency to meet critical business application requirements.

High reliability:

Supports end-to-end data integrity check (CRC), fault isolation, and hot plug functionality.

Hardware acceleration features (such as T10 PI data protection) ensure data consistency.

Virtualization optimization:

Support NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization), allowing multiple virtual ports to be assigned to a single physical port, thereby increasing the density of virtual machines (VMs).

Compatible with mainstream virtualization platforms (VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM).

Energy saving design:

Dynamic power management technology reduces power consumption without affecting performance.

3. Technical specifications

Interface type: PCIe 3.0 x8 (compatible with PCIe 2.0).

Number of ports: Dual port configuration (each port has an independent 16Gbps bandwidth).

Protocol support:

FC-PI-5 (Fiber Channel Protocol), FCP (SCSI Fiber Channel Protocol), and FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet) are ready.

Operating system support:

Windows Server, Linux (RHEL, SLES), VMware iPadOS, Solaris, HP-UX, etc.

Dimensions: Standard low profile PCIe card with full height bezel.

4. Application scenarios

Enterprise level storage network: Connect SAN storage arrays (such as EMC, HPE, NetApp).

Virtualization environment: Provides high bandwidth storage access for virtual servers and cloud platforms.

Database and Key Applications: Supports low latency scenarios such as Oracle and SQL Server.

5. Management and Monitoring

Support Emulex OneCommand Manager tool, providing unified device management, diagnosis, and firmware updates.

Integrate into mainstream management platforms such as VMware vCenter and HPE OneView.

6. Compatibility

Verified with mainstream servers (HPE ProLiant