Enhanced 32GFC accelerates NVMe access with lower latency

Leveraging 16 consecutive years of Fibre Channel technology leadership, the HPE 32Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapters accelerate business-critical application access to NVMe storage, while delivering industry-leading security and operational efficiency. 

The introduction of the Marvell QLogic Enhanced 32GFC HBAs into HPE’s broad portfolio of Gen 10 servers, including select HPE ProLiant DL, ML and HPE Apollo platforms, provides customers with an innovative solution delivering concurrent FCP and FC-NVMe access. In addition, firmware integrity protection with hardware root of trust coupled with business productivity innovations deliver a secure and future-proof storage connectivity solution. 

Designed to offload and accelerate FC-NVMe, the HPE 32GFC HBAs further reduce latency compared to previous generations, enabling customers to gain more from their flash-accelerated private and hybrid cloud data centre.

“The increase in adoption and performance of NVMe, coupled with the latest Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC processor families are driving digital transformation, the success of which relies on a robust and high-performance storage network,” said Seamus Crehan, President of Crehan Research. “The new Marvell QLogic Enhanced 32GFC HBAs deliver performance and scalability to meet the storage networking demands of next-gen applications while also providing a secure and future-proof solution.” 

“Marvell's market leadership has been driven by strong brand preference, a large installed base of customers and a long track record of product innovation over successive Fibre Channel generations,” added Vikram Karvat, Vice President and General Manager, Server Connectivity Business Unit at Marvell Semiconductor. “Designed as the connectivity of choice to NVMe, the 32GFC HBAs enable HPE customers to eliminate performance bottlenecks, drive business efficiency and protect their investments with a secure and future-proof solution.”

“Intelligent storage networking is a critical component for an agile application and delivering a secure environment for a hybrid and distributed infrastructure,” said Marty Lans, General Manager, Storage Technologies and Connectivity, HPE Storage & Big Data. “One of our key goals in collaborating with Marvell on their QLogic FC HBA technology was to enhance the performance and security of HPE ProLiant and HPE Apollo Gen10 servers.”

Enhanced 32GFC HBAs based on Marvell QLogic technology are now available from HPE including:

• R2E09A - HPE SN1610Q 32Gb Dual Port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters.
• R2E08A - HPE SN1610Q 32Gb Single Port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters.