Description
Key Features and Benefits
Key Features:
- Dual-Port Connectivity: The Dell 403-BBMZ PCI-E Sanblade 32GB Dual Port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter provides dual-port connectivity, providing increased performance and redundancy.
- 32 Gbps Transfer Rate: The adapter supports a transfer rate of 32 Gbps, providing fast and reliable data transfer.
- PCI Express 3.0: The adapter is compliant with PCI Express 3.0, ensuring compatibility with most modern server systems.
- SFP+ Transceivers: The adapter supports Short-Wave (SW) and Long-Wave (LW) SFP+ transceivers for flexibility and compatibility with different Fibre Channel environments.
- Management Interfaces: The adapter supports SNMP and SMI-S management interfaces, allowing for easy integration into existing management frameworks.
- Environmental Monitoring: The adapter provides monitoring of temperature, power supply status, and other key metrics to help ensure optimal performance and reliability.
Benefits:
- Increased Performance: The dual-port connectivity and fast transfer rate of the Dell 403-BBMZ adapter provide improved performance for storage area networks.
- Redundancy: The dual-port connectivity of the adapter provides redundancy, ensuring reliable data transfer even in the event of a failure.
- Compatibility: The adapter is compliant with PCI Express 3.0 and supports different Fibre Channel environments, providing compatibility with a wide range of server systems.
- Easy Management: The adapter’s support for SNMP and SMI-S management interfaces makes it easy to integrate into existing management frameworks, saving time and effort.
- Reliability: The adapter’s support for environmental monitoring and error correction mechanisms help to ensure reliable and optimal performance.
Connectivity and Performance
Connectivity:
- Dual-port connectivity: The Dell 403-BBMZ PCI-E Sanblade 32GB Dual Port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter provides dual-port connectivity for redundancy and increased performance.
- 32 Gbps Fibre Channel: The adapter supports 32 Gbps Fibre Channel over PCI Express 3.0 X8, providing fast and reliable data transfer.
- Short-Wave (SW) and Long-Wave (LW) SFP+ Transceivers: The adapter supports both short-wave and long-wave SFP+ transceivers for compatibility with different Fibre Channel environments.
Performance:
- High Data Transfer Rate: The adapter supports a data transfer rate of 32 Gbps per port, providing fast and efficient data transfer.
- Improved CPU Utilization: The adapter uses a low-profile form factor and optimized memory utilization to minimize CPU utilization, resulting in improved system performance.
- Error Correction: The adapter supports advanced error correction mechanisms to ensure reliable data transfer and minimize the impact of errors.
- Advanced Power Management: The adapter supports Advanced Power Management (APM) to reduce power consumption and reduce heat output, improving system reliability and longevity.
- Compatibility with Dell Servers: The Dell 403-BBMZ adapter is compatible with Dell PowerEdge servers, providing a seamless and integrated solution for Fibre Channel connectivity.
PCI-Express 3.0 X8 Compatibility
The Dell 403-BBMZ PCI-E Sanblade 32GB Dual Port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter is compatible with a range of operating systems and servers.
Operating System Compatibility:
- Windows Server 2008, 2012 and 2016
- Windows 7 and 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6, and 7
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and 12
- VMware vSphere 5.5 and 6.0
- AIX 7.1 and 7.2
Server Compatibility:
- The adapter is compatible with Dell PowerEdge Servers, specifically with Dell PowerEdge M-series blade servers.
- The adapter requires a server with a PCI Express 3.0 x8 slot for compatibility.
Storage Area Network (SAN) Compatibility:
- The adapter is compatible with Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs) and supports Logical Unit Number (LUN) monitoring.
- The adapter supports N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) for increased compatibility with virtualized environments.
Fibre Channel Switch Compatibility:
- The adapter is compatible with most major Fibre Channel switch vendors and supports up to 128 NPIV connections per port.
General Information about this Dell 403-BBMZ
- Manufacturer: Dell
- Part Number or SKU# 403-BBMZ
- Device Type: Host Bus Adapter
Technical Information of 32GB Host Bus Adapter
- PCI Specification Revision: PCI-E 3.1
- Interface (bus) Type: PCI-E 3.0 X8
- Ports: 32GB Fibre Channel X 2
- Capacity : Concurrent Logins: 2048 Active Exchanges: 2048
- Connectivity Technology: Wired
- Data Link Protocol: 32GB Fibre Channel
- Fibre Channel: Fc-gs-2, Fc-gs-3, Fc-tape, Fcp-2, Fc-pi-5, Scsi-fcp, Fc-pi-6
- Data Transfer Rate: 32 GBPS
- Max Transfer Distance: 623 FT
- Remote Management Protocol: smi-s, Cli
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces: 2 X 32GB Fibre Channel -SFP+
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