Description
Manageability and Monitoring
The Dell Sanblade 32GB Dual Port PCI-E Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (product number A9048036) offers several management and monitoring features to help ensure optimal performance and reliability. Here are some details:
- Management software: The adapter supports the QLogic SANsurfer management software, which provides an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) for configuring and managing the adapter, as well as monitoring performance and diagnosing issues.
- Diagnostics: The adapter supports a range of diagnostic and troubleshooting features, including proactive notification of events, fault isolation and recovery, and detailed event logging. The SANsurfer software also includes a variety of diagnostic tools and utilities, such as performance monitoring and traffic analysis.
- Monitoring: The adapter supports a variety of monitoring features, including SNMP, SMI-S, and Syslog, which enable administrators to monitor performance and diagnose issues from a central location. The SANsurfer software also provides real-time alerts and notifications to help ensure that issues are quickly identified and resolved.
- Quality of Service (QoS): The adapter supports advanced QoS features, such as priority-based flow control (PFC) and enhanced transmission selection (ETS), which help ensure that critical traffic receives the necessary bandwidth and priority.
- Virtualization support: The adapter supports a variety of virtualization technologies, including N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), which allows multiple virtual machines to share a single physical adapter, and Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV), which provides hardware-based I/O virtualization.
High-Speed Performance
The Dell Sanblade 32GB Dual Port PCI-E Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (product number A9048036) is designed to provide high-speed performance and reliability for enterprise-level storage applications. Here are some details about its high-speed performance features:
- Interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
- Number of ports: 2
- Speed: 32 Gbps
- Compatible operating systems: Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi
- Form factor: Low-profile
- Dimensions (W x D): 6.6 in x 2.7 in
- Weight: 3.2 oz
High-speed performance features:
- Supports 32 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) speeds for high-bandwidth storage applications
- Provides low latency and high IOPS (input/output operations per second) for improved application performance
- Offers full-duplex operation for simultaneous data transmission and reception
- Provides backward compatibility with 16 Gbps and 8 Gbps FC products
- Supports N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) for increased scalability and flexibility
- Offers Quality of Service (QoS) with priority-based flow control (PFC) and enhanced transmission selection (ETS) for improved performance and reliability
- Provides advanced diagnostic and troubleshooting capabilities with Dell’s SANsurfer management software
- Offers hardware-based I/O virtualization with Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) and Multiqueue (MQ) support for improved virtualization performance
- Supports Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and FCoE offload for increased flexibility and scalability
- Provides low power consumption for energy-efficient operations
Compatibility and Interoperability
Here’s the compatibility and interoperability information for the Dell Sanblade 32GB Dual Port PCI-E Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (product number A9048036):
Compatibility:
- Server systems: The Dell Sanblade 32GB Dual Port PCI-E Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter is compatible with Dell PowerEdge and Precision rack and tower servers. Please check the Dell website for a list of specific models and configurations.
- Operating systems: The Dell Sanblade 32GB Dual Port PCI-E Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter is compatible with the following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2019
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.9 and 7.3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP4 and 12 SP3
- VMware ESXi 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, and 6.7
- Storage area networks (SANs): The Dell Sanblade 32GB Dual Port PCI-E Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter is compatible with Dell EMC Connectrix and Brocade switches and directors, as well as other SANs that support 32 Gbps Fibre Channel.
Interoperability:
- Fibre Channel devices: The Dell Sanblade 32GB Dual Port PCI-E Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter is interoperable with other Fibre Channel devices that comply with the Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH) standard, including storage devices and other host bus adapters.
- SAN management software: The Dell Sanblade 32GB Dual Port PCI-E Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter is interoperable with SAN management software, including Dell EMC Connectrix Manager, Brocade Network Advisor, and other third-party management tools.
Note: The compatibility and interoperability information may vary depending on the model and region. Please refer to the official Dell website for more information.General Information
- Manufacture: Dell
- MPN : A9048036
- Type : Controller
- Product Type : Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
Technical Information
- Form Factor : Plug-in Card – Low Profile
- Interface (bus) Type : Pci Express 3.0 X8
- Pci Specification Revision : Pcie 3.1
Networking
- Ports : 32GB Fibre Channel X 2
- Connectivity Technology : Wired
- Data Link Protocol : 32GB Fibre Channel
- Data Transfer Rate : 32 GBPS
- Max Transfer Distance : 623 Ft
- Capacity : Concurrent Logins : 2048 Active Exchanges: 2048
- Remote Management Protocol :smi-s, Cli
