QLogic Innovative Adapter Portfolio for next-generation storage and data networks

As a leading manufacturer of flexible data center technologies, QLogic today announced the NASDAQ:QLGC of the latest flexsuite™ network adapter platform, which can provide flexible support for 16Gb FC or 10GB data Center Ethernet networks on the same hardware, This not only further expands the QLogic re-use convergence™ strategy, but also consolidates its leading position further. QLogic flexsuite adapters enable enterprise customers to control the pace of their data center evolution and to flexibly handle any protocol, host, storage, and architecture, meet rapidly growing enterprise requirements, and increase the flexibility of private cloud design.

Based on QLogic third generation converged network and fifth generation FC technology, QLogic has developed a new single controller that can provide flexible power for 16Gb Local FC or 10GB Fusion enhanced Ethernet (CEE) networks. On the basis of further expanding its market-leading product portfolio, QLogic's Flexsuite PCIe third-generation adapters are supported by the new controller, and the current mainstream Tier-1 server and storage OEM vendors have experimented with samples and will be available in a variety of form formats, will help OEMs meet the requirements of 16Gb FC and 10GB Data Center Ethernet, and support FCoE or iSCSI with the same adapters.

The Flexsuite adapter portfolio uses the same sophisticated QLogic FC, ISCSI, Ethernet, and FCoE software, which are validated and sold by today's major server and storage OEM vendors. By using the same software as the Flexsuite adapter suite and previous generations of products, end users can protect their original investments and meet the needs of virtualized and non-virtual environments for ultra-high application performance.

Amit Vashi, vice president of marketing at QLogic host Solutions, said: "Users continue to require their network partners to provide the flexibility and true integration of the protocol, so we integrate the 16Gb FC and 10G Ethernet Fusion network technology into a simple single architecture design, so that OEM manufacturers, Enterprise and cloud service providers can standardize on a flexible platform. ”

As a further extension of the adaptive Fusion Strategy released last year, the Flexsuite adapter portfolio has the following unique performance:

Convergeflex™: In addition to processing TCP/IP, FCoE, and iSCSI protocols from the same hardware, local 16Gb FC is also processed. Flexoffload™: Up to millions of FC or FCoE IOPS and wire-speed throughput, as well as full hardware offload services for FC, TCP/IP, ISCSI, FCoE, and IPSec protocols, providing the lowest CPU utilization in the industry. Vmflex™: Support for all I/O virtualization mainstream technologies such as FLEX-10, VEB, Vepa, Vn-link, Npar, and single root I/O virtualization (FC/FCOE) for Iov storage and networking secureflex™: Secure TCP/IP and iSCSI data transfer on Ethernet based on new IPSec security enhancements to ensure critical data is unaffected.

Arun Taneja, founder and consulting analyst at Taneja Group, said, "While many data centers are currently focused on FC inputs, 10GbE applications are growing strongly, with single chips, dual-feature products that help reduce energy consumption while optimizing the virtualization of the IT environment, And it will be a key tool to protect traditional investment, and also very helpful to the change of data center. ”

OEM manufacturers highly evaluate QLogic re-use convergence strategy

"Dell and QLogic work together to drive the development of next-generation I/O Virtualization and integration solutions," said Brian Payne, executive director of the Dell PowerEdge servers. Dell is committed to providing open, efficient and flexible IT solutions for customers in the era of virtualization, and together with QLogic, provides infrastructure components with QLogic's re-use convergence strategy. The advantages of a standardized platform are obvious to servers and network administrators who want to use enhanced 10GbE performance to increase efficiency while using a single adapter to support existing and future FC speeds. ”

Ability Wassell, director of EMC Solutions Sales, said: "EMC and QLogic agree on next-generation, high-performance storage network solutions that make it more flexible, protect investment, reduce operational costs, and increase performance." The QLogic re-use convergence strategy is compatible with EMC's cloud infrastructure and ensures that the advanced network adapter platform is available when EMC customers turn to the cloud. ”

"Consolidating network access devices on the server side is critical to reducing customer network scalability and managing complexity," said Tom Joyce, vice president of HP Storage strategy and operations and sales. The integration of HP's converged infrastructure with the QLogic Flexsuite adapter architecture can help customers simplify management while protecting existing IT investments on FC and FCoE. ”

Anjan Venkatramani, vice president of Juniper Production line management, said: "As QLogic introduces the next generation of Flexsuite adapters, it provides simplified migrations and powerful I/O throughput, complementing our knowledge of the data center" cloud preparation ". The common feature of the Juniper NX QFX3000 qfabric switch and QLogic Flexsuite adapter is to help customers control the expansion of their IT environment without having to take a complete break from the infrastructure. This approach provides a simple and highly flexible network infrastructure that is critical to the success and long-term development of the data center. ”

"Customers in Windows Server Hyper-V need network solutions to reduce the complexity of virtualized data centers, private clouds, and public clouds," said Manlio Vecchiet, head of sales for Microsoft Windows Server and virtualization products. and to increase their flexibility. As companies migrate to 10GbE to integrate infrastructure, solutions that support Microsoft virtualization, such as QLogic's Flexsuite adapters, are a boon. Microsoft is honored to be able to work with QLogic. ”

"NetApp and QLogic are working together to help customers improve it efficiency, reduce costs and achieve network convergence through deployment innovations FCoE and NetApp Unified Connect," said Patrick Rogers, vice president of NetApp Business Alliance. NetApp's unified architecture is especially useful for the next step of integration through a single storage platform to meet the customer's efficient and flexible management needs for shared IT infrastructures. ”

"The need for greater efficiency and flexibility is driving the development of cloud computing and virtualization," said Monica Kumar, senior director of Oracle Product sales. By combining products like QLogic's new Flexsuite adapters with Oracle Virtual machine virtualization technology, customers can create an innovative, efficient, and high-bandwidth storage network IT infrastructure that supports future data center growth. ”

Parag Patel, vice president of VMware Global Strategy, said: "As customers create high-performance converged data centers that require innovative technologies for virtual networks, QLogic new Flexsuite adapters with key technologies, such as Vmflex, will help optimize application and enhance the extensibility of virtual machines in virtual environments. By using VMware vsphere® products with QLogic virtualization technology, customers will be able to achieve significant efficiency gains and flexibility benefits quickly. The