View the refurbished HP QMH2572 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for BladeSystem c-Class 651281-B21 656452-001 Quickspecs here
The QMH2572 8Gb FC HBA is a dual channel PCI Express Fibre Channel mezzanine card that provides reliable, high-performance connectivity at up to 8Gb/s. This is a Type A mezzanine card for HP BladeSystem c-Class that is compatible with HP ProLiant Server blades starting with Gen8. It is optimized for HP and is also supported by third-party SAN vendors.
Advanced embedded support for virtualized environments - Supports virtualized servers for overall effective server utilization, allows multiple logical (virtual) connections to share the same physical ports, 256 queue pairs for intensive virtualization, Prioritization of queues prevents conflicts between multiple queues.
Fault tolerant 8Gb HBA Architecture
Reduced power consumption - Latest generation technology saves power, Reduced number of components on each FC HBA reduces overall power consumption
PCI Express Bus: Gen I (x8), Gen II (x4), Two 8Gb/s Fibre Channel ports, 8/4/2 automatic speed negotiation without throttling down to the lowest target speed on the network, Multi-Path support for redundant HBAs and paths including Linux driver failover. Superior performance capable of sustaining up to 200,000 I/Os per second per channel, RoHS compliance, QLogic SANsurfer Manager for centralized management and remote control of distributed HBAs. Operating Systems and Virtualization Software Supported: Windows Server 2008, VMware 4.1, VMware 5.0, RHEL 5.7, RHEL 6.0, SLES 10, SLES 11, Solaris 10 x86.
Performance Optimized, Reduces response time of mission critical Datacenter applications and backup windows, 2X throughput of 4Gb, Virtualization Optimized, Delivers enhanced security, Quality-of-Service and Dynamic Provisioning during live migration, Power Optimized, Adaptive power management techniques to ensure lowest power & cooling enabled by QLogic StarPower™ Technology, RAS Optimized, Highest Data Integrity; Overlapping Protection Domains (OPD) extended for control and data paths, Security Optimized, SAN-level authentication (FC-SP), fabric-level isolation (NPIV and end-to-end data integrity (T10), Management Optimized, Unified driver model eliminates potential interop issues between firmware and driver versions and cuts upgrade time in half Common drivers for 8Gb, 4Gb and 2Gb.
BL660c Gen8, BL465c Gen8, BL460c Gen8, BL420c Gen8
8Gb Switches and Directors, 4Gb Switches and Directors, 2Gb Switches and Directors, Compatible with Fibre Channel switches including HP and third party vendors including Cisco, Brocade, and McDATA, Compatible with 8Gb and 16Gb HP BladeSystem c-Class Fibre Channel switches and Virtual Connect Modules, HP 4Gb Fibre Channel Pass Thru Module for BladeSystem c-Class.
