Qlogic SANblade QLA4050 User manual

COMPETITIVE BRIEF
Are You Buying the Right HBA for Your EMC Storage
Advantages of QLogic SANblade 2400 Series FC HBAs in EMC Environments
Introduction
HBAsareoftenthelastelementdiscussedinaSANimplementation,
even though they are the single most important component for
determining performance, down-time, and troubleshooting. Given
such pivotal factors, isn’t worth taking the time to research which
HBA is best suited for your environment?
QLogic SANblade 2400 series FC HBAs are engineered with
unique enterprise features that help SAN administrators to
standardize on QLogic FC HBAs in EMC environments.
This document summarizes the many advantages integrated
into QLogic SANblade 2400 series FC HBA solutions over Emulex
LighPulse 1150-E and 11000-E FC HBA solutions.
Category QLogic QLx2400-E
Series
Emulex
LPx1150-E
Emulex
LPx11000-E
Customer Benefit
Performance
IOPs/port
150,000
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100,000 100,000
Enables server consolidation and lowers
datacenter costs.
50% more IOPs.•
246% higher performance in Windows.•
78% higher performance in MS-•
Exchange.
35% Higher Performance in Oracle.•
39% Higher performance in VMware.•
True-Enterprise Features
Intelligent Interleaved Direct•
Memory Access (iiDMA)
Dual Read DMA (DRDMA)•
Out of Order Frame•
Reassembly (OoOFR)
Overlapping Protection•
Domains (OPD)
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Highest Performance in 4Gb and mixed
speed environments.

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Category QLogic QLx2400-E
Series
Emulex
LPx1150-E
Emulex
LPx11000-E
Customer Benefit
Ease-of-Use
Unified Firmware/Driver ü
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Guaranteed driver/firmware•
interoperability.
Eliminates disruptions from•
incompatible driver and firmware.
Reduces installation support-time by•
installing one piece of software instead
of two.
Host bus Identification on
Bracket
üNo No Quickly identify 4Gb adapter host bus as
PCI-X or PCIe.
WWPN on Bracket üNo No Faster installation and configuration.
Separate LED for 4/2/1 Gb
speeds on Bracket üNo No
Separate LEDs enable IT mangers to
quickly identify link speeds and diagnose
the HBA without using a management
application.
Boot Support
x86 ü ü ü Single SKU for all operating systems and
platforms. Lower cost of inventory.
EFI ü ü ü
FCode üNo ü

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Category QLogic QLx2400-E
Series
Emulex
LPx1150-E
Emulex
LPx11000-E
Customer Benefit
Operating System Support
Windows
ü ü ü 246% higher performance in Windows.
Linux
ü ü ü QLogic has 7+ years of field-proven
Linux-based solutions.
Solaris
üNo üLower inventory costs with a single SKU
for all operating systems.
Netware
ü ü ü
VMware
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ü ü 39% higher scalability in multi-VM
(Multiple Guest OS) environments. Lowers
datacenter costs by 28% through higher
levels of server consolidation.
Warranty
Standard 3 year ü ü ü
Free 5 year option üNo No 67% extended investment protection,
providing 20% lower total cost of
ownership based on average annual
hardware maintenance costs.
Summary
IT managers know that choosing the right HBA for their SAN
infrastructure has a significant impact on the performance,
scalability and reliability of their enterprise storage environments.
The results of the above comparison between QLogic and Emulex
4Gb FC HBAs demonstrate that QLogic 4Gb FC HBAs are distinctly
superior to Emulex’s offering; QLogic HBAs represent the best-in-
class in virtually every category.
Performance leadership
50% more IOPs (150K versus Emulex maximum of 100K IOPs per•
port)
246% higher performance in Windows•
78% higher performance in MS Exchange•
39% higher performance in VMware environments•
35% higher performance in Oracle•
Higher performance in mixed speed environments•

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A Better 4Gb with True Enterprise Features
iiDMA•-QLogic iiDMA (patent pending) technology detects the
maximum link rate (speed) that the target node can support and
sends frames at that rate. This ensures that the initiator transmits
at the maximum link speed without throttling-down to the lowest
target speed on the network.
DRDMA•-A Direct Memory Access (DMA) read request is a request
from a DMA module (or channel) to transfer data from a host
system to a storage device. QLogic (patent pending) DRDMA
technology significantly improves overall system performance by
allowing multiple DMA read requests to be issued and processed
efficiently.
OoOFR•-Out-of-Order Frame Reassembly (OoOFR) is a QLogic
patent pending feature that reassembles the out-of-ordered frames
as they are received. OoOFR ensures the highest throughput by not
retransmitting frames when they are received out-of-order.
OPD•-Overlapping Protection Domains (OPD) is QLogic’s unique
implementation within the FC controller (ASIC) that offers the
highest level of data protection. OPD generates a new check (parity
or ECC) before stripping out the old check. The new check ensures
that data remains protected, at all times, as it traverses through
the FC controller.
Ease of use
Unified drivers•
Host bus identification on bracket•
WWPN on bracket•
FC speed indication via separate LEDs•
Solaris Sparc support
Full driver and boot support with single SKU•
Warranty
Highest reliability backed with 5 year warranty•
For further information see :
http://www.qlogic.com/knowledgecenter/tech_briefs.asp
Contact Information
Rich Conrad
Sales Director
(O) 978-454-5533
(C) 949-300-3651
[email protected]
Chris Murphy
Bus Dev - East
(O) 508-230-0200
(C) 617-733-6627
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Paul Giovinazzo
Sales Manager
(O) 978-897-6390
(C) 978-618-9891
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John Nishikawa
Bus Dev - West
(O) 949-389-6402
(C) 415-963-1655
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Pal Kalsi
Bus Dev - EMEA
(O) 44 1483 295639
(C) 44 7766 226570
[email protected]
Michael Picard
Sales Engineer
(O) 978-454-5533
(C) 508-450-8028
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Joe Muniz
Bus Dev - Central/Canada
(O) 952-932-4000
(C) 949-230-3088
[email protected]
Kyle Roblyer
Outbound Marketing
(C) 303-807-1667
[email protected]
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(Formerly known as Laguna Hills Drive)
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