product overview

The Emulex LPe12000 series is a high-performance 8Gb/s fiber channel host bus adapter designed specifically for enterprise storage area networks (SANs). This series of products adopts PCI Express 2.0 interface, providing excellent I/O performance and reliability, suitable for virtualization environments, critical business applications, and high-performance computing scenarios.

As an Emulex LightPulse ® The LPe12000 series, an important member of the series, includes single port (LPe12000) and dual port (LPe12002) models to meet storage connectivity needs of different scales.

Key features and advantages

1. Excellent performance

Supports 8Gb/s full duplex fiber channel (compatible with 4Gb/s and 2Gb/s)

Provide a total bandwidth of up to 1600MB/s (dual port model)

Adopting the fifth generation Emulex architecture significantly reduces CPU overhead

2. Enterprise level reliability

Hardware level error detection and correction (ECC) function

Support multi-path I/O (MPIO) and link redundancy

99.999% availability design to meet critical business needs

3. Virtualization optimization

Fully supports NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization)

Optimization for virtualization platforms such as VMware and Hyper-V

Support direct storage access for virtual machines

4. Advanced management functions

Emulex OneCommand Manager centralized management

Support SNMP/REST API integration

Built in Beacon diagnostic indicator light

5. Green and energy-saving design

Dynamic Power Management Technology

Compliant with Energy Star and RoHS standards

technical specifications

Parameter specifications

Interface standard 8Gb FC (compatible with 4Gb/2Gb)

Host interface PCIe 2.0 x8

Port configuration single port (LPe12000)/dual port (LPe12002)

The protocol supports FC-PI-4, FCP-4, SCSI-3

Maximum bandwidth 800MB/s (single port)/1600MB/s (dual port)

Typical latency<2 microseconds

The operating system supports Windows Server, Linux, VMware iPadOS, Solaris, HP-UX

Management tool OneCommand Manager, HBA Anywhere

Power consumption<12W (single port)/15W (dual port)

Active heat dissipation method (with optimized heat sink)

Application scenarios

Enterprise virtualization platform

VMware Herpes storage connectivity

Microsoft Hyper-V SAN Access

mission critical system

Oracle RAC database

SAP HANA high-performance storage

Cloud computing infrastructure

Private cloud storage network

Hybrid cloud storage gateway

high performance computing

Research data analysis and storage

Financial trading system

Enterprise level storage connectivity

EMC Symmetrix/VMAX

NetApp FAS series

HPE 3PAR Storage System

Product series

Main characteristics of the number of model ports

LPe12000 Single Port Basic 8Gb FC Connection Solution

LPe12002 dual port high availability redundant connection

LPe12000-M6 single port optimized for IBM systems

LPe12002-E6 Dual Port Enhanced Enterprise Edition