Emulex LPe31002-AP Product Introduction

1. Product Overview

Emulex LPe31002-AP is a high-performance 8Gb/s PCIe Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) designed specifically for enterprise storage area networks (SANs). It is based on Emulex's fourth generation LightPulse architecture, providing low latency, high throughput, and excellent reliability, suitable for virtualized environments, big data storage, and high demand critical business applications.

2. Key characteristics

High speed connection: Supports 8Gb/s fiber channel, compatible with 4Gb/s and 2Gb/s, ensuring backward compatibility.

PCIe 2.0 interface: using x8 PCI Express 2.0 slots to provide sufficient bandwidth and reduce bottlenecks.

Advanced virtualization support:

Support NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization), allowing a single physical port to be virtualized into multiple logical ports.

Deeply integrated with mainstream virtualization platforms such as VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V.

High reliability and safety:

Hardware accelerated TCP/IP offloading engine (TOE) and data encryption capabilities.

End to end data integrity protection (CRC check).

Low latency design: optimizes data processing paths, suitable for high-performance computing (HPC) and OLTP database applications.

3. Technical specifications

Number of ports: 2 SFP+fiber ports (supporting hot swapping).

Protocol support: FC-PI-4, FC-FS-3, FCP-4 (SCSI protocol).

Operating system compatibility:

Windows Server, Linux (RHEL/SLES), VMware iPadOS, Solaris, HP-UX, etc.

Power consumption: Typical power consumption<12W, energy-saving design.

Dimensions: Standard Full Height (FH), Half Length (HL) PCIe card.

4. Application scenarios

Enterprise grade SAN storage: Connect storage arrays such as EMC, NetApp, HPE, etc.

Virtualization environment: Provides stable bandwidth for virtual servers (vSphere/Hyper-V).

Database and Key Applications: Supports low latency scenarios such as Oracle RAC and SQL Server.

Cloud infrastructure: a storage network architecture suitable for hybrid and private clouds.

5. Management and maintenance

Emulex OneCommand Manager: Provides unified device management, diagnostics, and firmware updates.

LED status indicator: Real time monitoring of port status and link activity.

6. Market positioning

LPe31002-AP is a representative product of Emulex's mid-range fiber channel HBA, balancing performance and cost, suitable for medium to large enterprise data centers that require reliable SAN connectivity.