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Emulex VFA5.2 ML2 2x10 GbE SFP+ Adapter and FCoE/iSCSI SW
(Includes the FCoE/iSCSI license pre-installed)
The Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter 5 Generation 2 (VFA5.2) Network Adapter Family, which includes the OCe14104B-NX 10 GbE adapter builds on the foundation of the previous generation of Emulex VFA5 adapters by delivering performance enhancements, including RoCE v2 support and management enhancements with improved support for Lenovo XClarity. These new features help reduce complexity, reduce cost, and improve performance with Lenovo servers.
Features
The VFA5.2 adapters offer virtualized networking, support a converged infrastructure, and improve performance with powerful offload engines. The adapter has the following features and benefits.
Reduce complexity
- Virtual NIC emulation
The Emulex VFA5.2 supports three NIC virtualization modes right out of the box: Virtual Fabric mode (vNIC1), switch independent mode (vNIC2), and Unified Fabric Port (UFP). With NIC virtualization, each of the two physical ports on the adapter can be logically configured to emulate up to four virtual NIC (vNIC) functions with user-definable bandwidth settings. Additionally, each physical port can simultaneously support a storage protocol (FCoE or iSCSI).
- Common drivers and tools
You can deploy faster and manage less when you use both Virtual Fabric Adapters (VFAs) and Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) that are developed by Emulex. VFAs and HBAs developed by Emulex use the same installation and configuration process, streamlining the effort to get your server configured and running, saving you valuable time. They also use the same Fibre Channel drivers, reducing time to qualify and manage storage connectivity. With Emulex's OneCommand Manager, you can manage VFAs and HBAs that are developed by Emulex through the data center from a single console.
- Improved support for Lenovo XClarity
- Supports agent-free management, eliminating platform agents to reduce complexity
- Supports automatic inventory management to simplify management
- Supports real-time monitoring, fault detection and alert handling for a more secure managed environment
- Supports automatic firmware downloads and installation for true bare metal provisioning
Reduce cost
- Multiprotocol support for 10 GbE
The Emulex VFA5.2 adapter family offers two 10 Gb Ethernet ports and is cost- and performance-optimized for integrated and converged infrastructures. The VFA5.2 offers a “triple play” of converged data, storage, and low-latency RDMA networking on a common Ethernet fabric. The Emulex VFA provides customers with a flexible storage protocol option for running heterogeneous workloads on their increasingly converged infrastructures. Note: the OCe14104B-NX 4-port adapter does not support FCoE and iSCSI storage protocols.
- Power savings
When compared with previous generation Emulex VFA3 adapters, the Emulex VFA5.2 adapters can save up to 50 watts per server, reducing energy and cooling OPEX through improved storage offloads.
Improve performance
- VXLAN/NVGRE offload technology
Emulex supports Microsoft’s network virtualization using generic routing encapsulation (NVGRE) and VMware’s virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN). These technologies create more logical LANs (for traffic isolation) that are needed by cloud architectures. Because these protocols increase the processing burden on the server’s CPU, the VFA5.2 has an offload engine specifically designed for processing these tags. The resulting benefit is that cloud providers can leverage the benefits of VXLAN/NVGRE with no reduction in the server’s performance.
- Full hardware storage offloads
The Emulex VFA5.2 adapters support a hardware offload engine (optionally enabled via Features on Demand upgrade, standard on 00AG580 and 01CV770). This accelerates storage protocol processing, which enables the server’s processing resources to focus on application workloads, thus improving the server’s performance. Note: the OCe14104B-NX 4-port adapter does not support FCoE and iSCSI storage protocols.
- Advanced RDMA capabilities with RoCE v2
RDMA over Converged Ethernet v2 (RoCE v2) delivers application and storage acceleration through faster I/O operations with support for Windows Server SMB Direct and Linux NFS protocols.
The VFA5.2 adapters leverage RoCE v2, enabling server-to-server data movement directly between application memory without any CPU involvement. This provides high throughput and data acceleration on a standard Ethernet fabric, without the need for specialized infrastructure or management.
The adapters support the new InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) RoCE v2 specification for Layer 3 routing. RoCE also helps accelerate workloads in the following ways:
- Capability to deliver a 4x boost in small packet network performance vs. previous generation adapters, which is critical for transaction-heavy workloads
- Desktop-like experiences for VDI with up to 1.5 million FCoE or iSCSI I/O operations per second (IOPS)
- Ability to scale Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint using SMB Direct optimized with RoCE
- More VDI desktops/server due to up to 18% higher CPU effectiveness (the percentage of server CPU utilization for every 1 Mbps I/O throughput)
- Superior application performance for VMware hybrid cloud workloads, with up to 129% higher I/O throughput compared to adapters without offload
Shipping & Return
Return Policy
You need to have a Return Authorization (RA) number before returning any products to HSSL Technologies.
For a hard copy of this form and a shipping label, please include your request in the form below.
You can also request an RA online by submitting an RA Request via email. Once you have provided HSSL Technologies with the appropriate information, we will contact you with an assigned RA number.
Defective or DOA Products
DOA or defective products are returned for REPLACEMENT ONLY with the same product/model. Deviations from this policy may result in a 20% Returns Processing Service Charge.
- Defective products must be in the original factory carton with all original packing materials.
- The Return Authorization number must be on the shipping label, not the carton. Please do not write on the carton.
- Returns must be shipped freight prepaid. Products received freight collect, without an RA number, or not approved for return will be refused.
- Return Authorization numbers are valid for fourteen (14) days only. Products returned after expiration will be refused.
- HSSL credits are based on the purchase price or current price, whichever is lower.
General Return Terms
You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We will also pay return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (e.g., you received an incorrect or defective item).
You should expect to receive your refund within approximately six weeks of giving your package to the return shipper. This period includes:
- 5–10 business days for us to receive your return from the shipper
- 3–5 business days for us to process your return
- 5–10 business days for your bank to process the refund
If you need to return an item, please Contact Us with your order number and product details. We will respond quickly with instructions for returning items from your order.
Shipping Policy
We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and certain products cannot be shipped to international destinations.
When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you select. Depending on the provider, estimated shipping dates may appear on the shipping quotes page.
Please also note that shipping rates for many items are weight-based. The weight of each item can be found on its product detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.
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