Brocade 425 HBAs

The Brocade 415 (single port) and Brocade 425 (dual ports) HBAs have been architected to assist IT organizations execute true end-to-end services across next-generation data centers. These 4 Gbps Fibre Channel to PCIe HBAs offer intelligent PCIe lane negotiation to maximize bus throughput and parallel I/O engines to support concurrent I/O transfers.

Both the Brocade 415 and Brocade 425 offer multiple I/O data queues to heighten performance in virtual environments, and are certified for VMware, Microsoft, and Novell hypervisors.

Brocade 425 Features:

Fibre Channel Specifications

Data rate per port: 4 Gbit/sec (800 MB/sec); 2 Gbit/sec (400 MB/sec); 1 Gbit/sec (200 MB/sec)
Performance: Up to 500,000 IOPS per port (maximum)
Protocols:SCSI-FCP, FCP-2, FC-SP
Topology:Point-to-point (N_Port), switched fabric (N_Port)
Distance support: 50 meters at 4 Gbit/sec on 62.5/125 ?m Multi-Mode Fiber (MMF)

Host Specifications

Server platform:Intel (IA32, IEM64T), AMD (x86, 64), and Sun (x86, SPARC)
Server chipset: Intel, nVidia, ServerWorks/Broadcom, AMD/ATI, and SPARC
Bus interface: PCI Express Gen 2.0 Compatible (x8), with MSI-X and INTx

For pricing on new or used Brocade 425 HBAs, please contact Vibrant sales at sales@vibrant.com or call 888-443-8606 or 952-653-1700.