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QLogic. The mosT diversified and advanced neTworking porTfoLio in The indusTry.

QLogic is always at the forefront of networking technology innovation with a multi-faceted product portfolio of Fibre Channel, Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and iSCSI networking solutions.

You have a lot of networking companies to choose from. Some vendors make switches. Some design host adapters. Some specialize in Ethernet. At QLogic, we take a holistic approach to address the continuously evolving requirements of the overall networking space. With more than 18 years of diverse networking expertise, QLogic offers market-leading Fibre Channel Adapters and the industry’s only stackable Fibre Channel Switches for storage networking; intelligent Storage Routers that provide Fibre Channel storage access to iSCSI-based servers, SAN-to-WAN connectivity, and data migration solutions. And our award-winning Converged Networking Adapters make it easy to converge your data and storage networks into a single, unified network.

CONVERGED NETWORK ADApTERSQLogic 8200 Series 10GbE Converged Network Adapter

QLogic 8100 Series 10GbE Converged Network Adapter

iSCSI ADApTERSQLogic 4000 Series 1GbE iSCSI Adapter

INTELLIGENT EThERNET ADApTERSQLogic 3200 Series 10GbE Intelligent Ethernet Adapter

FIbRE ChANNEL ADApTERSQLogic 2600 Series 16Gb Fibre Channel Adapter

QLogic 2500 Series 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter

QLogic 2400 Series 4Gb Fibre Channel Adapter

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ADAPTERSQlogic

When it comes to best-in-class interoperability, performance, CPU efficiency, reliability, and ease-of use, the top storage area networking companies in the world rely on QLogic adapters. If they trust QLogic to power their solutions, shouldn’t you? QLogic adapters consistently win top honors and industry awards year after year. They comprise the broadest product portfolio, supporting every major platform, OS, protocol, and network environment. And, only QLogic backs its adapters with the industry’s best warranty: an unprecedented five years on select models. Bottom line? Whatever your environment, QLogic offers the best adapter possible for your exact requirements. Specify the adapter that Dell®, EMC®, HP®, IBM®, Oracle®, and other leaders choose to ship all over the world. Specify QLogic.

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QLOGIC 8100 SERIES 10GbE Converged Network Adapters

QLe8150-cu Single-port 10GbE PCIe Converged Network Adapter with empty SFP+ cage (meant for use with direct attach copper cable)

QLe8152-cu Dual-port 10GbE PCIe Converged Network Adapter with empty SFP+ cages (meant for use with direct attach copper cables)

QLe8140-srSingle-port 10GbE PCIe Converged Network Adapter with SR optical transceiver supporting distances up to 300 meters

QLe8142-sr Dual-port 10GbE PCIe Converged Network Adapter with SR optical transceivers supporting distances up to 300 meters

The QLogic 8100 Series Converged Network Adapters support concurrent LAN (TCP/IP) and SAN (FCoE, iSCSI) traffic over a shared 10Gb Ethernet link. The adapters support full hardware offload for FCoE and leverage QLogic’s existing Fibre Channel drivers, making them the most dependable and battle-hardened Converged Network Adapters on the market. The 8100 Series Adapters also support iSCSI traffic using software initiators provided by today’s most popular operating systems (OSs). The convergence of LAN and SAN traffic reduces data center costs by requiring fewer adapters, cables, and switches, while maintaining compatibility with existing Fibre Channel storage for investment protection.

• pCI Express® Gen2 x4

• Full hardware offload for FCoE protocol processing

• Support for three concurrent protocols: TCp/Ip, FCoE, and iSCSI

• VLAN, teaming, jumbo frame, and stateless offload support

• Compatible with existing Fibre Channel storage for investment protection

• Reduces data center costs through LAN and SAN network convergence

• Low power consumption

• Simplifies management of NIC, FCoE, and iSCSI networking with single- pane-of-glass management S

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QLOGIC 8200 SERIES 10GbE Converged Network Adapters

QLe8240-cuSingle-port 10GbE PCIe Converged Network Adapter with empty SFP+ cage (meant for use with direct attach copper cable)

QLe8242-cuDual-port 10GbE PCIe Converged Network Adapter with empty SFP+ cages (meant for use with direct attach copper cables)

QLe8240-srSingle-port 10GbE PCIe Converged Network Adapter with SR optical transceiver supporting distances up to 300 meters

QLe8242-srDual-port 10GbE PCIe Converged Network Adapter with SR optical transceivers supporting distances up to 300 meters

The QLogic 8200 Series Converged Network Adapters support concurrent LAN (TCP/IP) and SAN (FCoE, iSCSI) traffic over a shared 10Gb Ethernet link. The adapters showcase industry-leading LAN networking performance, full hardware offload for FCoE and iSCSI protocol processing, and an extensive set of features that enhance system virtualization. In addition, the 8200 Series Adapters leverage QLogic’s existing Fibre Channel and iSCSI drivers, making the adapters the most dependable and battle-hardened Converged Network Adapters on the market. The convergence of LAN and SAN traffic reduces data center costs by requiring fewer adapters, cables, and switches, while maintaining compatibility with existing Fibre Channel storage for investment protection.

• pCI Express® Gen2 x8

• Industry-leading 10Gbps networking performance

• Full hardware offload for FCoE and iSCSI protocol processing

• Support for three concurrent protocols: TCp/Ip, FCoE, and iSCSI


• Compatible with existing Fibre Channel storage for investment protection

• Reduces data center costs through LAN and SAN network convergence

• Simplifies management of NIC, FCoE, and iSCSI networking with single- pane-of-glass managementS

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QLOGIC 4000 SERIES 1GbE iSCSI Adapters

QLogic’s 4000 Series 1GbE iSCSI Adapters provide SAN connectivity over Ethernet and TCP/IP network infrastructures. Both the iSCSI and TCP/IP processing functions are performed on the 4000 Series Adapters and not on the host server CPU. By offloading these functions to the 4000 Series Adapters, more host server CPU processing power is available to server applications, thus increasing the overall iSCSI SAN performance. On the newer QLE406x Adapters, next-generation IP addressing (IPv6) is supported. In addition to being a new requirement for next-generation government installations, IPv6 support enables IT administrators to begin building their next-generation iSCSI SANs today.

• Complete iSCSI and TCp/Ip offload for enhanced performance

• VLAN and priority of service for virtualized environments

• iSCSI digests, ECC memory, and overlapping data path parity for increased reliability

• Enhanced management interface with point-and-click wizards simplify setup and reduce configuration time

• broadest support for all major OSs, including Windows®, Linux®, VMware®, Citrix®, and Solaris®

QLe4060c1GbE iSCSI/network-to-x4 PCI Express adapter, single-port copper

QLe4062c1GbE iSCSI/network-to-x4 PCI Express adapter, dual-port copper

QLa40501GbE iSCSI/network-to-64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X® adapter, single-port multi-mode optic

QLa4050c1GbE iSCSI/network-to-64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X® adapter, single-port copper

QLa4052c1GbE iSCSI/network-to-64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X® adapter, dual-port copper

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QLOGIC 3200 SERIES 10GbE Intelligent Ethernet Adapters

The QLogic 3200 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapters boast industry-leading networking performance with superior CPU efficiency and dual-port throughput equaling approximately 40Gbps. The adapters are optimized for consolidation and designed for use in virtualized environments, with support for QLogic’s unique NIC Partitioning (NPAR) feature. NPAR allows a user to divide a physical Ethernet port into four virtual ports with flexible, user-defined allocation of 10Gbps bandwidth.

• pCI Express Gen2 x8

• Industry-leading 10Gbps performance


• QLogic’s NpAR that works with any 10Gb Ethernet Switch

• Compatible with QConvergeConsole® and native OS-based management tools

• Uses minimal CpU resources, approaching the CpU utilization found with TCp/Ip offload engine (TOE) solutions.

QLe3242-cuDual-port 10GbE PCIe Intelligent Ethernet Adapter with empty SFP+ cages (meant for use with direct attach copper cables)

QLe3242-rJDual-port 10GbE PCIe Intelligent Ethernet Adapter with RJ45 connectors (meant for use with twisted pair copper cables)

QLe3240-srSingle-port 10GbE PCIe Intelligent Ethernet Adapter with SR optical transceiver supporting distances up to 300 meters

QLe3242-srDual-port 10GbE PCIe Intelligent Ethernet Adapter with SR optical transceivers supporting distances up to 300 meters

QLe3240-LrSingle-port 10GbE PCIe Intelligent Ethernet Adapter with LR optical transceivers supporting distances up to 10 kilometers

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QLOGIC 2500 SERIES 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters

QLogic’s 8Gb adapters meet today’s demanding data center requirements by providing power and virtualization optimization, and are backwards compatible with 4Gb and 2Gb technology. In addition, the QLE256x Adapters work in both PCI Express Gen1 and Gen2 host bus interface platforms. QLogic’s unique Dynamic Power Management technology enables the QLE256x Adapters to provide the lowest possible power consumption. The QLE256x Adapters are also backed by an industry-leading, five-year (no charge) limited warranty for -CK/-E SKUs.

• Dynamic power Management ensures lowest possible power consumption

• Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS) optimized

• highest CpU efficiency offers unmatched scalability in virtualized environments

• Cool Adapter™ technology. No additional airflow/fans required

• provides strong investment protection to support emerging technologies and standards

• Superior performance for database applications and mail services

QLe25608Gbps single-port Fibre Channel-to-PCI Express adapter, multi-mode optic

QLe25628Gbps dual-port Fibre Channel-to-PCI Express adapter, multi-mode optic

QLe25648Gbps quad-port Fibre Channel-to-PCI Express adapter, multi-mode optic

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The QLogic 2600 Series Adapters are the company’s sixth-generation Fibre Channel Adapters. They boast industry-leading native Fibre Channel performance, achieving dual-port, line-rate 16Gb Fibre Channel throughput at extremely low CPU utilization with full hardware offloads. This extreme performance eliminates potential I/O bottlenecks in today’s power multiprocessor, multicore servers. In addition, support for powerful virtualization features make this adapter ideal for virtualized environments that need excellent I/O performance to service growing numbers of virtual machines (VMs).

• 16Gbps per port maximum throughput for high bandwidth SAN traffic

• More than 1.2 million IOpS reduce latency in high transaction intensive applications and virtualized environments

• Reduced hardware, cabling, and management costs by enabling more VMs to run on a single server and Fibre Channel port

• Decreased power and cooling costs by using the fewest pCI Express lanes in pCIe Gen3 environments

• Overlapping protection domains (OpDs) to ensure the highest level of reliability as data moves to and from the pCI bus and Fibre Channel network

• Complete investment protection for legacy 8Gb and 4Gb Fibre Channel infrastructure

• Future-proof design enables conversion to a 10GbE Converged Network Adapter



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The QLE246x 4Gb Adapters deliver unprecedented levels of performance, scalability, and reliability. By uniquely offering intelligent networking functionality, such as iiDMA, RDMA, and OPD, QLogic 4Gb adapters ensure the demands of the enterprise-class data center are met. For virtualization at the Fibre Channel port level, QLogic 4Gb adapters support NPIV by allowing multiple N_Port IDs to share the same physical Fibre Channel port. The QLE246x Adapters come in single, dual, and quad-port multi-mode optic configurations and are backed by an industry-leading, five-year (no charge) limited warranty for -CK/-E SKUs.

• Intelligent interleaved DMA (iiDMA) ensures maximum utilization of data links

• Dual Read DMA (DRDMA) processes I/O requests faster

• Overlapping protection Domains (OpD) provides enhanced reliability

• Intelligent storage networking features that redefine the enterprise- class adapter, providing increased data protection, advanced frame routing, and enterprise-wide management capabilities

• Simple, point-and-click installation and configuration wizards

• pervasive interoperability with all major OSs and 32/64-bit computing platforms




QLe24644Gbps quad-port Fibre Channel-to-PCI Express adapter, multi-mode optic

QLa24604Gbps single-port Fibre Channel-to-PCI-X 2.0 266MHz adapter, multi-mode optic

QLa24624Gbps dual-port Fibre Channel-to-PCI-X 2.0 266MHz adapter, multi-mode optic

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switchesQlogic

QLogic offers the most comprehensive and flexible SAN interconnect fabric solutions on the market. Our Fibre Channel Switches provide best-in-class advantages with the industry’s only modular stackable switch for affordable scalability and to significantly improve SAN performance. The product line received the Windows IT Pro Readers’ Choice Award. Combined with the industry’s best fabric management tools and transparent router technology for full NPIV standards-based interoperability with SANs from any vendor, the switches offer the holy grail for fabric virtualization. QLogic switches…simply the best.

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ENTERpRISE FIbRE ChANNEL SWITChES9000 Series Stackable Modular Fibre Channel Switch

5000 Series Stackable Fibre Channel Switch

ENTRy-LEVEL FIbRE ChANNEL SWITChES3000 Series Fibre Channel Switch

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Finally, there’s a new class of core switch that represents a sane alternative to expensive, complex Director switches. The QLogic 9000 Series is ideal for cost-sensitive, business-critical, open system environments that require a high-density, high-availability switch platform for their data center core. The QLogic 9000 Series pioneers a number of industry firsts: stackable for simple, cost-effective scalability, space-saving 4U chassis for smaller footprint, and world-class management tools included at no charge. Best of all, the price is extremely affordable for a switch of this class. The QLogic 9000 scales to 256 Fibre Channel ports in an 8U dual-chassis module HyperStack™ configuration with absolutely no blocking between the two HyperStack modules.

• performance and reliability of a chassis switch without the high price of a traditional Director

• 8Gb to 10Gb blade options

• Enterprise Fabric Suite (EFS) advanced management included

• Industry’s first stackable Director switch for unprecedented, modular capacity and performance scalability

• Rapid deployment, “pay-as-you-grow”

• New class of ultra-high density, blazing performance, 99.999% availability core switch for business-critical applications

QLOGIC 9000 SERIES Stackable Modular Fibre Channel Switch

90008Gb modular chassis, up to 256 ports

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QLOGIC 5000 SERIES Fibre Channel Stackable Switches

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• Efficient stacking architecture–build large SANs with fewer switches and no device ports wasted for ISLs

• Scale from 8 to 120 ports per stack, with even higher port counts in multi-stack configurations

• Manage the stack as a single switch

• Includes installation and configuration wizards for easy deployment and administration

• high-performance solution handles workgroup or enterprise loads with ease

• Transparent Router (TR) technology provides seamless, NpIV- standards-based interoperability with SANs from any vendor, while maintaining full fabric services locally

5800 8Gb stackable switch, up to 120 ports per stack

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The QLogic 3810 offers the simplest and most affordable way to share the capacity of Fibre Channel storage devices among multiple servers. Maximize the value of your RAID and tape library investments with simultaneous direct server connections via a state-of-the-art SAN. Cost-conscious included features such as I/O StreamGuard and NPIV support provide all the enterprise-class performance that QLogic’s larger customers have come to depend on–at a price that will pay off immediately for even the smallest businesses.

• Reliable/affordable entry-level switch with eight 8Gb device ports

• Transparent Router (TR) technology provides seamless, NpIV- standards-based interoperability with SANs from any vendor, while maintaining full switching services locally

• backward compatibility with 4Gb and 2Gb devices

• Cost-optimized for single-switch SANs

• Centralizes storage control and reduces overall infrastructure costs while improving users’ access to data

• perfect for high-speed server backup or departmental “SAN islands”

QLOGIC 3000 SERIES Fixed Port Fibre Channel Switches

3810 2/4/8Gb full-duplex, auto-negotiate

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ROUTERS Qlogic

The QLogic’s intelligent Storage Routers provide SAN-to-WAN gigabit Ethernet connectivity, facilitating disaster recovery and other distance applications. QLogic routers provide powerful, cost-effective, multiprotocol, unified storage connectivity, data migration solutions for the data center and provide a cost-effective way for iSCSI-based servers to access storage services already deployed on a Fibre Channel SAN.

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INTELLIGENT STORAGE ROUTERS6200 Series Enterprise-class connectivity, routing, and data migration solutions

6100 Series Universal SAN connectivity, routing, and offline data migration solutions

Data Migration Heterogeneous migration across arrays, applications, and OSs

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SQLOGIC 6200 SERIES intelligent Storage Routers

The QLogic 6200 Series of intelligent Storage Routers provides powerful and cost-effective protocol connectivity for medium-sized businesses up to the largest enterprise. Features and options allow cross-protocol routing for 8Gb Fibre Channel, 1GbE/10Gb iSCSI, and FCoE connectivity. The QLogic 6240, 6250, and 6260 Series Routers can be used to provide host connectivity to storage systems, SAN-over-WAN connectivity for business continuity, disaster recovery, and data migration.

• Multi-protocol connectivity for storage and hosts, providing powerful and cost-effective connectivity

• SAN-over-WAN connectivity for remote replication

• Flexible blade architecture supports port expansion and future protocols

• Data migration solution providing serverless, block storage level (LUN) data migration services between source and destination storage systems

• The QLogic 6240 has a unique, 1GbE dual-blade, hA architecture that has the best price, performance, and flexibility available for hosting fabric services

• The QLogic 6250 is based on our dual-blade architecture. It supports 8Gb Fibre Channel, 1Gb, and 10Gb iSCSI and provides intelligent, hA fabric routing for the enterprise data center.

• The QLogic 6260 has a unique, 8Gb dual-blade, hA architecture that provides best-in-class price, performance, and flexibility for Fibre Channel enterprise data centers

62401GbE-iSCSI-to-8Gb-Fibre Channel, multi-protocol, distance, and iSCSI connectivity

62501/10GbE-iSCSI-to-8Gb-Fibre Channel, multi-protocol, distance, and iSCSI connectivity

62608Gb-Fibre Channel, 1GbE-iSCSI, 8Gb-SAN connectivity, SAN-over-WAN, and iSCSI connectivity

data migration5TB, 10TB, 50TB, and 1 Array License

data scrubbing5TB and 1 Array License

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QLOGIC 6100 SERIES intelligent Storage Routers

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• The QLogic 6152 is ideal for replicating data across a WAN

• The form factor allows for two units to fit side-by-side in 1U of rack space

• The QLogic 6152 provides shared SAN devices to improve utilization

• The QLogic 6152 enables multi-protocol connectivity for storage and hosts, allowing powerful and cost-effective connectivity in a single blade form factor

• The QLogic 6152 features offline, serverless, block storage level (LUN) data migration

• The QLogic 6152 has a robust 1GbE, 8Gb Fibre Channel architecture that has the best price, performance, and flexibility available for hosting fabric services

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• high performance online migration allows application servers to remain online during migration process

• Migrate data between heterogeneous storage: FC to FC, FC to iSCSI, iSCSI to FC, iSCS to iSCSI

• Migrate source LUN to thin provisioned storage destination to improve storage utilization

• providing a Single Tool, No Vendor Lock-in

• Migrate data to remote data centers and cloud computing infrastructure (IaaS)

• Data Migration Logs, providing the information to the customer on what has been migrated

• Enterprise level high availability features include automatic migration job failover and failback

• Data scrubbing providing secure removal of data from legacy storage arrays (extra license required)

data migration5TB, 10TB, 50TB, and 1 Array License

data scrubbing5TB and 1 Array License

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services Qlogic

Storage and Converged InteroperabilityQLogic’s always up-to-date Interoperability Guides are one-stop manuals for developers and consultants interested in providing QLogic-powered products, solutions, and services. They allow you to identify, at a glance, the certified SAN and FCoE components best suited to your needs. QLogic interoperability guides can be downloaded at: http://www.qlogic.com/interoperability/pages/default.aspx

Global ServiceEvery hour your business experiences downtime is an hour you’re losing revenue and productivity. QLogic’s service program helps you get back to business as soon as possible, so you can focus on what you do best. The range of services, including phone support, on-site engineering and advanced hardware replacement, let you control how to best protect your most valuable assets. No matter which plan is selected, we’ll have you back to business sooner.

Worldwide Service and SupportQLogic is the only networking company that provides access to support engineers with years of experience in adapters, switches, routers, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and FCoE. This expert support is available in multiple languages during your work day. QLogic’s support is accessible via telephone, e-mail, and from our Web site, where you can quickly reference contact details for QLogic Global Services support worldwide.

Global WarrantyQLogic Global Services backs every QLogic solution with responsible remote customer support. QLogic offers comprehensive warranty protection on every QLogic adapter, switch, and router, with some of the most generous terms to be found in the industry.

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