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Data Sheet

OVERVIEW

Today’s IT professionals face the difﬁcult challenge of reducing data center

cost and complexity while satisfying numerous service level agreements

(SLAs) and performance requirements. As a result, organizations are

seeking ways to improve server and storage utilization, reduce ongoing

operational costs, and increase their ﬂexibility and responsiveness.

The QLogic BR-1020 (dual port) Converged Network Adapter provides

enterprise-class connectivity for next-generation data centers. This

adapter integrates 10Gbps Ethernet NIC functionality with Fibre Channel

technology—enabling transport over a 10-gigabit Ethernet (GbE)

connection through the data center bridging (DCB) and Fibre Channel

over Ethernet (FCoE) protocols. This approach provides best-in-class LAN

connectivity and server I/O consolidation, helping to reduce cost and

complexity in next-generation data center environments.

IMPROVED TCO THROUGH I/O CONSOLIDATION

DCB is a set of industry standards that enhances Ethernet protocol to

enable low-latency, lossless, and deterministic network infrastructure

for storage and other highly demanding trafﬁc types. QLogic Converged

Network Adapters support all of these standards, including priority-based

ﬂow control (PFC), enhanced transmission selection (ETS), congestion

notiﬁcation (CN), and data center bridging exchange (DCBX).

FCoE encapsulates and transmits Fibre Channel frames over this enhanced

Ethernet infrastructure while preserving the Fibre Channel constructs

and management paradigm for backward compatibility and investment

protection.

By leveraging these technologies, QLogic Converged Network Adapters

enable organizations to consolidate multiple 1GbE NICs and Fibre Channel

Host Bus Adapters into a single adapter.

CENTRALIZED ADAPTER MANAGEMENT

QLogic’s Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) is an easy-to-use adapter

management tool for conﬁguring, monitoring, and troubleshooting the

QLogic BR-Series Adapters. HCM enables server administers to quickly

conﬁgure BR-Series Adapters locally or remotely.

HCM scans the SAN environment to discover visible storage resources

and display target LUNs. A simple to use graphical tree view provides fast

access to the managed Host Bus Adapters, Converged Network Adapters,

ports, and target storage resources. HCM also provides notiﬁcations of

various conditions and problems through a user-deﬁned event ﬁlter.

• Provides high-performance line-rate 10Gbps Ethernet for

enterprise-class, reliable LAN connectivity

• Supports DCB for low-latency, lossless, and deterministic

10Gbps Ethernet connectivity and storage over Ethernet

applications (FCoE and iSCSI)

• Delivers advanced Ethernet performance, including IPv4 and IPv6

checksum ofﬂoad, RSS, HDS, jumbo frame support, and TSO

• Provides scalable connectivity features across a secure,

multiprotocol, lossless environment

• Enables a single storage driver for both QLogic BR-Series

Converged Network Adapters and Fibre Channel Host Bus

Adapters

QLogic BR-1020

Converged Network Adapter

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BR0058003-00 Rev. B 10/14 1Data SheetOVERVIEW Today’s IT professionals face the difﬁcult challenge of reducing data center cost and complexity whi

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BR0058003-00 Rev. B 10/14 2 QLogic BR-1020Data SheetIn addition to providing a graphical interface, QLogic also provides a powerful command line in

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BR0058003-00 Rev. B 10/14 3 QLogic BR-1020Data SheetHost SpeciﬁcationsServer Platform • Intel (IA32, IEM64T); AMD® (x86, 64); Oracle®/Sun® (x86, SP

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