EMC 202-105-950B Symmetrix DMX Host Fibre Channel Adapter Card with 8x Transceivers

Product Description

The EMC 202-105-950B is a specialized Host Fibre Channel (FC) Adapter Card engineered specifically for integration with EMC Symmetrix DMX (Direct Matrix Architecture) storage systems. This adapter card serves as a critical interface, enabling servers to establish high-speed, reliable connections to the Symmetrix DMX storage arrays. Its primary function is to facilitate efficient input/output (I/O) operations between the host servers and the centralized storage, which is essential for performance-intensive enterprise applications. This particular model is equipped with eight Fibre Channel ports, each typically supporting speeds of 4Gbps or 8Gbps, depending on the specific generation and configuration of the Symmetrix DMX system it's deployed in. The inclusion of eight transceivers (SFP modules) means the card is ready for immediate deployment, providing the necessary optical or copper interfaces for connecting to the storage network fabric. The adapter card likely utilizes a PCI Express (PCIe) interface for connection to the server's motherboard, ensuring high bandwidth communication between the server and the storage adapter. Designed for the demanding requirements of enterprise data centers, the EMC 202-105-950B plays a vital role in ensuring data availability, integrity, and performance for mission-critical workloads. By providing multiple high-speed FC connections, it allows for load balancing, redundancy, and increased throughput, supporting applications such as databases, virtualization platforms, and high-performance computing environments that rely heavily on fast and dependable storage access.