EMC LP1000DC-E Fibre Channel 2Gb/s Host Bus Adapter

Product Description

The EMC LP1000DC-E is a single-port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) operating at 2Gb/s. This adapter is designed to facilitate high-speed communication between servers and storage area networks (SANs), a critical component in enterprise storage architectures. Fibre Channel technology provides a dedicated, high-performance network for storage traffic, ensuring low latency and high throughput essential for database operations, virtualization, and other I/O-intensive applications. This HBA connects to a server via a PCI or PCIe slot and presents a Fibre Channel interface to the SAN. The 2Gb/s speed, while lower than current generation standards, was a common and robust speed for enterprise SANs during its prime. It offers reliable connectivity for servers that need to access shared storage resources, particularly within EMC's storage ecosystem where it was often deployed. The single-port design is suitable for basic SAN connectivity or as a secondary path in redundant configurations. The LP1000DC-E is a foundational piece of hardware for enabling server access to enterprise storage arrays. Its role is to translate server I/O requests into Fibre Channel frames and manage the data flow between the server and the storage devices. For environments still utilizing 2Gb/s Fibre Channel infrastructure or requiring compatibility with older EMC storage systems, this HBA provides a direct and efficient connection.