HP 676881-001 Sn1000e 2-Ports Fibre Channel 16Gb/s PCI Express Host Bus Adapter

Product Description

The HP 676881-001, part of the HP StoreFabric SN1000E series, is a high-performance Host Bus Adapter (HBA) designed to facilitate robust and rapid connectivity between servers and Storage Area Networks (SANs). This adapter features two Fibre Channel (FC) ports, each capable of operating at a blazing speed of 16Gb/s. This high bandwidth is crucial for modern data centers that handle large volumes of data and require low-latency access to storage resources, ensuring that applications demanding high I/O performance are not bottlenecked by network connectivity. Utilizing a PCI Express (PCIe) interface, the SN1000E HBA ensures efficient communication with the server's motherboard, leveraging the high throughput capabilities of the PCIe bus. The dual-port design offers redundancy and increased bandwidth, allowing for failover configurations or load balancing across multiple SAN fabric switches. This makes it an ideal solution for mission-critical environments where data availability and performance are paramount, such as in virtualization, database clusters, and high-performance computing. This HP HBA (676881-001) is engineered for reliability and performance, supporting advanced Fibre Channel features and protocols necessary for enterprise storage environments. Its 16Gb/s speed ensures that servers can fully utilize the capabilities of modern SAN infrastructure, providing a seamless and efficient data path. The card is designed as a standard PCIe add-in card, making it compatible with a wide range of servers that support the appropriate PCIe slots, thus offering a versatile solution for upgrading server connectivity to high-speed storage networks.