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IBM 00Y2493 2 x Ports iSCSI 10Gb/s FCoE Host Interface Card
- Dual 10Gb/s Ethernet ports
- Supports iSCSI protocol for block-level storage access over Ethernet
- Supports FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) protocol
- Provides high-speed connectivity for servers to storage arrays
- Designed for enterprise SAN environments
- Low latency and high throughput
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Key specifications
See full specs ↓- Port Speed
- 10Gb/s
- Number of Ports
- 2
- Protocol Support
- iSCSI, FCoE
- Interface Type
- Ethernet
- Application
- Host Interface Card
- Target Environment
- Enterprise SAN
Product details
The IBM 00Y2493 is a high-performance host interface card designed for enterprise storage networking. It provides dual 10Gb/s ports supporting both iSCSI and FCoE protocols for efficient data transfer.
Technical Information
| Port Speed | 10Gb/s |
| Number of Ports | 2 |
| Protocol Support | iSCSI, FCoE |
Additional Specifications
| Interface Type | Ethernet |
| Application | Host Interface Card |
| Target Environment | Enterprise SAN |
Description
The IBM 00Y2493 is a sophisticated host interface card engineered to facilitate high-speed data connectivity between servers and storage systems in demanding enterprise environments. Featuring two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports, this card is optimized for modern storage area networks (SANs) that require both high bandwidth and low latency. Its dual-port design offers redundancy and increased throughput, ensuring reliable access to storage resources. This interface card supports crucial storage networking protocols, including iSCSI and FCoE. iSCSI allows for block-level storage access over standard IP networks, simplifying storage infrastructure and leveraging existing Ethernet investments. FCoE encapsulates Fibre Channel frames within Ethernet frames, enabling the convergence of storage and data traffic onto a single network infrastructure, thereby reducing complexity and cost. By providing 10Gb/s connectivity for both iSCSI and FCoE, the IBM 00Y2493 enables servers to achieve significantly faster data transfer rates compared to older 1GbE solutions. This is essential for performance-sensitive applications such as large databases, high-performance computing clusters, and extensive virtualization deployments where rapid access to storage is paramount.
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