IBM FC1020034-10D 2GB 64-Bit Fibre Channel Adapter Card

Product Description

The IBM FC1020034-10D is a Fibre Channel adapter card designed to facilitate high-speed, reliable connectivity between servers and storage area networks (SANs). With a data transfer rate of 2 Gigabits per second (Gbps) per channel, this card is suitable for enterprise environments that demand robust performance for storage I/O operations. Fibre Channel technology is known for its low latency, high throughput, and error-free data transmission, making it the standard for mission-critical storage applications. This adapter card typically interfaces with the server's motherboard via a PCI-X bus, which was common for high-performance I/O devices during the era when 2Gbps Fibre Channel was prevalent. It allows servers to connect to SAN switches and storage arrays, providing direct, block-level access to storage resources. The dual-channel capability (implied by the common architecture of FC cards, though not explicitly stated in the title) would offer redundancy and increased bandwidth by allowing simultaneous communication over two separate paths. Implementing the IBM FC1020034-10D enables servers to leverage the benefits of a dedicated storage network, improving storage utilization, simplifying management, and enhancing data availability. It is a key component for building scalable and resilient storage infrastructures, supporting applications such as databases, virtualization platforms, and high-performance computing clusters that rely on fast and dependable access to shared storage.