Dell Brocade 825 Dual-Port 8 Gbps FC Host Bus Adapter

• Maximizes bus throughput with a Fibre Channel to PCIe 2.0a Gen2 (x8) bus interface with intelligent lane negotiation
• Enhances security with Fibre Channel-Security Protocol (FC-SP) for device authentication
• Supports virtualized environments with N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) for 255 virtual ports
• Uniquely enables end-to-end (server-to-storage) management in Brocade DCF environments
• Offers I/O transfer rates with up to 500,000 IOPS per port at 8 Gbit/sec

Overview

The Brocade® 825 Dual-Port 8 Gbps Host Bus Adapter from Dell™ provides a new level of server connectivity through unmatched hardware capabilities and unique software configurability. This HBA laid the foundation for extending fabric intelligence to servers, virtual machines, applications, and services -enabling end-to-end storage network management. Its Brocade Data Center Fabric (DCF) architecture provides a strategic framework to help simplify data center connectivity, optimize performance and scalability, and reduce cost and risk. This product has been tested and validated on Dell systems. It is supported by Dell Technical Support when used with a Dell system.

Dell Systems:

• PowerEdge 2900
• PowerEdge 2950
• PowerEdge 2970
• PowerEdge R310
• PowerEdge R320
• PowerEdge R410
• PowerEdge R415
• PowerEdge R420
• PowerEdge R420XR
• PowerEdge R510
• PowerEdge R515
• PowerEdge R520
• PowerEdge R610
• PowerEdge R620
• PowerEdge R710
• PowerEdge R720
• PowerEdge R720XD
• PowerEdge R805
• PowerEdge R810
• PowerEdge R815
• PowerEdge R820
• PowerEdge R900
• PowerEdge R905
• PowerEdge R910
• PowerEdge T410
• PowerEdge T610
• PowerEdge T620
• PowerEdge T710
• PowerVault NX3000