QLogic Introduces Third Generation Converged Networking Portfolio

By DE Editors

QLogic Corp. has announced a new, third-generation 10GbE converged networking portfolio—code named 3GCNA. Based on the third generation of QLogic’s Network Plus Architecture, the portfolio features a trio of new products including 8200 Series 10GbE converged network adapters, 3200 Series 10GbE intelligent Ethernet adapters and a converged LAN-on-motherboard (cLOM) solution.

These products feature the ability to:

• Run offloaded Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), iSCSI and IP (Ethernet) traffic concurrently
• Perform switch-agnostic, virtual machine (VM)-to-VM communication within physical machines
• Deploy quad 1GbE and dual 10GbE ports from a single chip, using FlexLOM technology

The new products are designed to address the increasingly complex requirements of virtualized data centers, cloud service providers and the converged enterprise. All of these environments require 10GbE line-rate throughput for virtualized data and storage traffic, support for concurrent IP, FCoE and iSCSI, and low CPU utilization to allow for extreme mobility of VMs.

“The IT business is rapidly shifting toward a services-based environment where capacity is virtual, flexible and acquired on demand. This increases pressures on IT infrastructure management to be more efficient, agile and available for thousands of internal and millions or billions of external users,” says Dave Vellante, president, Wikibon.org. “Third generation CNAs from QLogic provide the vital interconnect technology that enables its OEMs and channel partners to deliver the flexible data center connectivity layer for next generation, service-based applications.”

The entire portfolio is managed by the new QConvergeConsole, which provides multi-platform, single-pane-of-glass management of FCoE, iSCSI and IP functions for ease-of-administration and converged network deployment. Available in a number of form factors, the 3GCNA 10GbE converged networking portfolio is slated for general availability this calendar quarter. 

For more information, visit QLogic.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.