QLogic SANblade Fibre Channel HBAs Delivers Target Mode Capabilities

By DE Editors

QLogic Corp. (Aliso Viejo, CA) announced Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBA) with target mode capabilities for the OpenSolaris Storage community. Building on the largest installed base of 2Gb and 4Gb Fibre Channel HBAs in Solaris environments, QLogic SANblade HBAs enable enterprise users to use the Solaris OS in target-mode applications, making it possible for developers to build SAN-based storage systems based on Solaris.

The OpenSolaris Storage community, a Sun sponsored project, was created as a place for collaboration and conversation around OpenSolaris storage technology for developers, ISVs, and customers to leverage open source to drive innovation and new market opportunities for storage.

QLogic also just released VMware infrastructure that enables HBA-Level virtualization with utilities optimized for use with VMware ESX Server 3.5. QLogic SANblade Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) will offer N_Port_ID Virtualization (NPIV) for the upcoming release of VMware Infrastructure, the latest offering from VMware, which will include VMware ESX Server 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5.

Through its collaboration with VMware, QLogic SANblade HBAs bring the benefits of hardware-assist virtualization to customers, including enhanced quality-of-service and dynamic provisioning without restrictions on zoning and LUN masking.

QLogic says it is positioned to address the storage connectivity of a virtualized data center with hardware-assist virtualization technology inside its end-to-end portfolio of fabric switches, intelligent pass-through modules and host bus adapters.

For details, visit QLogic.

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