HPE SN1610E 32Gb 1p FC HBA R2J62A

For modern data centers grappling with escalating data volumes and demanding applications, high-performance storage connectivity is non-negotiable. The HPE SN1610E 32Gb 1-port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA), part number R2J62A, is engineered to provide cutting-edge Fibre Channel capabilities, ensuring rapid, reliable, and secure access to your mission-critical storage. This adapter delivers the bandwidth and intelligence needed to accelerate your most demanding workloads.

Technical Specifications:

The HPE SN1610E is built to deliver superior performance and efficiency. Here are its key technical attributes:

• Fibre Channel Speed: Provides 32 Gigabit Fibre Channel (32GbFC) connectivity, offering double the bandwidth of previous 16GbFC solutions. It also ensures backward compatibility with 16GbFC and 8GbFC environments, protecting your existing investments.
• Port Configuration: Features a single SFP+ port, allowing for a dedicated high-speed link to your Storage Area Network (SAN).
• Host Interface: Utilizes a PCI Express 4.0 (PCIe Gen4) x8 interface, providing a high-bandwidth connection to the server’s CPU, eliminating potential bottlenecks.
• Form Factor: Designed as a standard plug-in PCIe card, making it compatible with a wide range of server slots.
• Advanced Features: Supports FC-NVMe (NVMe over Fibre Channel), enabling lower latency and higher performance with NVMe-based storage arrays. It also includes T10 Protection Information (T10-PI) for enhanced data integrity from server to storage, and boasts security features like a factory-installed certificate for HBA authentication, enhancing overall system security.

Advantages:

The HPE SN1610E 32Gb 1-port FC HBA brings significant benefits to your IT infrastructure:

• Accelerated Performance: Doubles the bandwidth of 16GbFC adapters, drastically improving I/O performance for critical applications, databases, and virtualization workloads.
• Low Latency: Optimized for low-latency access, particularly with NVMe storage, ensuring applications respond quickly.
• Investment Protection: Its backward compatibility allows seamless integration into existing Fibre Channel environments while providing a path to future 64GbFC networks.
• Enhanced Data Integrity and Security: T10-PI ensures data accuracy, while the security features protect against unauthorized access and firmware tampering.
• Operational Efficiency: Designed for ease of deployment, management, and firmware updates without requiring server reboots.

Applications:

This high-performance HBA is ideally suited for a variety of demanding use cases:

• Mission-Critical Databases: Accelerates transaction processing and improves response times for large database applications.
• High-Volume Virtual Server Configurations: Boosts the performance and density of virtual machines, supporting more VMs per server with improved responsiveness.
• All-Flash Arrays (AFAs): Maximizes the performance potential of AFAs and NVMe-based storage solutions, unlocking their full speed.
• Data Protection & Backup: Provides high-speed data transfer for efficient backups and recovery operations, reducing backup windows.
• High-Performance Computing (HPC): Delivers the low latency and high throughput required for HPC clusters.

Compatibility:

The HPE SN1610E 32Gb 1-port Fibre Channel HBA (R2J62A) is designed for broad compatibility with HPE ProLiant Gen10 Plus and Gen11 servers that feature available PCIe 4.0 slots. This includes, but is not limited to, popular HPE server series such as:

• HPE ProLiant DL320 Gen10 Plus / Gen11
• HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus / Gen11
• HPE ProLiant DL345 Gen10 Plus / Gen11
• HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Plus / Gen11
• HPE ProLiant DL365 Gen10 Plus / Gen11
• HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus / Gen11
• HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus / Gen11
• HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen10 Plus / Gen11

Always consult the QuickSpecs or compatibility matrix for your specific HPE server model to ensure full compatibility.

By deploying the HPE SN1610E 32Gb 1-port Fibre Channel HBA, you can significantly enhance your server’s connectivity to high-performance SANs, ensuring your infrastructure can handle the most intensive data demands.