Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is pleased to introduce the new Brocade 8 Gbps Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) as an integral part of its certified end-to-end Brocade fabric solutions.

Providing aggressive pricing on Brocade HBAs, HDS is offering the Brocade® 815 (single port) and Brocade 825 (dual ports) 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel to PCIe Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) to deliver a new level of server connectivity through unmatched hardware capabilities and unique software configurability.

This new class of HBAs is designed to help IT organizations deploy and manage true end-to-end SAN services across next-generation data centers.Brocade HBA Differentiators include:

Greater Performance and Scalability—Higher, power-efficient IOPS and bandwidth support dozens of simultaneous mission-critical workloads per physical HBA port.

Full Server Virtualization Mobility—End-to-end manageability features are extended from the fabric to virtual servers.

Enhanced Quality of Service (QoS)—Adaptive Networking solves QoS/congestion workload mobility issues. With 32 virtual channels, three priority levels (low/medium/high), and congestion flow control, Brocade HBAs bring dedicated bandwidth and guaranteed service levels for each virtual application even as those workloads migrate across multiple servers.

Security—Brocade industry-leading fabric reliability is extended to server connectivity. Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) authenticates devices to the SAN to prevent unauthorized access.

Unified SAN Management—A single tool simplifies HBA installation, configuration, and management, coupled with the simplicity of single-vendor server-to-SAN support that is tested and qualified to guarantee interoperability with Brocade HBAs and fabrics.

For more information on Hitachi Data Systems and Brocade, please call your GreenPages account executive at 800-989-2989.

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