Overview
Are you looking for an upgrade path to improve Storage Area Network performance for your ProLiant servers? The HPE SN1610Q 32Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) provides significant I/O performance and security benefits over existing 16 Gb SAN solutions. Even if the SN1610 is introduced into a new ProLiant server, the Fibre Channel standard enables backward compatibility to 16 Gb infrastructure. Additionally, the HPE SN1610Q 32Gb Fibre Channel HBA is forward compatible to 64 Gb and future speeds. The exponential effect of newer servers and infrastructure helps accelerate databases, host more virtual machines, support emerging technologies such as NVMe, and reduce total cost of ownership. The HBA delivers better business outcomes across multiple industry verticals that rely on high-performance, data-intensive, and reliable connectivity from servers to storage.
  • HPE SN1610Q 32Gb Fibre Channel HBA offers higher bandwidth than older HBAs to allow for faster travel from source to destination targets.
  • Fibre Channel is designed to support block-based data structures found in most databases and their associated applications — enterprise resource planning (ERP), reservation systems, financial and insurance, medical, and large virtual server deployments.
  • Migrating from 16 Gb HBAs reduces cabling and power consumption while improving overall performance.
  • Designed to only transmit data to other Fibre Channel devices on a SAN, the protocol excludes IP addresses removing access from outside entities and vulnerabilities.
32 Gb High Performance Bandwidth, Lower Latency, and Higher Number of I/Os Performance up to 2 million IOPS. Database and Data-Intensive Applications Improved Performance with Fibre Channel The newer NVMe protocol strips away many of the older, unused SCSI commands and builds a more memory-friendly protocol (think storage arrays with SSDs) offering much lower latency and quicker responses to data transactions. Lower Total Cost of Ownership and Investment Protection SAN design supports two generations forward compatibility: 32 Gb HBA today would function properly with 64 Gb and 128 Gb components in the future. Future deployments could place high I/O functions on faster-performing products while leaving-lower performing functions on lower-performing products. Fibre Channel Remains the Most Secure Protocol for Transporting Data Hardware root of trust is built into the HPE SN1610Q 32Gb Fibre Channel HBA  that prevents unsigned firmware from being downloaded into the adapter making sure that only secure firmware is downloaded.