The Emulex Gen 6 (16/32G) Fibre Channel (FC) Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) from Broadcom are designed to meet the demanding performance, reliability, and management requirements of modern networked storage systems that utilize high-performance, low-latency solid-state drives as well as disk storage arrays.

Fibre Channel is considered the gold standard for network connectivity in enterprise and cloud environments. The latest Emulex Gen 6 FC HBAs with dynamic multi-core architecture deliver higher performance, lower latency, enhanced diagnostics, and improved management, benefiting both 16GFC and 32GFC environments.

The unique Emulex dynamic multi-core architecture provides unparalleled performance and more efficient port utilization than other HBAs by applying all ASIC resources to each port as needed. Compared to the previous generation, the Emulex Gen 6 HBAs offer double the bandwidth—12,800 MBps (2 Ports 32GFC or 4 Ports 16GFC, full duplex), less than half the latency, and support industry-leading 1.6 million IOPS per adapter. The Quad-Port LPe32004 delivers up to 3.2 million IOPS per adapter.

The adapters are NVMe over Fabrics capable and offer 55% lower latency than SCSI while supporting NVMe over Fabrics and SCSI simultaneously.

The Emulex LPe31000 series HBAs are available with single, dual, or quad 16GFC optics, which can later be upgraded to 32GFC optics to fully leverage the Gen 6 FC technology. A second quad-port 16GFC model is available, featuring a flat design that provides the highest port density within a flat form factor.

The LPe32000 series is available with single, dual, or quad 32GFC optics.