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Green PCIe card with four LC fibre ports on a metal bracket

QLogic Corp.

QLogic Corp. QLE2694Product 16Gbps Quad-Port Fibre Channel Network Card

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Quad-port 16 Gbps Fibre Channel adapter delivers up to 650K IOPS per port with full hardware offloads for low CPU usage

  • Quad-port design connects four 16 Gbps Fibre Channel links from a single slot
  • Up to 650 K IOPS per port accelerates storage workloads with low CPU overhead
  • 3 W per port reduces power draw in dense server deployments
  • Enhanced Gen 5 architecture delivers native 16 Gbps performance without oversubscription
  • StorFusion technology simplifies provisioning and enforces Quality of Service for reliable throughput

Quad-Port 16Gbps Fibre Channel Adapter

The QLogic QLE2694Product is a new Enhanced Gen 5 network interface card with four 16Gbps Fibre Channel ports. It connects to a host via PCI Express and uses full hardware offloads to keep CPU usage extremely low. The card delivers up to 650K IOPS per port while consuming only 3W per port. StorFusion technology provides streamlined provisioning, guaranteed QoS and improved resiliency for storage networks.

Upgrade From Dual-Port Or Slower HBAs

This quad-port adapter replaces dual-port 16Gbps cards or older 8Gbps HBAs when a server needs more simultaneous fabric connections. The jump is worth it when consolidation reduces slot count and cabling while raising aggregate throughput. Enhanced Gen 5 architecture raises per-port IOPS without increasing the power envelope, so the same thermal budget supports twice the port density.

Suits Dense Storage Clusters.

The card suits database clusters, virtualisation hosts and backup targets that need four independent 16Gbps links in one slot. Buyers who need only one or two Fibre Channel connections, or who require a different interconnect such as Ethernet or InfiniBand, should look at other adapter types.

Highlights

  • Quad-port design connects four 16 Gbps Fibre Channel links from a single slot
  • Up to 650 K IOPS per port accelerates storage workloads with low CPU overhead
  • 3 W per port reduces power draw in dense server deployments
  • Enhanced Gen 5 architecture delivers native 16 Gbps performance without oversubscription
  • StorFusion technology simplifies provisioning and enforces Quality of Service for reliable throughput

Specifications

BrandQLogic

Questions about this item

Will the standard-height QLE2694 bracket fit a full-height PCIe slot?

The QLE2694 ships in a standard-height form factor designed for full-height PCIe slots; a low-profile QLE2694L variant exists for small-form-factor chassis.

Which driver step is most often missed when installing the quad-port 16Gbps adapter?

Install the QLogic StorFusion driver package before connecting cables; without it the four ports appear as unmanaged interfaces and QoS provisioning will not activate.

When should the SFP+ transceivers on the four ports be replaced?

Replace a transceiver if link errors climb above baseline or after a confirmed port failure; each port draws 3W so a faulty module can raise total adapter thermals.

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