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- In Stock: 1
- Manufacturer: IBM
- Model or Part: 49Y4234
- Condition: Refurbished
- Weight: 3.00lb
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Overview
The IBM Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter (model 49Y4234) is a high-performance network interface designed to deliver seamless connectivity in virtualized data center environments. Engineered with advanced fabric management capabilities, this adapter enables multiple virtual machines to share a single physical port while maintaining isolation, low latency and predictable bandwidth.
Key Features
- Support for up to 8 virtual fabrics per physical adapter
- Hardware offload of TCP/IP, iSCSI and RDMA processing
- Low latency architecture optimized for high-performance computing workloads
- Dynamic bandwidth allocation based on real-time traffic patterns
- Integrated diagnostics and health monitoring via IBM management tools
- Compatibility with major hypervisors including VMware, Hyper-V and KVM
Technical Specifications
- Form factor: PCIe Gen3 x8
- Maximum throughput: 25 Gbps per port
- Supported protocols: Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), iSCSI, RoCE
- Number of virtual fabrics: up to 8 per adapter
- Operating temperature: 0 to 40 degrees Celsius
- Power consumption: typical 12 Watts
- Firmware upgradeable via IBM System x tools
Applications
The Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter is ideal for:
- Virtualized server farms requiring high bandwidth and low latency
- Enterprise storage arrays that use iSCSI or FCoE over Ethernet
- High-performance computing clusters with demanding RDMA workloads
- Cloud service providers needing efficient resource isolation across tenants
- Financial trading platforms where microsecond response times are critical
By integrating the IBM Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter into your infrastructure, you gain flexible network segmentation, improved utilization of physical ports and a robust foundation for next-generation virtualized workloads.