DCFM Enterprise User Manual (53-1001775-01, June 2010)

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HCM features
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Host bus adapters
Brocade offers five models of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). These models provide
reliable, high-performance host connectivity for mission-critical SAN environments. The Brocade
HBAs are listed in Table 18.
Using Brocade HBAs, you can connect your server (host system) to devices on the Fibre Channel
SAN. The combined high performance and proven reliability of a single-ASIC design makes these
HBAs ideal for connecting hosts to SAN fabrics based on Brocade Fabric or M-Enterprise operating
systems.
NOTE
The Brocade 804 mezzanine card and Brocade 1007 CNA expansion card connects to the
embedded switch modules or embedded interconnect modules on the Blade System chassis by way
of an internal backplane and, therefore, no optical modules (SFPs) are involved. With the exception
of no SFPs, the Brocade 804 mezzanine FC HBA card and Brocade 1007 CNA expansion card
functions the same as the other Brocade adapters.
TABLE 18 Brocade Fibre Channel HBA models
Model Number Description Number of Ports
Brocade 804 Dual-port mezzanine HBA with a per-port maximum of 8
Gbps. This HBA installs in server blades that install in
supported blade system enclosures.
2
Brocade 825 Dual-port stand-up HBA with a per-port maximum of 8
Gbps using a 8 Gbps SFP+.
1
2
Brocade 815 Single-port stand-up HBA with a per-port maximum of 4
Gbps using a 4 Gbps SFP+.
1
1
Brocade 425 Dual-port stand-up HBA with a per-port maximum of 4
Gbps using a 4 Gbps SFP.
2
2
Brocade 415 Single-port stand-up HBA with a per-port maximum of 4
Gbps using a 4 Gbps SFP.
2
1
1
A 4 Gbps SFP installed in Brocade 815 or 825 HBAs allows 4, 2, or 1 Gbps speed only.
2
An 8 Gbps SFP+ installed in Brocade 425 or 415 HBAs allows 2 or 4 Gbps speed only.