NVMe over Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe)
High-Performance, low-latency access to SSD array
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NVM Express over Fibre Channel
Marvell QLogic adapters enable NVMe® over Fibre Channel
What is NVMe®?
NVM Express (NVMe®) is a new and innovative method of accessing storage media and has been capturing the imagination of data center professionals worldwide. NVMe is an alternative to the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) standard for connecting and transferring data between a host and a peripheral target storage device or system. SCSI became a standard in 1986, when hard disk drives (HDDs) and tape were the primary storage media. NVMe is designed for use with faster media, such as solid-state drives (SSDs) and post-flash memory-based technologies. NVMe provides a streamlined register interface and command set to reduce the I/O stack's CPU overhead by directly accessing the PCIe bus. Benefits of NVMe-based storage drives include lower latency, deep parallelism and higher performance.
What is NVME over Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe)?
Marvell QLogic adapters are enabling NVMe over Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe). With up to 25,600 MBps of aggregate line rate throughput, the QLogic 2700 Series Enhanced 32GFC & 32GFC and 2690 Series Enhanced 16GFC Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters offer high throughput and intelligent offloads that enable low-latency NVMe storage to scale out in the most efficient way possible, while simplifying design, reducing overhead and improving performance.
Next-generation data intensive workloads are utilizing low-latency NVMe flash-based storage to meet ever increasing user demand. By combining the lossless, highly deterministic nature of Fibre Channel with NVMe, FC-NVMe delivers the performance, application response time, and scalability needed for next-generation data centers, while leveraging existing Fibre Channel infrastructures.
Product Comparison Chart
| PRODUCT | TECHNOLOGY | NVME-OF SUPPORT | OS SUPPORT* | DOCUMENTATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2770 Series | Enhanced 32GFC | Yes, FC-NVMe | RHEL SLES VMware ESX |
Datasheet |
| 2740 Series | 32GFC | Yes, FC-NVMe | RHEL SLES VMware ESX |
Datasheet |
| 2690 Series | Enhanced 16GFC / Gen 5 | Yes, FC-NVMe | RHEL SLES VMware ESX |
Datasheet |
* Please refer to User Guide and Software Download for more specific OS releases that support FC-NVMe.
Documentation
Overview of Gen 6 (32Gb) Fibre Channel (FC) & QLogic 2700 Series HBAs
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