Emulex Gen7 LPe35002-M2 Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Product Introduction

1. Product Overview

          Emulex LPe35002-M2 is the seventh generation (Gen7) 64Gb Fiber Channel (64GFC) dual port HBA launched by Broadcom (formerly Emulex), designed specifically for high-performance enterprise storage, virtualization, cloud, and critical business applications. As the flagship fiber channel adapter of Emulex, it provides ultra-low latency, ultra-high throughput, and advanced data protection capabilities, suitable for modern data centers and ultra large scale storage environments.

2. Key characteristics

(1) Ultra high performance

          64Gb/s Fiber Channel (64GFC), compatible with 32GFC, 16GFC, and 8GFC, ensuring backward compatibility.

          PCIe 4.0 x8 interface provides 128Gbps (bidirectional) bandwidth to meet high throughput requirements such as NVMe over FC (NVMe f).

          Ultra low latency (sub microsecond level), suitable for high-frequency trading (HFT), AI/ML, and large-scale databases such as Oracle Exadata.

(2) Enterprise level reliability

          End to end T10 PI (protection information) to prevent silent data corruption.

Dynamic link failover (DLOFA) and multi-path I/O (MPIO) support ensure high availability.

         Hot plug and hot upgrade, supporting online firmware updates to reduce downtime.

(3) Virtualization&Cloud Optimization

          NPIV（N_Port ID Virtualization）， Supports over 1000 virtual ports, suitable for VMware HANA, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Kubernetes (K8s CSI).

         NVMe over FC (NVMe f) native support accelerates all flash storage (such as Pure Storage, Dell PowerStore).

         Low profile PCIe card, suitable for 1U/2U high-density servers such as HPE ProLiant and Dell PowerEdge.

3. Technical specifications

Project specifications

         Interface standard PCIe 4.0 x8 (compatible with PCIe 3.0)

         Fiber Channel speed 64GFC (compatible with 32GFC/16GFC/8GFC)

         Number of ports: Dual port SFP56 (supporting 64GFC optical modules)

         The protocol supports FC-PI-7, FCP (SCSI), NVMe over FC (NVMe f), FICON (optional for mainframe)

           Maximum throughput 12.8GB/s (bidirectional)

          IOPS performance exceeds 3000000 IOPS (random 4K reads)

         The operating system supports VMware iPadOS, Linux (RHEL/SLES/Ubuntu), Windows Server, Solaris

        Management tools Emulex OneCommand Manager, Broadcom Storage Authority

Low profile PCIe with full height bezel

4. Typical application scenarios

(1) Ultra high performance storage (all flash&NVMe)

           Connect all flash arrays such as Dell EMC PowerMax, Pure Storage FlashArray, NetApp AFF, etc.

           Support NVMe over FC to accelerate critical business databases such as Oracle Exadata and SAP HANA.

(2) Virtualization&Private Cloud

           Optimize the storage performance of VMware vSAN, Nutanix AHV, and Microsoft Azure Stack HCI.

           Suitable for Kubernetes CSI (Container Storage Interface), improving cloud native application I/O efficiency.

(3) AI/ML&Big Data Analytics

            Provide high bandwidth, low latency storage access for AI training (such as TensorFlow, PyTorch).

Accelerate data processing for big data frameworks such as Hadoop and Spark.

(4) Finance&High Frequency Trading (HFT)

            Submicrosecond level latency, suitable for critical tasks such as securities trading and real-time risk calculation.

5. Compatibility&Certification

            Server certification: HPE ProLiant (- M2 optimized for HPE) Dell PowerEdge、Lenovo ThinkSystem、Cisco UCS。

             Storage certifications: Dell EMC, NetApp, IBM FlashSystem, Hitachi VSP series.

             Industry standards: FCIA (Fiber Channel Industry Association), SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association), PCI-SIG (PCIe 4.0 certification).