product overview

            The Emulex LPe12000 series is a high-performance 8Gb/s fiber channel host bus adapter designed specifically for enterprise storage area networks (SANs). This series of products adopts PCI Express 2.0 interface, providing excellent I/O performance and reliability, suitable for virtualization environments, critical business applications, and high-performance computing scenarios.

            As an Emulex LightPulse ® The LPe12000 series, an important member of the series, includes single port (LPe12000) and dual port (LPe12002) models to meet storage connectivity needs of different scales.

Key features and advantages

1. Excellent performance

            Supports 8Gb/s full duplex fiber channel (compatible with 4Gb/s and 2Gb/s)

Provide a total bandwidth of up to 1600MB/s (dual port model)

Adopting the fifth generation Emulex architecture significantly reduces CPU overhead

2. Enterprise level reliability

            Hardware level error detection and correction (ECC) function

           Support multi-path I/O (MPIO) and link redundancy

            99.999% availability design to meet critical business needs

3. Virtualization optimization

           Fully supports NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization)

          Optimization for virtualization platforms such as VMware and Hyper-V

           Support direct storage access for virtual machines

4. Advanced management functions

          Emulex OneCommand Manager centralized management

          Support SNMP/REST API integration

          Built in Beacon diagnostic indicator light

5. Green and energy-saving design

           Dynamic Power Management Technology

           Compliant with Energy Star and RoHS standards

            technical specifications

           Parameter specifications

           Interface standard 8Gb FC (compatible with 4Gb/2Gb)

           Host interface PCIe 2.0 x8

          Port configuration single port (LPe12000)/dual port (LPe12002)

          The protocol supports FC-PI-4, FCP-4, SCSI-3

          Maximum bandwidth 800MB/s (single port)/1600MB/s (dual port)

         Typical latency<2 microseconds

         The operating system supports Windows Server, Linux, VMware iPadOS, Solaris, HP-UX

          Management tool OneCommand Manager, HBA Anywhere

          Power consumption<12W (single port)/15W (dual port)

         Active heat dissipation method (with optimized heat sink)

        Application scenarios

       Enterprise virtualization platform

        VMware Herpes storage connectivity

        Microsoft Hyper-V SAN Access

        mission critical system

         Oracle RAC database

        SAP HANA high-performance storage

         Cloud computing infrastructure

         Private cloud storage network

        Hybrid cloud storage gateway

        high performance computing

        Research data analysis and storage

        Financial trading system

        Enterprise level storage connectivity

        EMC Symmetrix/VMAX

        NetApp FAS series

         HPE 3PAR Storage System

          Product series

         Main characteristics of the number of model ports

         LPe12000 Single Port Basic 8Gb FC Connection Solution

         LPe12002 dual port high availability redundant connection

         LPe12000-M6 single port optimized for IBM systems

         LPe12002-E6 Dual Port Enhanced Enterprise Edition