QuickSpecs
HPE 16Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter QuickSpecs
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The HPE 16Gb Host Bus Adapters are designed to support ProLiant Servers with PCI-Express I/O slots to connect to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Storage Arrays using the 16/8/4 Gb Fibre Channel protocol.
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The HPE 16Gb Host Bus Adapters bring data center infrastructure components to a higher level of performance and efficiency with the ability to deliver twice the I/O performance of 8Gb HBAs at lower latency. A 16Gb FC HBA purchased today is backward compatible with 8 Gb and 4 Gb storage networks and will protect future investments. When using storage intensive applications, such as backup/restore, database transactions, virtualization, and rich media, the increased performance of the 16 Gb infrastructure enables more rapid storage and retrieval of critical information. Designed for environments with greater virtual machine density and bandwidth requirements, the 16Gb HBAs enable more applications and VMs to run on a single host server and Fibre Channel port, resulting in reduced cabling and a higher return on IT investment. The four port adapters are specially designed for PCIe slot constrained servers which run workloads that demand extremely high storage networking bandwidth.
What's New
- − FC-NVMe support in Windows, VMware and Linux OSes operating systems.
Models | |
| Single Port | |
| SN1200E Single Port | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE SN1200E 16Gb Single Port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter | Q0L13A |
| SN1100Q Single Port | |
| HPE SN1100Q 16Gb Single Port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter | P9D93A |
| Dual Port | |
| SN1200E Dual Port | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE SN1200E 16Gb Dual Port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter | Q0L14A |
| SN1100Q Dual Port | |
| HPE SN1100Q 16Gb Dual Port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter | P9D94A |
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Key Features and Benefits
Performance
Delivers, up to three times the IOPS*, twice the data throughput (MB/s) and cuts latency by half compared to 8Gb FC HBAs
Best Fibre Channel IOPS, latency and throughput performance enables increased application and database transactions per second, enables faster large block transfers and increases the number of VMs that can be supported per server.
Notes: * The HPE SN1200E delivers up to 1.6 million IOPS on a single port or in aggregate across both ports
Support for greater Server Virtualization
Ideal for high density server virtualization environments
Enables more applications and VMs to run on a single server and Fibre Channel port, resulting in reduced cabling and a higher return on IT investment.
Provides HPE ProLiant Connectivity to HPE Storage And Network
Robust interoperability testing
- − Provides an HPE-branded HBA solution which has undergone extensive HPE interoperability testing for connecting HPE ProLiant servers into HPE Storage and networking environments.
- − Optimal for connecting to The HPE 16Gb FC edge/core network switches.
Smart SAN support
Smart SAN is a protocol agnostic application embedded in SAN components that enables SCSI-attached Alletra/Primera/3PAR to orchestrate configuration, settings and policies in a SAN. HPE Smart SAN’s Target Driven Zoning enables you to configure zones accurately in minutes and not in hours and its automatic discovery mechanism creates a powerful platform which would enable real-time diagnostics with self-healing in the near future.
Express Lane prioritization
The SN1200E enables I/O prioritization of physical or virtual server to a LUN or a group of LUNs ensuring priority delivery in high-traffic or congested storage networks. Managed with the Emulex OneCommand management software downloadable from HPE Software Downloads
NVMe over Fibre Channel
The SN1200E & SN1100Q 16Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters are NVMe-enabled to support emerging NVM Express (NVMe) over Fibre Channel storage networks.
- − FC-NVMe support in Windows Server 2016 / 2019 with Native Multipathing (Asymmetric namespace access (ANA)) and Boot from SAN (BFS) for SN1100Q adapter
- − FC-NVMe support for ESX 7.0 U1, RHEL 8.3, RHEL 7.9, SLES 15 SP2 for SN1100Q adapter
- − Supports FC-NVMe-2 Sequence Level Error Recovery (SLER)
Active Health System
All HPE 16Gb Fibre Channel adapters support HPE ProLiant Active Health System integration. This helps administrators accurately troubleshoot and resolves problem within the server faster.
Secure Firmware download
The SN1200E delivers enhanced security via the new secure firmware update feature which protects and ensures the authenticity of device firmware.
Forward error correction (FEC)
FEC is enabled and improved at 16Gb as required by the FC Specification, automatically correcting transmission errors and improving network performance and resiliency.
Universal SAN Congestion Mitigation (UCSM)
USCM support (Fabric Performance Impact Notifications, FPIN) for SN1100Q adapter in the following tools & OS distros:
- − QCC CLI, ESX CLI, Windows / Linux / ESX drivers
- − USCM I/O Throttling mitigation support.
Link cable beaconing (LCB)
LED beaconing for ports on both ends of a physical link simplifies cable identification and management.
D-Port Diagnostics
Quickly run automated diagnostic tests in a single step, across multiple adapters, servers, and fabric components to assess connectivity. Optics and cable problems are identified and resolved.
FDMI
Quickly check connectivity to SAN devices and query the switch management server for in-depth details on connected devices.
Read Diagnostic Parameters (RDP)
Identify the source of network and media errors like cyclic redundancy check (CRC) and loss of sync (LOS) by remotely accessing diagnostic information from anywhere in the fabric.
Fabric-assigned Port Worldwide Name (FA_WWN)
Using SN1100Q & SN1200E administrators can preconfigure WWN settings at the switch port allowing the Fibre Channel adapter to acquire port WWN address from the Gen 5 16 Gb or Gen 6 32 GFC fabric. This allows SAN administrator to configure SAN zoning without need for servers to be present.
Buffer-to-Buffer Credit Recovery (BB_CR)
The SN1100Q enhances performance and resiliency by automatically recovering buffer credits, which can be lost on long distance and lossy connections with the potential to stall I/O or degrade performance.
Virtual Machine ID (VM-ID)
The SN1100Q enables System/SAN administrators to monitor FC traffic from VM to LUN
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Warranty
3-0-0 Three-year parts exchange warranty. Additional warranty protection can be purchased.
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| | P9D93A | P9D94A | Q0L13A | Q0L14A |
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| Number of channels | Single | Dual | Single | Dual |
| Port Speed | 16 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 16Gbps | 16Gbps |
| Slot type supported | PCI Express 3.0 to Fibre Channel | |||
| OS Supported Notes: Always refer to the HPE Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge for HPE Storage Products at: http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock for specific product support information and specific OS versions supported. | ||||
| Windows Server 2019/2016/ 2012 / 2012 R2 & Hyper-V | x64 | x64 | x64 | x64 |
| RHEL 8.x, 7.x, 6.x | x64 | x64 | x64 | x64 |
| VMware ESX/ESXi 7.0,6.7,6.5,6.0,5.5 | x64 | x64 | x64 | x64 |
| SLES 15.x,12.x, 11.x | x64 | x64 | x64 | x64 |
| Servers Supported | Select HPE ProLiant & Apollo Gen10 and above platforms Notes: Refer to server Quick Specs for details regarding supported options. | |||
| Array Platforms Supported | Refer to http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock for specific product support information | |||
| What's Included in the Box? | 16 Gbps HBA with standard bracket, one 16 Gbps SFP+, low-profile bracket, documentation | 16 Gbps HBA with standard bracket, two 16 Gbps SFP+, low-profile bracket, documentation | 16 Gbps HBA with standard bracket, one 16 Gbps SFP+, low-profile bracket, documentation | 16 Gbps HBA with standard bracket, two 16 Gbps SFP+, low-profile bracket, documentation |
| Environmental - Operating Temperature | 32º F to 113º F (0º C to 45º C) | 32º F to 131º F (0º C to 55º C) | ||
| Environmental - Storage Temperature | -40º F to 158º F (-40º C to 70º C) | -4º F to 158º F (-20º C to 70º C) | ||
| Environmental - Relative Humidity - Operating | 15% to 80% RH at 40º C (non-condensing) | 10% to 90% RH at 40º C (non-condensing) | ||
| Product Dimensions (W x D x H) | 6.59 x 0.49 x 4.4 in (12.34x167.51x111.15mm) | 6.63 x 0.63 in. (119 x 168 x 16mm) | ||
| Media | Multi-mode Optic (SFP+) | Multi-mode Optic (SFP+) | ||
| Connector | Short wave laser with LC type connector | Short wave laser with LC type connector | ||
| PCIe Connector | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |||
| Auto-negotiation | 16/8/4 Gbps | |||
| Brackets | Shipped with both ½ height and full-height brackets | |||
| Date | Version History | Action | Description of Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2026 | Changed | HPE Rebranding applied | |
| 13-Nov-2023 | Changed | HPE Services Rebranding | |
| 10-Jan-2022 | Changed | Corrected NVMe information | |
| 07-Sep-2021 | Changed | Added UCSM and removed some of the deprecated features | |
| 04-May-2021 | Changed | Removed OBS products and added FC-NVMe OS information | |
| 03-Aug-2020 | Changed | QuickSpecs layout was updated and Branding Refresh was applied. | |
| 15-Jun-2020 | Changed | Overview and Technical Specification sections were updated | |
| 06-Apr-2020 | Changed | QuickSpecs layout was updated | |
| 07-Aug-2017 | Changed | Feature changes and Gen10 support | |
| 08-May-2017 | Changed | Changed Environmental data for SN1200E cards | |
| 17-Feb-2017 | Changed | Feature and table of specifications are cleaned up with latest information | |
| 28-Nov-2016 | Changed | Added Information on SN1200E 16Gb Single port and Dual Port adapters | |
| 07-Jun-2016 | Changed | Changes made throughout the QuickSpecs | |
| 31-Mar-2016 | Changed | Changes made throughout the QuickSpecs | |
| 17-Oct-2014 | Changed | Removed the SN1000 from the name, Update the Technical Specifications section table. | |
| 09-May-2014 | Changed | Operate and Support and Basic Care were revised. | |
| 28-Mar-2014 | Changed | PCIe Connector was revised in Technical Specifications. | |
| 14-Feb-2014 | Removed | SN1000E Single Port and SN1000E Dual Port were removed. | |
| 20-Sep-2013 | Changed | Changes made to the following Sections; Overview, Models and Technical Specifications | |
| 19-Aug-2013 | Changed | QuickSpecs layout was updated | |
| 04-Dec-2012 | Changed | Changes made throughout the QuickSpecs. Note that the title has changed. | |
| 18-Jun-2012 | Changed | QuickSpecs layout was updated | |
| 13-Feb-2012 | New | New QuickSpecs |
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