A6826A - PCI-X Dual port 2Gb/s Fibre Channel Adapter Performance Paper for PCI Platforms

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Test configuration

The test configuration consists of 8-way (750 MHz) rp8400 with 8 GB of System memory and four A6826A HBAs.

Two HBAs were connected to HP 2Gb/s Fibre Channel switches and the other two were connected to another HP

2Gb/s Fibre Channel switch. Sixteen HP DS2405 were evenly connected to the two switches. The switches were

zoned so that each port of A6828A could see 2 DS2405.

Similar test setup was used to collect performance data on Superdome, rp8700 and rp5450.

Single CPU system configuration was to obtain IOPS and throughput results. Additional CPUs were added to study the

scalability of A6826A on rp7400, rp8400 and Superdome.

test setup

Additional Information

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