Performance and Recommended Use of AB465A Combination 2-Port 2-Gb Fibre Channel / 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Cards

Performance Summary
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Performance Summary
The AB465A card provides excellent performance when used in accordance with the
recommendations in this paper. Figure 3 summarizes the performance results possible when
many different types of traffic combinations are used with the recommended models.
Figure 3
AB465A Performance Summary in rx4640
The graph shows the average sustained unidirectional throughput relative to link rate
measured on:
• Either 1 or 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports,
• Either 1 or 2 Fibre Channel ports, or
• A mix of 1 Fiber channel port and 1 Gigabit Ethernet port, or
• A mix of 2 Fiber channel ports and 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports.
The AB465A has excellent performance. Averages range from 73.7-99.8% of link rate on
the rx4640 system with different combinations of traffic types. The summary includes results
for all 4 ports running sustained simultaneous traffic!
Many of the different types of traffic combinations achieve link rate and will be discussed in
more detail later in the document.