Performance and Recommended Use of AD222A, AD393A, and AD221A PCIe Combination 4-Gbit/s Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet Cards

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Introduction
This article highlights the excellent performance and high availability of HP’s first
generation of PCI Express
®
based multifunction cards AD221A, AD222A and AD393A.
The AD222A (Figure 1) combines 2-ports for 4-Gbit/s Fibre Channel mass storage and 2
ports for Gigabit Ethernet (Copper) networking. The AD393A (Figure 2) combines 2 ports
for 4-Gbit/s Fibre Channel mass storage and 2 ports for Gigabit Ethernet (Fiber)
networking. The AD221A (Figure 3) combines 1-port for 4-Gbit/s Fibre Channel mass
storage and 1 port for Gigabit Ethernet (Copper) networking. Performance numbers for
the AD221A are equivalent to single port numbers for the AD222A. Performance numbers
for the AD393A are equivalent to AD222A. Please refer to table 1 for details on the PCI
Express based multifunction cards.
Table 1 Product Details
Product Number Fibre Channel Ports Number of Ethernet Ports
AD221A 1 Port 4-Gbit/s 1 Port 1000BT
AD222A 2 Port 4-Gbit/s 2 Ports 1000BT
AD393A 2 Port 4-Gbit/s 2 Ports 1000SX
This article also provides suggestions based on the performance and technology that will
help you to optimize the use of these products.
Figure 1: AD222A HP PCIe 2p 4-Gbit/s FC and 2p 1000BT Adptr