Universal HBA Overview

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Oracle's Sun Storage 16 Gb Fibre Channel ExpressModule Universal HBA (part number 7101682) is a dual-port ExpressModule universal host bus adapter, which uses QLogic technology. The HBA is considered universal because it is a configurable board that enables you to change its operating protocol mode from a two-port 16 Gb Fibre Channel to a two-port 10 GbE Fibre Channel over Ethernet Converged Network Adapter. The universal HBA has four possible configurations:

10 GbE FCoE Copper – This configuration provides twin-ax copper cable connectivity and 10 GbE FCoE universal host bus adapter functionality. No optical modules are installed in, nor provided with, this configuration of the universal HBA.
16 Gb FC SW (shortwave) Optical – This configuration requires installing 16 Gb FC shortwave optical transceiver modules in the SFP+ connectors of the universal HBA, enabling 16 Gb Fibre Channel HBA functionality.
10 GbE FCoE SR (short-range) Optical – This configuration requires installing 10 GbE short-range optical transceiver modules in the SFP+ connectors of the universal HBA, enabling 10 GbE FCoE Converged Network Adapter functionality.
16 Gb FC LW (longwave) Optical – This configuration requires installing 16 Gb FC long-range optical transceiver modules in the SFP+ connectors of the universal HBA, enabling 16 Gb Fibre Channel HBA functionality.

The following image shows the Sun Storage 16 Gb FC ExpressModule Universal HBA:

image:Figure showing the universal HBA..