Emulex LPe1250 Gen4 8GFC Single-Port PCIe2.0 Fibre Channel HBA Full English Datasheet

Basic Parameter Table

Core Product Features

1. Cost-optimized Gen4 single-port 8G Fibre Channel HBA, PCIe 2.0 x8 bus, delivers stable full 8Gbps bidirectional storage bandwidth for entry-level small SAN environments and legacy storage hardware replacement.
2. Fully compliant with FC-PI-4 Gen4 standard, backward interoperable with legacy 4G / 2G Fibre Channel SAN switches and storage arrays, ideal for low-budget legacy data center storage fabric refresh projects.
3. Single independent SFP+ transceiver cage, compatible with industry-standard 8G short-wave and long-wave FC optical transceivers to satisfy different fiber transmission distance requirements.
4. Fanless passive aluminum pin-fin heat sink design, eliminates fan failure risks, supporting 24/7 continuous stable operation inside low-density server racks with zero running noise.
5. Complete foundational enterprise storage feature set: T10 DIF/DIX end-to-end data integrity protection, multi-path I/O load balancing, NPIV virtual port technology, lightweight virtual machine I/O offload acceleration; fully compatible with Windows Server, Linux, VMware ESXi legacy and modern hypervisor versions.
6. Standard full-height metal mounting bracket, hot-plug supported, certified for all mainstream x86 enterprise server platforms.

Typical Application Scenarios

1. Entry-level small business SAN deployment: low IO file servers, backup tape library connections, test & development storage environments with strict cost control.
2. Legacy data center cost-saving hardware upgrade, replacing aging 4G HBAs to lift baseline IO throughput without heavy hardware investment.
3. Virtualization test labs, leveraging NPIV to allocate lightweight independent virtual storage ports for non-production virtual machines.
4. Not applicable for Ethernet TCP/IP networking; dedicated Fibre Channel optical transceivers are mandatory for storage fiber links.