Dell Emulex LPE35000 Single Port PCIe 4.0 32G/64G LP Fibre Channel HBA 65FDT

Dell Emulex LPe35000 Single-Port PCIe 4.0 32Gb/64Gb Fibre Channel HBA

The Dell Part Number 65FDT (Alternate P/N: VRFYM / Base Model: LPe35000-M2-D) is an enterprise-class, Generation 7 (Gen 7) Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA). Utilizing high-speed PCIe 4.0 x8 bus bandwidth and built on advanced Broadcom/Emulex XE601 controller architecture, this single-port adapter is optimized for modern flash-storage arrays, low-latency NVMe over Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe) networks, and virtualized enterprise server clusters.

This specific option features a pre-installed Low-Profile (LP) mounting bracket, making it a perfect fit for dense 1U/2U Dell PowerEdge rack servers requiring massive I/O performance in thin slot form factors.

Key Features & Capabilities

• Unmatched Port Performance: Capable of executing up to 5 million IOPS on a single port, drastically minimizing queuing delays and maximizing efficiency for All-Flash Arrays (AFAs).

• Dual-Protocol Concurrent Storage: Seamlessly supports both traditional Fibre Channel SCSI (FC-SCSI) and modern FC-NVMe protocols simultaneously, enabling progressive, risk-free migrations to flash storage.

• Emulex Dynamic Multi-Core Architecture: Dynamically allocates internal ASIC computing resources to active queues based on real-time traffic demand, providing linear performance scaling and preventing sub-port bottlenecks.

• Silicon Root of Trust & Secure Boot: Embedded firmware-level validation matches Dell hardware security standards, utilizing authentic factory certificates to block unauthorized, corrupt, or malicious code injections at the hardware level.

• Full Forward Compatibility: While primarily a state-of-the-art 32GFC/64GFC ready adapter, it automatically negotiates data link speeds backward to 16GFC and 8GFC structures to maintain investment protection for older SAN infrastructures.

Technical Specifications