HPE SN1600E 32GB Single Port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter P31338-001 Q0L11A

HPE SN1600E 32Gb 1-Port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter

The HPE SN1600E (Option SKU: Q0L11A, Spare P/N: P31338-001 / Alternate Spare: 869999-001, Board P/N: Q0L11-63002) is an enterprise-class, Generation 6 (Gen 6) 32 Gbps Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA). Developed in partnership with Emulex (Broadcom), this single-port adapter connects high-density rack servers to modern flash-storage arrays and enterprise Storage Area Networks (SANs).

Engineered with PCIe 4.0 hardware readiness, the SN1600E delivers double the bandwidth of legacy 16 Gb HBAs. It provides ultra-low latency, higher I/O operations per second (IOPS), and severe reduction in CPU overhead, making it ideal for data-intensive workloads such as large-scale server virtualization, cloud architecture, and mission-critical databases.

Key Features & Capabilities

• Next-Gen Gen 6 Storage Pipeline: Delivers line-rate 32 Gbps performance on a single port, offering up to 3,200 MBps bandwidth to eliminate data processing bottlenecks in high-density virtualized storage fabrics.

• Dual Protocol Support (FC-SCSI & FC-NVMe): Simultaneously runs standard Fibre Channel SCSI and modern NVMe over Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe) protocols. This allows enterprise data centers to effortlessly transition into faster, memory-driven flash storage arrays over existing SAN networks.

• Hardware-Offloaded Data Integrity (T10-PI): Features T10 Protection Information (T10-PI) with hardware-offload acceleration. It verifies blocks of data end-to-end to prevent silent data corruption as information travels between host applications and the storage system.

• Enhanced Silicon Security: Incorporates advanced hardware-level cryptographic signatures. Factory-installed certificates allow the adapter to perform Secure Boot processes, ensuring that only trusted, uncorrupted firmware runs on the device.

• Deep Virtualization & QoS: Maximizes virtual machine scalability via N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) and Class Specific Control (CS_CTL), which allocates custom quality of service (QoS) and prioritized bandwidth boundaries at individual LUN or VM layers.

• Active Health System Integration: Directly integrates with HPE ProLiant Active Health System (AHS) and iLO management consoles, allowing storage engineers to track adapter diagnostics, errors, and link status instantly.

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