Broadcom LPe31000 FC Host Bus Adapter
Emulex Gen 6 16GFC Single-Port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
Product Category
Broadcom LPe31000 FC Host Bus Adapter
Port Count
1
Port Speed
16GFC autosensing (16/8/4 GFC)
Host Interface
x8 PCIe 3.0 (backward compatible with PCIe 2.0)
Connector / Transceiver
Hot-pluggable SFP+ short wave optical (850 nm), LC connector
Product Description
The Broadcom Emulex LPe31000 is a single-port 16GFC Fibre Channel host bus adapter from the Emulex Gen 6 series, engineered to connect servers to Fibre Channel SANs with high performance and industry-leading reliability. Built on the Emulex XE501 (Engine 501) I/O controller and an eight-lane PCIe 3.0 host interface, the LPe31000 delivers up to 3,200 MB/s full-duplex throughput and over 1.6 million IOPS on its port, with the port field-upgradeable to full 32GFC performance using Broadcom-certified optics. The adapter autonegotiates 16GFC, 8GFC and 4GFC link speeds for seamless compatibility with existing SAN fabrics. FC-NVMe support runs alongside traditional SCSI FCP, while ExpressLane traffic prioritization, T10-PI data integrity and Forward Error Correction keep mission-critical, low-latency flash traffic protected and predictable. Managed through Emulex HBA Manager, the LPe31000 is backed by an industry-leading 10-million-hour field MTBF, making it a dependable single-port choice for virtualized and cloud-scale server storage connectivity.