subject: Hp Ap769a: The Next Generation Hba [print this page] Ricom offers the consumers new as well as refurbished HP AP769A at a competitive price. This gen next host bus adapter is much more efficient in comparison to the 4 Gbps HBAs. This adapter is best suited or those business houses who are looking for SAN connectivity.
This new host bus driver provides much more efficient scalable server connectivity because of the presence of exclusive software configurability as well as compatible hardware capabilities. This adapter is provided with composite performance-power-price benefits along with the conventional I/Os Per Second (IOPS) that is the basic prerequisite for any of the data-intensive applications. This is one of the main reason because of which most business houses are opting for this particular HBA in the recent time. By installing this bus driver the efficiency of the system will definitely augment. This new category of HBA product has been categorically designed keeping in mind the need of the IT business houses for the management and deployment of uninterrupted Storage Area Network (SAN) services in the modern data centers. This adapter is provided with Brocade 815 which delivers twice the number of /Os Per Second (IOPS) along with the single-port 8 Gbit/sec PCIe Fibre Channel HBA which is present in most of the conventional HBAS. The prence f this features definitely boost the speed of the adapter and makes it much superior in comparison to its predecessors which definitely boost the performance of the system and supports enterprise-wide adoption.
The basic features of the products are as follows:
1. The HP AP769A is provided with a Single port 8Gb Fibre Channel PCIe HBA
2. This adapter supports a download and upload speed of 8 Gbps
3. Only a single channel is present in this bus adapter
4. The slot type that is supported by this particular adapter is PCIe to Fibre Channel
5. The main servers that are compatible with this adapter is HP ProLiant ML and DL platforms
6. The foremost array platforms that is compatible with this system are MSA2000fc models, EVA4000/4100/4400, EVA8000/8100 (Active/Active only) and EVA6000/6100
7. The operating systems in which this adapter runs smoothly are Microsoft Windows Server 2008, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 & 11 (x86, AMD64, EM64T), Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x86 and 64-bit Extended) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 & 11 (x86, AMD64, EM64T). Consumers are requested to check with the retailers of the products or HP regarding the Operating system that is compatible with the product purchased by you.
8. We also provide three year warranty on the different parts of the products. But as far as labor or onsite services are concerned no guarantee is provided on these two aspects.
The following things should be present in the carton once it gets delivered to our customers:
The HBA
The SFP
A bracket
All the documents related to the products like warrant card, vouchers etc.
In case you do not find these you should immediately contact our sales executives.
