1G to 100G Ethernet
1/10/25/40/100 GbE, up to 14.88 Mpps at 100G, TCP, UDP, iSCSI and RDMA offloads, PCIe x4/x8/x16, LACP and VLAN support.
Connect every data path with confidence.
Qualified NICs, HBAs, HCAs and RAID controllers provide resilient, low-latency links across server, storage and accelerated computing environments.
Network & Storage I/ONetwork interface cards Host bus adapters RAID controllers HCA & fabric options
Purpose-built adapters for every enterprise fabric.
I/O performance depends on the complete path: adapter, slot bandwidth, optics, cabling, switch configuration, drivers and operating system. SmartComm qualifies that path end to end for predictable throughput, redundancy and maintainability.
Connect compute, storage and clusters
- High-speed Ethernet
- Fibre Channel SAN
- InfiniBand fabrics
- Hardware RAID
- Link bonding and failover
- NVMe over Fabrics
Technical specifications
Storage fabric access
Fibre Channel at 8/16/32G or SAS at 6/12 Gb/s, with one to four ports and multipath failover for resilient storage access.
Protected local storage
RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, battery-backed write cache, AES encryption and up to 72-hour cache protection during power interruption.
Low-latency communication
RDMA-capable Ethernet and InfiniBand adapters for tightly coupled HPC, GPU clusters and NVMe-oF storage architectures.
Selection and configuration guidance
Confirm protocol, port speed, media type, PCIe lane availability, operating system support and redundancy model before selecting the adapter.
| Requirement | Adapter direction | Configuration focus |
|---|---|---|
| Application and storage LAN | 10/25/40/100G NIC | RDMA and iSCSI offload, dual-port bonding, VLANs and switch compatibility. |
| Shared enterprise SAN | 16/32G FC HBA | Dual-fabric multipathing, validated optics and failover policy. |
| AI / HPC fabric | 100G RDMA NIC or InfiniBand HCA | Low latency, topology, GPU direct paths and congestion management. |
| Protected local disks | Hardware RAID controller | RAID level, write cache protection, drive count and rebuild performance. |
Fabric positioning
The right protocol for the path
Ethernet provides flexible, converged connectivity; Fibre Channel offers mature lossless SAN operation; InfiniBand targets tightly coupled low-latency clusters; and hardware RAID protects local storage independently of the host CPU. Bonding and multipathing should eliminate single links, while NVMe-oF extends flash performance across the network.