QLogic Demonstrates HBA Technology

By DE Editors

QLogic Corp. (Aliso Viejo, CA) is demonstrating the integration of QLogic host bus adapter (HBA) technologies with the beta version of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, at Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2008 in Las Vegas, where the company also announced its immediate availability.

Attendees will be able to see how the QLogic HBAs, enabled for Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO), when combined with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, help increase performance by enabling users to optimize their SAN-attached virtual servers.

Real-time discovery of HBA alerts via PRO tips in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 and System Center Operations Manager 2007 help reduce complexity and increase efficiency by providing more real-time information to IT administrators to make better informed decisions about data center optimization.

By monitoring key performance optimization aspects of HBA ports, IT administrators can predict and isolate performance issues and alert users to invoke migration of virtual machines to balance server utilization loads.

At MMS 2008, QLogic will demonstrate the ability for its HBAs to monitor host adapter performance and operations, and generate HBA event alerts that can be propagated to System Center Virtual Machine Manager as PRO tips.

QLogic is a supplier in networking for storage and high performance computing (HPC) solutions, which include the controller chips, host adapters and fabric switches that are the backbone of storage networks for most Global 2000 corporations.

For more details, please contact QLogic Corporation.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.