Broadcom Emulex LPe38000 Series 64GFC Fibre Channel HBA

The Broadcom Emulex LPe38000 Series 64GFC Fibre Channel HBA represents the latest generation of host bus adapter technology, delivering 64 Gigafibre Channel (64GFC) connectivity for demanding enterprise storage environments. The LPe38002-M2 is a dual-port, PCIe Gen 4 adapter engineered to deliver the highest throughput and lowest latency available in the 64GFC class, supporting auto-negotiation across 64G, 32G, and 16G FC link speeds to ensure seamless interoperability with existing and next-generation SAN infrastructure.

Built on Broadcom's purpose-designed Fibre Channel ASIC, the LPe38002-M2 offloads storage I/O processing from the host CPU, reducing latency and freeing server resources for compute-intensive workloads including AI/ML training pipelines, high-performance databases, and virtualised enterprise applications. The adapter integrates a full suite of enterprise-class features including hardware-accelerated encryption, end-to-end T10-DIF data integrity, and support for NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualisation), enabling flexible multi-tenant SAN environments. Low-profile and full-height bracket options are included, accommodating diverse server form factors across modern hyperscale and enterprise datacenter deployments.

The LPe38002-M2 is qualified and supported across major server platforms and operating systems including VMware vSphere, Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Oracle Linux. Broadcom's OneCommand Manager enterprise suite provides centralised adapter management, diagnostics, and firmware lifecycle management, making the LPe38000 Series a well-suited choice for IT organisations standardising storage connectivity across large-scale datacenter, AI infrastructure, and cloud-adjacent environments in UAE, GCC, EMEA, and APAC regions.

Ideal for

• High-performance SAN connectivity for enterprise all-flash storage arrays requiring maximum throughput and sub-microsecond latency
• AI and machine learning infrastructure where GPU clusters demand sustained, low-latency access to large training datasets stored on Fibre Channel SANs
• Virtualised datacenter environments using VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V requiring NPIV support for multi-tenant SAN zoning and VM-level storage isolation
• Mission-critical Oracle, SAP HANA, and Microsoft SQL Server database deployments dependent on deterministic, high-IOPS block storage access
• Enterprise backup and disaster recovery architectures utilising FC-connected tape libraries or secondary all-flash arrays for rapid recovery point objectives
• Large-scale hyperconverged and hybrid cloud deployments requiring a future-proof 64GFC fabric upgrade path while maintaining backward compatibility with existing 32G and 16G SAN switches

Technical specifications

Available from Omnixon Global. Submit an RFQ and our team will confirm configuration and availability for your order.