LENOVO 00D8544 – Emulex VFA5 ML2 FCoE/iSCSI License (FoD)

Detailed Description:

The LENOVO 00D8544 product entails an Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter 5 (VFA5) ML2 Feature on Demand (FoD) license specifically designed to enhance connectivity and storage capabilities of Lenovo servers. This advanced software license unlocks the capability for FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) and iSCSI functionalities on the Emulex VFA5 adapters, allowing for networks to consolidate data and storage networking onto a single infrastructure. This results in reduced complexity, costs, and power usage while improving manageability and performance. The license is pivotal for data centers looking to optimize their server networking for virtualization, cloud deployments, and storage consolidation, providing a scalable, high-performance networking solution that supports broad storage protocols on a unified Ethernet fabric.