HP's New Server and Virtual Connect Announcements Energize Transceiver Market

On June 22, 2011, HP announced ten new ProLiant G7 servers (three rack servers and seven blade servers), and an Ethernet/Fibre Channel module that plugs into its BladeSystem that together enable the first mass volume converged fabric in a blade server.

On June 29, HP announced a top-of-rack switch that enables the rack servers to be configured in the converged fabric. By converged fabric, we mean IP (i.e. LAN traffic) and storage (either Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI) traffic carried on the same network. The major point here is that HP is upgrading the standard pre-installed interface on its blade servers from 1GigE to 10GigE opening up a major opportunity for increased sales of SFP+ optical transceiver modules beginning in the fourth quarter of 2010 with growth throughout 2011 and beyond. HP did not design in any support for 10GBase-T or QSFP in its servers or switches.

August 2, 2011

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