The 2600 Series Adapters are QLogic Gen 5 Fiber Channel Adapters boast Fiber Channel performance - achieving dual-port, line-rate, 16-gigabit Fiber Channel throughput - at extremely low CPU usage with full hardware offloads. This extreme performance eliminates potential I/O bottlenecks in today's powerful multiprocessor, multicore servers. In addition, support for powerful virtualization features makes this adapter ideal for virtualized environments that need excellent I/O performance to service growing numbers of virtual machines (VMs).