The HP Blade System delivers optional Fiber Channel support for SAN implementations & clustering capabilities. Through the implementation of a SAN with the HP Blade System, customers can achieve enhanced data availability, easily scale capacity, & realize management cost savings from consolidating disk resources. Fiber Channel capability is achieved using a QLogic-based Fiber Channel Mezzanine HBA specifically designed for HP p-Class Blade System. The HP Blade System is optimized for HP Storage Works & compatible with third party storage vendors. The QLogic-based Fiber Channel Mezzanine HBA for HP p-class Blade System uses the proven QLogic ISP2312 Fiber Channel ASIC. QLogic has successfully packaged a pair of 2 Gb Fiber Channel HBAs into a single reliable ASIC including dual RISC processors, dual frame buffers & dual Fiber Channel interfaces with a single PCI interface. Versions of this ASIC are used in Fiber Channel HBAs for HP Pro Liant, Integrity & HP9000 servers. Whether customers are using Pro Liant, Integrity or HP9000 servers they can standardize on a common ASIC, drivers & utilities from QLogic & HP.