The 2662 series adapter is QLogic's sixth generation Fiber Channel adapter. It boasts industry-leading native 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 the 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).