The Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter 5 (VFA5) Network Adapter Family for IBM System x builds on the foundation of previous generations of Emulex VFAs by delivering performance enhancements and features that reduce complexity, reduce cost, and improve performance. The Emulex VFA5 family delivers a set of powerful features and capabilities that are designed for the virtualized enterprise environment, multi-tenant and single-tenant cloud environments, I/O intensive environments, and converged infrastructure environments.