Networking firm QLogic announced a major update today: it refreshed its FlexSuite  product line-up and expanded its Adaptive Convergence by throwing in support for 16Gb converged fibre channel and 10Gb Ethernet protocols.

Starting with Adaptive Convergence, QLogic promises that (just like the FlexSuite products), customers upgrading their systems to its new technology will be able to reduce overheads and migration costs.

“By building TCP/IP, iSCSI, FCoE and native Fibre Channel all into a complete portfolio, we are enabling enterprises and cloud computing service providers to create networks without having to worry about future migration paths,” said Simon Biddiscombe, president and chief executive of the company.

In turn, the FlexSuite portfolio upgrade is just as major as the as the Adaptive Convergence expansion.

The PCIe 3.0-compliant FlexSuite adapter is built for virtualized deployments, and can appear as physical PCIe devices.  It can also be configured for just as many uses, including Ethernet and fibe channel. The second addition to this product family is the 5900 Series switches line-up, high-density fibre channel or FCoE (requires a license) switches that use less than use less than 192 watts.

These switches also come with support for the latest Ethernet Data Center Bridging protocol, and can up to six can be stacked as a single unit of 300 over 300 ports.

QLogic is looking for market share, and expanding its portfolio is only one of the routes the company is taking to grow its presence in the networking world – it’s also expanding its strategy.  CEO Simon Biddiscombe mentioned that QLogic may consider building PCIe flash cards. He also noted that this move would involve a partnership with Fusion-io.