
QLE-2462

HBA
Key Features
- 4Gbps-to-PCI Express® x4 adapter
- 300,000 IOPS delivers high I/O transfer rates for storage applications.
- Dual 4Gbps Fibre Channel ports
- Form Factor-Low-profile PCI Express card: 16.765 cm × 6.89 cm (6.6 in. × 2.713 in.)
- T10 cyclic redundancy check (CRC) ensures endto-end data integrity across storage area networks (SANs)
Host Bus Interface Specifications | |
Bus Interface | PCI Express x4 |
Memory | 1MB SRAM per port, 1MB flash (SPI), and 2KB NVRAM (SPI) |
Hardware Platforms | IA32 (x86), IA64, IEM64T,AMD Opteron™ 64, Sun™ SPARC®,Apple® G5 (Xserve® and Power Mac®) |
Compliance | PCI Express Base Specification, revision 1.0a, PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification, revision 1.0, PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, revision 1.1 |
Fibre Channel Specifications | |
Data Rate | 4/2/1Gbps auto-negotiation (4.2480/2.1240/ 1.0625Gbps) |
Performance | 150,000 IOPS per port |
Topology | Point-to-point (N_Port), arbitrated loop (NL_Port), switched fabric (N_Port) |
Logins | Support for F_Port and FL_Port login: 2,048 concurrent logins and 2,048 active exchanges per port |
Class of Service | Class 2 and 3 |
Protocols | FCP (SCSI-FCP), FC-TAPE (FCP-2) |
Compliance |
SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP), Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH), Fibre Channel 2nd Generation (FC-PH-2), Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3), Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2), Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment Technical Report (FC-FLA), Fibre Channel-Private Loop Direct Attach Technical Report (FC-PLDA), Fibre Channel Tape (FC-TAPE) profile, SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol-2 (FCP-2), Second Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-2), Third Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling (FC-FS) |
Physical Specifications | |
Ports | Dual 4Gbps Fibre Channel |
Connections | Small form factor fixed (SFF) multimode optic with LC-style connector |
Form Factor | Low-profile PCI Express card: 16.765 cm × 6.89 cm (6.6 in. × 2.713 in.) |
Bracket size | • Standard: 1.84 cm × 12.08 cm (.73 in. × 4.76 in.) • Low-profile: 1.84 cm × 8.01 cm (.73 in. × 3.15 in.) |
Tools & Utilities | |
Management Tools | SANsurfer® Fibre Channel HBA Manager |
Device utilities | Command line interface; utilities for firmware, driver, boot code, NVRAM |
Boot Support | BIOS, EFI, FCode |
API's | SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, FDMI |
OS | Windows Server® 2003, 2008, 2008 R2; Windows 2000; Windows XP Pro; Windows Vista®; Solaris 10; OpenSolaris™ 2008, 2009; Red Hat® RHEL 3, 4, 5; Novell® SLES 8, 9, 10, 11; Novell NetWare® 6.5; Mac OS X; Citrix XenServer™ 3.2–4.1, 5.0, 5.5; Oracle Enterprise Linux 4, 5; VMware ESX™/ESXi 3.5, 4.0 |
Environment and equipment specifications | |
Temperature | Operating: 0°C/32°F to 55°C/131°F Storage: –20°C/–4°F to 70°C/158°F |
Humidity | Relative (non-condensing): 10% to 90% Storage: 5% to 95% |
Power dissipation | 6.5 W (maximum) |
Cabe distances | 1Gbps: 500 meters 50/125 μm fiber, 300 meters 62.5/125 μm fiber • 2Gbps: 300 meters 50/125 μm fiber, 150 meters 62.5/125 μm fiber • 4Gbps: 150 meters 50/125 μm fiber, 70 meters 62.5/125 μm fiber |
Host Bus Interface Specifications | |
Bus Interface | PCI Express x4 |
Memory | 1MB SRAM per port, 1MB flash (SPI), and 2KB NVRAM (SPI) |
Hardware Platforms | IA32 (x86), IA64, IEM64T,AMD Opteron™ 64, Sun™ SPARC®,Apple® G5 (Xserve® and Power Mac®) |
Compliance | PCI Express Base Specification, revision 1.0a, PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification, revision 1.0, PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, revision 1.1 |
Fibre Channel Specifications | |
Data Rate | 4/2/1Gbps auto-negotiation (4.2480/2.1240/ 1.0625Gbps) |
Performance | 150,000 IOPS per port |
Topology | Point-to-point (N_Port), arbitrated loop (NL_Port), switched fabric (N_Port) |
Logins | Support for F_Port and FL_Port login: 2,048 concurrent logins and 2,048 active exchanges per port |
Class of Service | Class 2 and 3 |
Protocols | FCP (SCSI-FCP), FC-TAPE (FCP-2) |
Compliance |
SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP), Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH), Fibre Channel 2nd Generation (FC-PH-2), Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3), Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2), Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment Technical Report (FC-FLA), Fibre Channel-Private Loop Direct Attach Technical Report (FC-PLDA), Fibre Channel Tape (FC-TAPE) profile, SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol-2 (FCP-2), Second Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-2), Third Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling (FC-FS) |
Physical Specifications | |
Ports | Dual 4Gbps Fibre Channel |
Connections | Small form factor fixed (SFF) multimode optic with LC-style connector |
Form Factor | Low-profile PCI Express card: 16.765 cm × 6.89 cm (6.6 in. × 2.713 in.) |
Bracket size | • Standard: 1.84 cm × 12.08 cm (.73 in. × 4.76 in.) • Low-profile: 1.84 cm × 8.01 cm (.73 in. × 3.15 in.) |
Tools & Utilities | |
Management Tools | SANsurfer® Fibre Channel HBA Manager |
Device utilities | Command line interface; utilities for firmware, driver, boot code, NVRAM |
Boot Support | BIOS, EFI, FCode |
API's | SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, FDMI |
OS | Windows Server® 2003, 2008, 2008 R2; Windows 2000; Windows XP Pro; Windows Vista®; Solaris 10; OpenSolaris™ 2008, 2009; Red Hat® RHEL 3, 4, 5; Novell® SLES 8, 9, 10, 11; Novell NetWare® 6.5; Mac OS X; Citrix XenServer™ 3.2–4.1, 5.0, 5.5; Oracle Enterprise Linux 4, 5; VMware ESX™/ESXi 3.5, 4.0 |
Environment and equipment specifications | |
Temperature | Operating: 0°C/32°F to 55°C/131°F Storage: –20°C/–4°F to 70°C/158°F |
Humidity | Relative (non-condensing): 10% to 90% Storage: 5% to 95% |
Power dissipation | 6.5 W (maximum) |
Cabe distances | 1Gbps: 500 meters 50/125 μm fiber, 300 meters 62.5/125 μm fiber • 2Gbps: 300 meters 50/125 μm fiber, 150 meters 62.5/125 μm fiber • 4Gbps: 150 meters 50/125 μm fiber, 70 meters 62.5/125 μm fiber |