QLogic 4Gbps Dual-Port Fibre Channel PCIe Host Bus Adapter QLE2462

Specifications

QLE2462 QLogic 4Gbps Dual-Port Fibre Channel PCIe Host Bus Adapter   

Product Descriptions

Host Bus Interface Specifications

Bus Interface: PCI Express®

Memory: 1MB SRAM per port, 1MB flash (SPI), and 2KB NVRAM (SPI)

Hardware Platforms1:

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 (4.25/2.125/1.0625GBps)

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-TA PE (FCP-2)

Compliance:

SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP), Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FCPH), Fibre Channel 2nd Generation (FC-PH-2), Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3), Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FCAL- 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 Fibre Channel Generic Services (FC-GS-2), Third Generation Fibre Channel Generic Services (FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling (FC-FS)

Physical Specifications

Ports: dual 4Gbps Fibre Channel

Form Factor: Low-profile PCIe® card (6.6 in. × 2.54 in.)

Tools and Utilities

Management Tools:

QConvergeConsole: a unified management tool (GUI and CLI) for Fibre Channel

Device Utilities: Utilities for flashing bootcode, Linux® scripting tools

Boot Support: BIOS, EFI, FCode

APIs: SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, FDMI

Operating Systems:

Mcrosft® Widws Server®, Widws XP Professional®, Widws vista®; Red Hat Linux®; Novell® SLES, NetWare®; VMware® ESX™/ESXi; Oracle® Solaris®, Linux; Citrix® XenServer™; Apple Mac OS®

Environment and Equipment Specifications

Airflow: No airflow required

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 Consumption: 6.5watts (maximum)

Cable Distances: 1Gbps: 500meters 50/125μm fibre, 300meters 62.5/125μm fibre
                 2Gbps: 300meters 50/125μm fibre, 150meters 62.5/125μm fibre
                 4Gbps: 150meters 50/125μm fibre, 70meters 62.5/125μm fibre

Agency Approvals—EMI and EMC

US: FCC Class B

Canada: Class B

Europe:

2004/108/EC/EEC EMC Directive CE Mark, EN55022:
1998/CISPR22:1997:Class B, CISPR Class B, EN55024: 1998, EN61000-3-2:1995,EN61000-3-3:1994, EN61000-3-2: 2000 and EN61000-3-3: 2001

Japan: Class B

Taiwan: Class B

New Zealand and Australia: Class B

Korea: Korea Class B