Host Bus Interface Specifications

Speed

64-bit, 133-MHz PCI-X

Voltage

3.3 V

Compliance

PCI Local Bus Specification rev. 2.2, PCI-X Addendum rev. 1.0a, PCI Hot Plug Specification rev. 1.0, PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification rev 1.1

Fibre Channel Specifications

Speed

200 MBps maximum at half-duplex, 400 MBps maximum at full-duplex

Compliance

Second Generation FC Generic Services Definition (FC-GS-2), Third Generation FC Generic Services Definition (FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel-Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH),SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP), Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop-2 (FC-AL-2), Fibre Channel-Private Loop Direct Attach Technical Report (FC-PLDA), RFC 2625 IP and APR Over Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling (FC-FS)

Topology

FC-AL, FC-AL-2, point to point, switched fabric (FL_Port and F_Port)

Class of service

Class 3 Fibre Channel service

Protocol

SCSI-FCP, IP, FC-TAPE

Buffer credits

For 512-byte frame size, 9 credits issued. For 2K-byte frame size, 3 credits issued.

Physical Specifications

Ports

One

Media

Multimode optic

Optics

Short wave laser

Form factor

Low-profile MD2: 16.93 cm×5.15 cm (6.7"×2.5")

Bracket size

QLA2340: standard size; QLA2340L: low-profile size

Connectors

Single LC-style connectors that support non-OFC, multimode fibre optic cabling using small form factor optical transceiver modules

Power consumption

~ 7.0 watts

Environment and Equipment Specifications

Airflow

0 lf/m

Temperature

Operating: 0°C/32°F to 55°C/131°F. Storage: –20°C/–4°F to 70°C/158°F

Humidity

Relative (noncondensing): 10% to 90%, Storage: 5% to 95%

Distance

1 Gbps: 500 meters 50/125 µm fiber, 300 meters 62.5/125 µm fiber
2 Gbps: 300 meters 50/125 µm fiber, 150 meters 62.5/125 µm fiber

Cable

50/125µm multimode fiber, 62.5/125 µm multimode fiber

Software

SANblade Manager

Easy to use, Java-based, configuration, diagnostics and analysis HBA management application for heterogeneous SAN management across multiple hosts. Includes failover, LUNmasking, and persistent binding capabilities.

SANblade control FX

Wizard-based utility provided for installation, configuration, persistent binding, and diagnostic functions on the local host.

Operating system drivers

Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Solaris SPARC, Linux (32-bit and 64-bit), Novell NetWare

SANblade CLI

Command line interface (CLI) based application provided for installation, configuration, persistent binding, and diagnostic functions on the local host.

Flash utilities

Configuration utilities resident with BIOS and FCode

Boot support

Intel x86: BIOS (32-bit), EFI (64-bit); Solaris SPARC: FCode