Host Bus Interface Specifications

Speed

64-bit, 66-MHz PCI-X

Voltage

3.3 V and 5.0 V buses supported

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 Signalling 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 Signalling (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 (QLA2350), Two (QLA2352)

Media

Multimode optic

Optics

Short wave laser

Form Factor

Low-profile MD2: 16.93 cm x 5.15 cm (6.7” x 2.5”)

Bracket size

Standard size

Connectors

LC-style connector that supports non-OFC, multimode fibre optic cabling using a small form factor optical transceiver module

Power Consumption

~ 6.5 watts (QLA2350)

~ 7.5 watts (QLA2352)

Environment and Equipment Specifications

Airflow

0 lf/m

Temperature

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

Humidity

Relative (non-condensing): 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

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

Software

SANblade Control FX

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

Operating System

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

drivers

bit), Novell NetWare

Flash utilities

Configuration utilities resident with BIOS and FCode

Boot support

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