Specifications

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2.18. PCI 64 bits Fibre Channel Adapters (DCCG147, DCCG148)
PCI 64 bits Optical Fibre Channel Adapter (DCCG148) discontinued as of 30/09/2002
PCI 64 bits Copper Fibre Channel Adapter (DCCG147) discontinued as of 29/02/2004
The PCI 64 bits Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters deliver exceptional performance through the use of
Emulex's new Dragonfly ASIC, a 266 MIPs on-board processor, and state of the art dual ported buffer
memory. These adapters include sophisticated capabilities such as full-duplex data transfers, full fabric
support, parity protection and large data buffers.
The LP8000 delivers point-to-point, arbitrated loop and switch fabric connections as well as both Class
2 and 3 frame formats. Support for both copper and fiber optic cabling is provided through embedded
interfaces.
Host Support
The PCI Fibre Channel Host Adapter provides simultaneous and concurrent multiple protocols (IP and
SCSI) support.
Specifications
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Simultaneous full duplex fibre channel 1.0625 Gb/s transfers
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64-bit PCI data and addressing
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On-board high speed 266 MIPs RISC processor
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Large on-board buffers
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Application Programming Interface (API)
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All fibre channel topologies: point-to-point, arbitrated loop and switch topologies
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Full fabric support using F Port and FL Port connections (FL port in a future product release)
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Full support for both FC service Class 2 and 3
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Supports both network and storage protocols simultaneously (IP and FCP)
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2 physical interfaces: embedded copper or embedded optical fiber.
Architecture
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Emulex developed ASIC technology up to 33 MHz PCI bus master DMA
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512 KBytes FLASH memory
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1 MByte code RAM
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256 KBytes buffer RAM.
Benefits
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Industry's best I/O performance
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Single interface for network and storage applications
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Designed to support mission critical enterprise SAN applications.