Specifications

Appliance Components
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QLogic SANBlade QLA2344 series host bus adapters
The appliance has three (3) QLogic 2344 host bus adapters (HBAs) per appliance node, for a
total of six HBAs per appliance.
The QLogic HBAs provide:
■ Data transfer rate of 400 MB/s (full–duplex operation)
■ 64-bit 133 MHz PCI-X
■ Direct connection to copper-based and multimode optic cable media
■ F-port and FL-port fabric login
■ Class 2 and 3 Fibre Channel services
■ SCSI and IP protocol support
■ 300,000 I/O operations per second
General specifications
Type Description
Fibre Channel chip ISP2300, ISP2310
RISC processor 106 MHz
RAM 256 KB, scalable to 4 MB
Frame buffers
■ Integrated 10 KB frame buffer FIFO
■ Receive FIFO = 6 KB, transmit FIFO = 4 KB
■ Optional external frame buffer FIFO for longer distances
when using single mode optics
Topology FC-AL, FC-AL-2, Point-to-Point, Switched Fabric
Fabric support FL-Port, F-Port
Class of service Class 2 and 3 Fibre channel services
Transfers Full duplex in all topologies
Protocols SCSI, IP, and Virtual Interface (VI) concurrently; FC tape
Fibre Channel data
transfers
Up to 400 MB/s per channel (full duplex)
Operating temperature 0º C to 55º C (32º F to 131º F)
Storage temperature –20º C to 70º C (–4º F to 158º F)
Relative humidity –10% to 90% (noncondensing)
Storage humidity 5% to 95% (noncondensing)
Power consumption Fiber Optic: <6–12 W