Users Guide

Introduction
Functionality and Features
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 QLE2770-DEL: A low profile, Gen 7 32Gb, single-port Fibre Channel PCIe
adapter with a full-height bracket installed.
 QLE2770L-DEL: A low profile, Gen 7 32Gb, single-port Fibre Channel PCIe
adapter with a low profile bracket installed.
 QLE2772-DEL: A low profile, Gen 7 32Gb, dual-port Fibre Channel PCIe
adapter with a full-height bracket installed.
 QLE2772L-DEL: A low profile, Gen 7 32Gb, dual-port Fibre Channel PCIe
adapter with a low profile bracket installed.
Key Features
Key features of the adapters include:
 Centralized device management for SAN
 Connectivity to 32Gb/16Gb/8Gb
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Fibre Channel networks
 PCIe 3.0 x8
 Add PCIe 4.0 x8 (QLE277x only)
 Device Guard support
 Full hardware offload for the Fibre Channel protocol
 Message-signaled interrupts (MSI-X) and legacy interrupts (INT-X)
 NPIV
 Boot from SAN
 Several advanced management features for 2700 Series Adapters:
 QConvergeConsole (GUI and CLI) is available if you are running
Windows or Linux.
 QConvergeConsole VMware vCenter Server Plug-in is available if you
are running VMware ESXi.
Supported Operating Systems
The adapter supports the following operating systems. To view the most complete
and current list, refer to the product release notes.
Microsoft
 Windows Server
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2019
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8Gb and 16Gb do not apply to QME2742-DEL.
NOTE
Because the Dell Update Packages Version xx.xx.xxx User’s Guide is not
updated in the same cycle as this Fibre Channel adapter user’s guide,
consider the operating systems listed in this section as the more current.