Users Guide

Introduction
Functionality and Features
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 QLE2692-DEL: A low profile, Enhanced Gen 5 16Gb, dual-port Fibre
Channel-to-PCIe adapter with a full-height bracket installed.
 QLE2692L-DEL: A low profile, Enhanced Gen 5 16Gb, dual-port Fibre
Channel-to-PCIe adapter with a low profile bracket installed.
 QME2692-DEL: A Gen 5 16Gb, dual-port, Fibre Channel mezzanine
adapter for the blade server environment
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Key Features
Key features of the adapters include:
 Centralized device management for SAN
 Connectivity to 16Gb/8Gb/4Gb
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Fibre Channel networks
 PCIe 3.0 x8 and PCIe 2.0 x8
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 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 2600 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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4Gb does not apply to the QME2662-DEL and QME2692-DEL; 8Gb does not apply to
QME2692-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.