Instruction Manual

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DATA SHEET
Host Bus Interface Specifications
Bus Interface
• PCI Express
®
(QLE246x)
• 64-bit, PCI-X™ 2.0 266MHz DDR, compatible with
66/33MHz PCI and 133/100/66MHz PCI-X (QLA246x)
Memory
• 1MB SRAM per port, 1MB Flash (serial peripheral
interface [SPI]), and 2KB NVRAM (SPI)
Hardware Platforms
1
• IA32 (x86), IA64, IEM64T, AMD
®
Opteron™
64, Oracle
®
SPARC
®
, Apple
®
G5 (Xserve
®
and
Power Mac
®
)
Compliance
• PCI Express Base Specification, revision 1.0a;
PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification,
revision 1.0; PCI Bus Power Management Interface
Specification, revision 1.1 (QLE246x)
•
PCI Local Bus Specification , revision 2.3;
PCI-X Protocol Addendum to the PCI Local Bus
Specification
, revision 2.0a; PCI-X Electrical and
Mechanical Addendum
(revision 2.0a) to the PCI
Local Bus Specification; PCI Bus Power Management
Interface Specification,
revision 1.1; PCI Hot Plug
Specification
, revision 1.0 (QLA246x)
Fibre Channel Specifications
Data Rate
• 4/2/1Gbps auto-negotiation
(4.25/2.125/1.0625GBps)
Performance
• 150,000 IOPS per port
Topology
• Point-to-point (N_Port), arbitrated loop (NL_Port),
switched fabric (N_Port)
Logins
• Support for F_Port and FL_Port login:
2,048 concurrent logins and 2,048 active exchanges
per port
Class of Service
• Class 2 and 3
Protocols
• FCP (SCSI-FCP), FC-TAPE (FCP-2)
1 Subject to availability of OS and hardware from respective OEMs.
Compliance
• SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP),
Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-
PH), Fibre Channel 2nd Generation (FC-PH-2), Third
Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling
Interface (FC-PH-3), Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop
(FC-AL-2), Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment
Technical Report (FC-FLA), Fibre Channel-Private
Loop Direct Attach Technical Report (FC-PLDA), Fibre
Channel Tape (FC-TAPE) profile, SCSI Fibre Channel
Protocol-2 (FCP-2), Second Generation Fibre Channel
Generic Services (FC-GS-2), Third Generation Fibre
Channel Generic Services (FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel
Framing and Signaling (FC-FS)
Physical Specifications
Ports
• QLA2460: single 4Gbps Fibre Channel
• QLE2460: single 4Gbps Fibre Channel
• QLA2462: dual 4Gbps Fibre Channel
• QLE2462: dual 4Gbps Fibre Channel
• QLE2464: quad 4Gbps Fibre Channel
Form Factor
• QLE2460, QLE2462, and QLA246x:
– Low-profile PCIe
®
card (6.6in. × 2.54in.)
• QLE2464:
– Full-height PCIe card (8in. × 4.376in.)
Tools and Utilities
Management Tools
• QConvergeConsole: a unified management tool
(GUI and CLI) for Fibre Channel
Device Utilities
• Utilities for Flashing boot code
• Linux
®
scripting tools
Boot Support
• BIOS, extensible firmware interface (EFI), FCode
APIs
• SNIA Common HBA API library, SMI-S, FDMI
Operating Systems
1
• For the latest applicable operating system information,
see http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com
Environment and Equipment Specifications
Airflow
• No airflow required
Temperature
• Operating: 0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F)
• Storage:
–20°C to 70°C (–4°F to 158°F)
Humidity
• Relative (noncondensing): 10% to 90%
• Storage: 5% to 95%
Power Consumption
• QLA2460: 6.5 watts (maximum)
• QLE2460: 5 watts (maximum)
• QLA2462: 8 watts (maximum)
• QLE2462: 6.5 watts (maximum)
• QLE2464: 16 watts (maximum)
Cable Distances
• 1Gbps: 500 meters 50/125µm fibre, 300 meters
62.5/125µm fibre
• 2Gbps: 300 meters 50/125µm fibre, 150 meters
62.5/125µm fibre
• 4Gbps: 150 meters 50/125µm fibre, 70 meters
62.5/125µm fibre
Agency Approvals—EMI and EMC
US
• FCC Class A: QLE2464
• FCC Class B: QLE2460 and QLE2462
Canada
• Class A: QLE2464
• Class B: QLE2460 and QLE2462
Europe
• 2004/108/EC/EEC EMC Directive CE Mark, EN55022:
1998/CISPR22:1997: QLE2464 Class A, QLE2460
Class B, and QLE2462 Class B
• CISPR Class B: QLE2460 and QLE2462
• EN55024: 1998: QLE2460, QLE2462, and QLE2464
• EN61000-3-2:1995: QLE2460, QLE2462, and
QLE2464
• EN61000-3-3:1994: QLE2460, QLE2462, and
QLE2464
• EN61000-3-2: 2000 and EN61000-3-3: 2001:
QLE2460, QLE2462, and QLE2464
Japan
• Class A: QLE2464
• Class B: QLE2460 and QLE2462
Taiwan
• Class A: QLE2464
• Class B: QLE2460 and QLE2462
New Zealand and Australia
• Class A: QLE2464
• Class B: QLE2460 and QLE2462
Korea
• Korea Class A: QLE2464
• Korea Class B: QLE2460 and QLE2462