Installation guide
Features 1 – Introduction
1-2 FC0151102-00 D
1.3
Features
❑ Compliance with Intel PCI version 2.1 specification
❑ Compliance with Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling
Interface (FC-PH-3) standard
❑ Compliance with Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) standard
❑ Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards
❑ Support for bus master DMA
❑ Fast!UTIL BIOS utility to customize the configuration parameters on the
QLA2xxx board and attached drives
❑ Two independent channels on a single board. Channel one has an external
optical connector and an internal copper connector. Each individual
connector (or both connectors) can be used without manual configuration.
(QLA2102F board)
1.3.1
Mixed Peripheral Support
Simultaneous mixed-peripheral configurations and bootable device support for FC
devices that meet the following standards:
❑ Fibre Channel – Private Loop Direct Attach Technical Report (FC-PLDA)
❑ Fibre Channel – Fabric Loop Attachment Technical Report (FC-FLA)