Specification Sheet

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QLE2462 Dual-Port, 4Gbps Fibre Channel-to-PCI Express Host Bus Adapter

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Host Bus Interface Specifications

Businterface

• PCIExpressx4

Memory

• 1MBSRAMperport,1MBflash(SPI),and2KB

NVRAM(SPI)

Hardwareplatforms

• IA32(x86),IA64,IEM64T,AMDOpteron™64,Sun™

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

Fibre Channel Specifications

Datarate

• 4/2/1Gbpsauto-negotiation(4.2480/2.1240/

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con-

currentloginsand2,048activeexchangesperport

Classofservice

• Class2and3

Protocols

• FCP(SCSI-FCP),FC-TAPE(FCP-2)

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

1 SubjecttoavailabilityofOSandhardwarefrom

respectiveOEMs.

LoopDirectAttachTechnicalReport(FC-PLDA),

FibreChannelTape(FC-TAPE)profile,SCSIFibre

ChannelProtocol-2(FCP-2),SecondGeneration

FCGenericServices(FC-GS-2),ThirdGeneration

FCGenericServices(FC-GS-3),FibreChannel

FramingandSignaling(FC-FS)

Physical Specifications

Ports

• Dual4GbpsFibreChannel

Connections

• Smallformfactorfixed(SFF)multimodeoptic

withLC-styleconnector

Formfactor

• Low-profilePCIExpresscard:16.765cm×6.89

cm(6.6in.×2.713in.)

Bracketsize

• Standard:1.84cm×12.08cm(.73in.×4.76in.)

• Low-profile:1.84cm×8.01cm(.73in.×3.15in.)

Tools and Utilities

Managementtools

• SANsurfer

FibreChannelHBAManager

Deviceutilities

• Commandlineinterface;utilitiesforfirmware,

driver,bootcode,NVRAM

Bootsupport

• BIOS,EFI,FCode

APIs

• SNIAHBAAPIV2,SMI-S,FDMI

Operatingsystems

• WindowsServer

2003,2008,2008R2;Windows

2000;WindowsXPPro;WindowsVista

;Solaris10;

OpenSolaris™2008,2009;RedHat

RHEL3,4,5;

Novell

SLES8,9,10,11;NovellNetWare

6.5;Mac

OSX;CitrixXenServer™3.2–4.1,5.0,5.5;Oracle

EnterpriseLinux4,5;VMwareESX™/ESXi3.5,4.0

Environment and Equipment Specifications

Airflow(noairflowrequired)

Temperature

• Operating:0°C/32°Fto55°C/131°F

• Storage:–20°C/–4°Fto70°C/158°F

Humidity

• Relative(non-condensing):10%to90%

• Storage:5%to95%

Powerdissipation

• 6.5W(maximum)

Cabledistances

• 1Gbps:500meters50/125μmfiber,300meters

62.5/125μmfiber

• 2Gbps:300meters50/125μmfiber,150meters

62.5/125μmfiber

• 4Gbps:150meters50/125μmfiber,70meters

62.5/125μmfiber

Agency Approvals—Product Safety

USandCanada:UL,cUL:UL60950,CSAC22.2

No.60950,Class1LaserProductperDHHS21CFRJ

Europe

• 73/23/ECCLowVoltageDirective

– TUV:EN60950-1:2001,EN60825-1:

1994+A1+A2,EN60825-2:1994+A1

Agency Approvals—EMI and EMC

US:FCCPart15,ClassB

Canada:IndustryCanadaICES-003,ClassB

Europe:89/336/EECEMCDirectiveCEMark,

EN55022:1998/CISPR22:1997ClassB,EN55024:

1998,EN61000-3-2:1995,EN61000-3-3:1994

Japan:VCCI,ClassB

Taiwan:CNS13438ClassB

NewZealandandAustralia:AS/NZS3548ClassB

Korea:MIC

Ordering Information

QLE2462-CK

• Shipsinanindividuallypackedboxwithastandard

sizebracket,asparelow-profilebracket,a

SANsurferFibreChannelHBAManagerCD,anda

QuickStartGuide

QLE2462-BK

• Shipsinabulkboxinquantitiesof20and50

withstandardsizebrackets