User`s guide

1 – Introduction
Features
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interface for intermediate distances (less than 500 meters at the data rate of 1 Gbps;
less than 300 meters at the data rate of 2 Gbps).
With increased connectivity and performance, Fibre Channel is the technology
preferred and used by system designers.
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Features
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Compliance with the following PCI standards (QCP HBAs):
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PCI Local Bus Specification, revision 2.1
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PCI Hot Plug Specification, revision 1.0
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PCI Power Management Interface Specification, revision 1.0
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PICMG 2.0 Compact PCI Specification, revision 2.1
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CompactPCI Hot Swap Specification, revision 2.1
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Compliance with SBus Specification, IEEE std 1496-1993 (QSB HBAs)
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Compliance with the following Fibre Channel standards:
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Second Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface
(FC-PH-2), revision 7.4
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Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3),
revision 9.2
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Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2), revision 5.4
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Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment (FC-FLA), revision 2.7
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Fibre Channel Generic Services 2 (FC-GS-2), revision 5.3
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Fibre Channel Switched Fabric (FC-SW), revision 3.3
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Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards
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Support for bus master DMA
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Supports Fibre Channel SCSI (FCP-SCSI) protocol
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Supports point-to-point fabric connection (F-PORT FABRIC LOGIN)
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Supports Fibre Channel security protocol (FC-SP) using DH-CHAP
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Supports fabric device management interface (FDMI)
Using FDMI, storage area network (SAN) administrators can view device-specific
information (for example, driver version, firmware version, and model number)
from a central console, regardless of the device manufacturer. This information
is kept at the FC switch and viewed through the switch's management application
or third party SAN management applications.