QLE2462 Host Bus Adapter

The QLE2462 is the industry’s first, true enterprise class, 4-Gbps to PCI Express x4 HBA. The QLE2462 not only delivers unprecedented levels of performance and availability, but also intelligent networking features specific to enterprise class data centers.

Enterprise Class Features

The QLE2462 HBA is the highest performing and most reliable HBA in the industry. It delivers unmatched performance by leveraging a single ASIC design, combining a unique hardware architecture to deliver over 300,000 IOPS, nearly 1.6 GBps throughput, and support for PCI Express x4 bus speeds. More importantly, the QLE2462 HBA provides new intelligent storage networking features that redefine the enterprise class HBA, providing increased data protection, advanced frame routing, and enterprise wide management capabilities.

Host Bus Interface Specifications Bus interface

PCI Express x4

Memory

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

4/2/1 Gbps auto-negotiation (4.2480/2.1240/ 1.0625 Gbps)

Performance

150,000 IOPS per port

Topology

Point-to-point (N_Port), arbitrated loop (NL_Port), and 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), IP (FC-IP), 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 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)