QLE2460 4-Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) to PCI Express Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

QLE2460 Host Bus Adapter. The QLE2460 is the industry's first, true enterprise class, 4-Gbps to PCI Express x4 HBA. The QLE2460 not only delivers unprecedented levels of performance and availability, but also intelligent networking features specific to enterprise class data centers. All QLogic HBAs are managed by SANsurfer Pro, which provides centralized management and remote control of distributed HBAs. GFC0749E70196

Features

4-Gbps FC increases aggregate throughput rate to 800 MBps in full-duplex mode

PCI Express™ x4 host bus interface for high throughput applications. 100,000 IOPS delivers high I/O transfer rates for storage applications SANsurfer® Pro allows for centralized management and remote control Three LEDs display real-time status and link activity information

T10 cyclic redundancy check (CRC) ensures end-to-end data integrity across storage area networks (SANs) Overlapping protection domains for continuous protection of internal data paths Universal boot support manages multiple hardware platforms and boot options Storage networking industry association (SNIA) HBA application programming interface (API), and storage management interface specification (SMI-S) compliant.
Benefits

4/2/1 Gbps (auto-negotiation)

2,048 concurrent logins SCSI initiator, target, and initiator/target modes Persistent binding HBA and target level failover HBA information, topology, maps, statistics, and graphs LUN masking Loopback and read/write buffer tests RoHS compliance
Specifications
Host Bus Interface Specifications

Bus interface

PCI Express x4

Memory

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

Compliance

PCI Express Base Specification rev. 1.0a, PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification rev. 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

100,000 IOPS

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-3), Third Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling (FC-FS)
Physical Specifications Ports One 4-Gbps FC 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.)
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

• 1 Gbps: 500 meters 50/125 µm fiber, 300 meters 62.5/125 µm fiber
• 2 Gbps: 300 meters 50/125 µm fiber, 150 meters 62.5/125 µm fiber
• 4 Gbps: 150 meters 50/125 µm fiber, 70 meters 62.5/125 µm fiber

Software Applications SANsurfer® Pro, SANsurfer CLI Operating systems

• Windows® Server™ 2003
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP Pro
• Solaris 10
• Linux Red Hat AS 3.0, 4.0
• Linux SuSE SLES 8, 9
• Novell NetWare 6.5
• Mac OS X

HW platforms IA32 (x86), IA64, IEM64T, AMD Opteron64, Sun SPARC, Apple G5 (Power Mac Flash utilities Utilities for firmware, driver, boot code, and NVRAM Boot support BIOS, EFI, and FCode Compliance SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, and FDMI

Datasheet

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