Host Bus Specifications
Bus Interface
x4 PCI Express
Memory
1 MB SRAM per port, 1 MB FLASH (SPI), and 2 KB NVRAM (SPI)
Compliance
Conforms to PCI Express Base Specification rev. 1.0a, PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification, rev. 1.0a, PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification revision 1.1
Fibre Channel Specifications
Data Rate
4/2/1 Gb/s auto-negotiation (4.25/2.125/1.0625 Gb/s)
Performance
150,000 IOPS per port
Throughput
750 MB/s maximum 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.
Class of Service
Class 2 and 3
Protocols
FCP (SCSI-FCP), IP (FC-IP), FICON (FC-SB-2), FC-TAPE (FCP-2)
Buffer Credits
3 credits available (2,112 Byte frame payload)
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
Single (QLE2460)
Connections
Small Form Factor Fixed (SFF) multimode optic with LC-style connector
Form factor
Low-profile MD2: 16.93 cm × 5.15 cm (6.7 in. × 2.5 in.)
Bracket size
Standard: 1.84 cm x 12.08 cm (.73 in. x 4.76 in.)
Low profile: 1.84 cm x 8.01 cm (.73 in. x 3.15 in.)
Environment and Equipment Specifications
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
~9.0 W
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
RoHS Compliant
Only RoHS compliant HBAs will be offered in the QLE246x family
Software
Applications
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager, SANsurfer FC CLI, SANsurfer Express
Operating Systems
Windows ServerTM 2003, Windows® 2000, SolarisTM 9,10, Linux® Red Hat® AS 3.0, 4.0, Linux SUSE® SLES 8, 9, Novell® NetWare® 6.5
HW Platforms
IA32 (x86), IA64, IEM64T, AMD Opteron 64, SUN SPARC
Flash Utilities
Utilities for firmware, driver, boot code, and NVRAM
Boot Support
BIOS, EFI, and FCode
Compliance
SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, FC-SP/DH-CHAP, and FDMI