QLE2462
QLogic 4Gbps dual-port Fibre Channel-to-x4 PCI Express adapter, multi-mode optic.
Host Bus Interface Specifications
Bus Interface: PCI Express®
Memory: 1MB SRAM per port, 1MB flash (SPI), and 2KB NVRAM (SPI)
Hardware Platforms1: 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 (4.25/2.125/1.0625GBps)
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 concurrent logins and 2,048 active exchanges per port
Class of Service: Class 2 and 3
Protocols: FCP (SCSI-FCP), FC-TA PE (FCP-2)
Compliance: SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP), Fibre Channel
Physical and Signaling Interface (FCPH), Fibre Channel 2nd Generation
(FC-PH-2), Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling
Interface (FC-PH-3), Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FCAL- 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 Fibre Channel Generic Services (FC-GS-2), Third
Generation Fibre Channel Generic Services (FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel
Framing and Signaling (FC-FS)
Physical Specifications
Ports: dual 4Gbps Fibre Channel
Form Factor: Low-profile PCIe® card (6.6 in. × 2.54 in.)
Tools and Utilities
Management Tools: QConvergeConsole: a unified management tool (GUI and CLI) for Fibre Channel
Device Utilities: Utilities for flashing bootcode
Linux® scripting tools
Boot Support: BIOS, EFI, FCode
APIs: SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, FDMI
Operating Systems: Microsoft® Windows Server®, Windows XP
Professional®, Windows Vista®; Red Hat Linux®; Novell® SLES, NetWare®;
VMware® ESX™/ESXi; Oracle® Solaris®, Linux; Citrix® XenServer™; Apple
Mac OS®
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 Consumption: 6.5watts (maximum)
Cable Distances: 1Gbps: 500meters 50/125μm fibre, 300meters 62.5/125μm fibre
2Gbps: 300meters 50/125μm fibre, 150meters 62.5/125μm fibre
4Gbps: 150meters 50/125μm fibre, 70meters 62.5/125μm fibre
Agency Approvals—EMI and EMC
US: FCC Class B
Canada: Class B
Europe: 2004/108/EC/EEC EMC Directive CE Mark, EN55022:
1998/CISPR22:1997:Class B, CISPR Class B, EN55024: 1998,
EN61000-3-2:1995,EN61000-3-3:1994, EN61000-3-2: 2000 and EN61000-3-3:
2001
Japan: Class B
Taiwan: Class B
New Zealand and Australia: Class B
Korea: Korea Class B
