Hardware specifications, Pci system values – Dell Brocade Adapters User Manual

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PCI system values

All Brocade FCoE CNAs share a common PCI Vendor ID (VID) value to allow drivers and BIOS to
recognize them as supported Fibre Channel and network devices. CNAs are also assigned PCI
subsystem vendor IDs (SVIDs) and subsystem IDs (SSIDs) to allow drivers and BIOS to distinguish
between individual host adapter variants. You can locate PCI device, vendor, and subsystem IDs for
the installed FCoE CNAs through your host’s operating system tools. For example, if using Windows,
use the following steps.

1. Access the Device Manager

The CNA appears as a Fibre Channel adapter and as an Ethernet controller or adapter.

2. Open the Properties dialog box for the CNA by right-clicking the CNA and selecting Properties

from the shortcut menu.

3. Select the Details and Driver tabs to locate specific values.

Hardware specifications

The CNA supports features outlined in

Table 19

.

TABLE 19

CNA hardware specifications

Feature

Description

Port speeds

10.312 Gbps

SFP transceivers (stand-up
adapters)

Multimode fiber optic small form factor
pluggable plus (SFP+)

Copper SFP+

Connectivity

Stand-up adapters - LC cable connectors

Mezzanine adapters - Interfaces to enclosure
midplane for connection to switch, I/O, and
other modules are built on the card surface.

ASIC

Provides the FCoE functionality for the CNA.

Two on-board processors, each operating at
400 MHz, which coordinate and process data
in both directions.

External serial FLASH memory

Stores firmware and CNA BIOS code

4 MB capacity

Data transfer rate

10.312 Gbps full-duplex

Performance per port

500,000 IOPs (maximum)
1 M IOPS per dual-port adapter

Topology 10

Gbps

DCB

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