Dell Brocade Adapters - Manual (Page 217)

Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 189
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Host Bus Adapters
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ATTENTION
For stand-up HBAs, use only Brocade-branded SFP laser transceivers supplied with this product.
Cable connector
(stand-up adapters) LC
ASIC
•
Provides the Fibre Channel functionality for all
HBA models.
•
Two on-board processors, each operating at
400 MHz, generate signal timing and link
protocol in compliance with Fibre Channel
standards.
External serial FLASH
memory
•
Stores firmware and HBA BIOS code
•
4 MB capacity
Data Rate
Per Port - Full Duplex
•
1600 MB at 8 Gbps
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800 MB at 4 Gbps
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400 MB at 2 Gbps
Performance Per Port 500,000 IOPs (maximum)
Distance Support
(stand-up adapters) 50 m at 8 Gbps with 62.5/125 micron multimode
fiber
Topology Point-to-Point (N_Port)
Protocols
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SCSI over FC (FCP)
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FCP3 - initiator mode only
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FC-SP Authentication
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NPIV
Other Features
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ASIC Flip-flops Parity Protected
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ECC Memory Parity Protected
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Quality of Service (QoS)
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Target Rate Limiting
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Boot Over SAN
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Fabric-Based Boot LUN Discovery
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I/O Interrupt Coalescing
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T10 Data CRC
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Multiple Priority (VC_RDY)
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Frame-Level Load Balancing
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Persistent Binding
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Fabric-Based Configuration
TABLE 26 Supported Fibre Channel features (continued)
Feature Description