Quick Reference Guide

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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
• 800 MB at 4 Gbps
• 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
• SCSI over FC (FCP)
• FCP3 - initiator mode only
• FC-SP Authentication
• NPIV
Other Features
• ASIC Flip-flops Parity Protected
• ECC Memory Parity Protected
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Target Rate Limiting
• Boot Over SAN
• Fabric-Based Boot LUN Discovery
• I/O Interrupt Coalescing
• T10 Data CRC
• Multiple Priority (VC_RDY)
• Frame-Level Load Balancing
• Persistent Binding
• Fabric-Based Configuration
TABLE 26 Supported Fibre Channel features (continued)
Feature Description