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Writer: Bill Reitz Project: Compaq StorageWorks 64-Bit PCI-To-Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter User Guide Comments:
Part Number: AA-RKPDA-TE 173841-001 File Name: B-CH1 INTRODUCTION.DOC Last Saved On: 12/22/99 12:32 PM
Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
This is a brief introduction to the 64-bit PCI-to-Fibre Channel Host Bus
Adapter (HBA) and includes:
■ Specifications for major functional characteristics
■ The standards with which the HBA complies
■ The agency approvals granted to the HBA
These three topics are preceded by a brief product description.
Product Description
The HBA has the following characteristics:
■ Single-slot PCI bus expansion board that interfaces a PCI bus to a fibre
channel device (see Figure 1-1 and Table 1-1).
■ Embedded optical short-wave laser, single-mode fibre channel interface.
■ Supports 32-bit and 64-bit PCI transfers as a bus master during Direct
Memory Access (DMA) transfers and 16-bit transfers as a slave during
Processor Input/Output (PIO) operations.