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FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb PCI Express host bus adapters for Linux and Windows installation guide 11
Physical specifications
Table 3 lists the physical specifications.
Table 3 HBA physical specifications
Component Specification
Host bus Complies with:
PCI Express Base Specification 1.0a
PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification 1.0
PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification 1.1
Fibre Channel Bus type: fiber optic media
Bus transfer rate:
• FC1142SR single channel—4 Gb/s Fibre Channel increases
aggregate throughput rate to 800 MB/s in full-duplex mode
• FC1242SR DC dual channel—4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
increases aggregate throughput rate to 1.6 GB/s in
full-duplex mode
Central processing unit
(CPU)
Single-chip design that includes a RISC processor, Fibre Channel
protocol manager, PCI-e DMA controller, integrated
serializer/deserializer (SERDES), and electrical transceivers that
can auto negotiate a data rate of 1, 2, or 4 Gb/s.
Memory 1 MB SRAM, 1 MB flash (SPI), and 2 KB NVRAM (SPI)
Signal voltage 3.3 V (mode 1), 3.3 V/1.5 V (mode 2)
Distance 1 Gb/s: 500 meters 50/125 µm fiber, 300 meters 62.5/125
µm fiber
2 Gb/s: 300 meters 50/125 µm fiber, 150 meters 62.5/125
µm fiber
4 Gb/s: 150 meters 50/125 µm fiber, 70 meters 62.5/125 µm
fiber
Cable 50/125μm multimode fiber, 62.5/125 μm multimode fiber
Connectors LC connectors that support non-OFC, multimode fiber optic
cabling using a SFF optical transceiver module
Form factor Low-profile PCIe: 16.765 cm × 6.89 cm
(6.6 in. × 2.713 in.)
Bracket Standard: 1.84 cm × 12.08 cm (.73 in. × 4.76 in.)
Low-profile: 1.84 cm × 8.01 cm (.73 in. × 3.15 in.)
Power consumption ~11.0 watts