IBM DS4000 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 19
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Product Features
Celerity HBA‟s
FC84EN
FC82EN
FC81EN
Fibre Channel Ports
4
2
1
Maximum Data Rate
8Gb
8Gb
8Gb
Maximum Transfer Rate (Full Duplex)
6.4 GB/s
3.2 GB/s
1.6 GB/s
Maximum Transfer Rate (Half Duplex)
3.2 GB/s
1.6 GB/s
800 MB/s
Bus Type
PCIe 2.0
PCIe 2.0
PCIe 2.0
Bus Characteristics
X8
X8
X8
Optical Interface
SPF+LC
SPF+LC
SPF+LC
Maximum Cable Length
300m-2GB
150m-4GB
50m-8GB
300m-2GB
150m-4GB
50m-8GB
300m-2GB
150m-4GB
50m-8GB
Low Profile Form Factor
NO
YES
YES
Advanced Data Streaming (ADS)
YES
YES
YES
Software RAID Support
YES
YES
YES
Developers Kit (Target Mode and API)
YES
YES
YES
Windows (Server)
YES
YES
YES
Windows (work station / client)
PLANNED
PLANNED
PLANNED
Linux (Red Hat, SUSE)
YES
YES
YES
MAC OSX
YES
YES
YES
VMWare ESX
YES
YES
YES
RoHS Compliant
YES
YES
YES
http://www.attotech.com/selectioncharts/Celerity_Selection_Chart.pdf
ATTO HBA INSTALLATION
ATTO Technology and IBM have teamed up to offer a high performance Fibre Channel multipathing connection
into the IBM DS Series for MAC OS X, Windows and Linux.
Multipathing = failover + load balancing
Key Components:
ATTO Celerity 8Gb FC HBAs (FC-81EN, FC-82EN, FC-84EN)
ATTO custom Multipathing driver for IBM DS Series Storage
ATTO Configuration Tool
IBM DS Series Storage