Q-Logic 2300 series Network Card User Manual


 
1 – Introduction
Features
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interface for intermediate distances (less than 500 meters at the data rate of 1 Gbps;
less than 300 meters at the data rate of 2 Gbps).
With increased connectivity and performance, Fibre Channel is the technology
preferred and used by system designers.
1.4
Features
Compliance with the following PCI standards (QCP HBAs):
PCI Local Bus Specification, revision 2.1
PCI Hot Plug Specification, revision 1.0
PCI Power Management Interface Specification, revision 1.0
PICMG 2.0 Compact PCI Specification, revision 2.1
CompactPCI Hot Swap Specification, revision 2.1
Compliance with SBus Specification, IEEE std 1496-1993 (QSB HBAs)
Compliance with the following Fibre Channel standards:
Second Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface
(FC-PH-2), revision 7.4
Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3),
revision 9.2
Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2), revision 5.4
Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment (FC-FLA), revision 2.7
Fibre Channel Generic Services 2 (FC-GS-2), revision 5.3
Fibre Channel Switched Fabric (FC-SW), revision 3.3
Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards
Support for bus master DMA
Supports Fibre Channel SCSI (FCP-SCSI) protocol
Supports point-to-point fabric connection (F-PORT FABRIC LOGIN)
Supports Fibre Channel security protocol (FC-SP) using DH-CHAP
Supports fabric device management interface (FDMI)
Using FDMI, storage area network (SAN) administrators can view device-specific
information (for example, driver version, firmware version, and model number)
from a central console, regardless of the device manufacturer. This information
is kept at the FC switch and viewed through the switch's management application
or third party SAN management applications.