Features 1 – Introduction
1-2 FC2251101-00 D
boards use a copper interface for short connections (less than 30 meters at a data
rate of 1 Gbps; less than 15 meters at a data rate of 2 Gbps). The following boards
use a multimode optical 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).
■ QLA2300F
■ QLA2302F
■ QLA2310F
■ QLA2310FL
■ QLA2312F
■ QLA2312FL
With its increased connectivity and performance, Fibre Channel is the I/O
technology preferred and used by system designers.
1.3
Features
■ Compliance with PCI Local Bus Specification revision 2.2
■ Compliance with PCI-X Addendum (revision 1.0) to the PCI Local Bus
Specification (QLA2310/2310F/2310FL/2312F/2312FL)
■ Compliance with Third Generation Fibre Channel-Physical and Signaling
Interface (FC-PH-3) standard
■ Compliance with Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2) standard
■ Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards
■ Support for bus master DMA
■ Fast!UTIL BIOS utility to customize the configuration parameters on the
QLA23xx board and attached drives
■ Two independent channels on a single board (QLA2302F)
■ Supports Fibre Channel protocol-SCSI (FCP-SCSI), IP, and Fibre
Channel-virtual interface (FC-VI) protocols
■ Supports point-to-point fabric connection (F-PORT FABRIC LOGIN)