IBM 59P5712 manual Appendix B. Adapter operating environment and specifications

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Appendix B. Adapter operating environment and specifications

This appendix contains the IBM FAStT Host Adapter operating environment and specification information.

Table 6. Adapter operating environment

Environment

Minimum

Maximum

Operating temperature

0°C (32°F)

55°C (131°F)

Storage temperature

-20°C (-4°F)

70°C (158°F)

Relative humidity (noncondensing)

10%

90%

Storage humidity (noncondensing)

5%

95%

Table 7 (Page 1 of 2). Adapter specifications

Type

Specification

Host bus

Conforms to PCI Local Bus Specification, revision 2.2

PCI signaling environment

3.3 V and 5.0 V buses supported

PCI transfer rate

264 MB per second maximum burst rate for 33 MHz operation

 

(ISP2200A chip)

 

Supports dual address bus cycles

Fibre Channel

Bus type: fibre optic media (shortwave 50 micron)

specifications

Bus transfer rate: 100 MB per second maximum (200

 

full-duplex)

 

Supports both FCP-SCSI and IP protocols

 

Supports point-to-point fabric connection: F-Port Fabric Login

 

Supports FCAL public loop profile: FL-Port Login

 

Supports Fibre Channel services class 2 and 3

 

FCP SCSI initiator and target operation

 

Full-duplex operation

Processor

Single chip design that includes a RISC processor, Fibre Channel

 

protocol manager, PCI DMA controller, and 1-gigabit transceivers

Host data transfer

64-bit, bus master DMA data transfers to 528 MB per second

RAM

128 KB of SRAM

BIOS ROM

128 KB of flash ROM in two 64 KB, software selectable banks.

 

The flash is field programmable.

NVRAM

256 bytes, field programmable

Onboard DMA

Three independent DMA channels: two data and one command.

 

Integrated 4 KB frame buffer FIFO for each data channel

Connectors (external)

SC-style connector that supports non-OFC, multimode fibre

 

optic cabling using 1 x 9 fibre optic transceiver module

 

Total cable length cannot exceed 500 meters

 

Two three-position, point-to-point cable (internal)

Form factor

17.8 cm x 10.7 cm (7.0 in. x 4.2 in.)

Operating power

Less than 15 watts

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Contents Installation and Users Guide Page IBM Fourth Edition June Contents Edition Notice Trademarks Safety Information To Connect To Disconnect Safety Information Viii FAStT Host Adapter Installation and Users Guide How this book is organized About this bookFAStT Host Adapter Installation and Users Guide Part I. Hardware installation FAStT Host Adapter Installation and Users Guide Fibre Channel adapter features What is Fibre Channel?Hardware overview FAStT Host Adapter Installation and Users Guide Handling static-sensitive devices Installing the adapterPreinstallation procedures What you need for the installationAdapter layouts Installing the IBM FAStT Host AdapterInstalling the adapter FAStT Host Adapter Installation and Users Guide Fibre Channel problems TroubleshootingHardware problems System configuration problemsFAStT Host Adapter Installation and Users Guide Part II. Software installation FAStT Host Adapter Installation and Users Guide Software overview FAStT Host Adapter Installation and Users Guide Installing the Windows NT and Windows 2000 device drivers Adding the Windows NT driver Installing Windows NT and WindowsUpdating the Windows NT device driver Adding the Windows 2000 driverUpdating the Windows 2000 device driver Installing the NetWare 5.1 device driver Installing the Novell NetWare device driverNetWare device driver files and parameters Load QL22 Getting help and information from the World Wide Web Part III. AppendicesFAStT Host Adapter Installation and Users Guide Fast!UTIL options Configuration settingsHost adapter settings Appendix A. Fast!UTILAdvanced adapter settings Selectable boot settingsAdapter hard ID settings Restore default settingsAdvanced adapter settings Extended firmware settings Extended firmware settings Fibre Channel disk utility Scan Fibre Channel devicesSelect host adapter FAStT Host Adapter Installation and Users Guide Appendix B. Adapter operating environment and specifications 2 of 2. Adapter specifications Appendix C. Getting help and technical assistance Using the documentationBefore you call Getting help and information from the World Wide Web Software service and support Hardware service and supportWarranty period Appendix D. Warranty informationProblem determination Checking software Warranty service and supportPurchasing additional services International Warranty ServicePart 1 General Terms IBM Statement of Limited WarrantyWarranty Service Limitation of Liability Part 2 Country-unique TermsNorth America Hong Kong and Macau Following Terms Apply to ALL Emea Countries Following Terms Apply to the Country Specified Egypt South AFRICA, NAMIBIA, BOTSWANA, Lesotho and Swaziland Edition Notice Appendix E. NoticesTrademarks European Union EMC Directive conformance statement Industry Canada Class a emission compliance statementTaiwan electrical emission statement FAStT Host Adapter Installation and Users Guide Index FAStT Host Adapter Installation and Users Guide Page IBM