Celerity FC-42XS Adapter

The dual-channel Celerity FC-42XS storage adapter provides the highest available throughput for Fibre Channel applications while protecting technology investments via backward compatibility with existing infrastructure.

With speeds of up to 800 MB/sec. per channel, the FC-42XS is capable of supporting the most intensive data applications, including digital content creation, tape streaming and backup, rich content delivery and complete database environments.

To ensure a smooth transition path, the FC-42XS leverages the existing Celerity FC software hardware architecture, allowing ATTO to deliver industry-leading quality and stable software architecture.

Hardware specifications

•Two independent Fibre Channel ports

•4-Gigabit data transfer rates per channel

•800 MB/sec. maximum full-duplex throughput per channel

•Supports all FC topologies: direct fabric, arbitrated loop and point-to-point

•ANSI Fibre Channel: FC-PH, FC-FCP, FC FCP2, FC-AL, FC-AL2, FC-PLDA, FC-FLA

•Flash ROM for easy field upgrades

•FC Class 3 support

•Local management and diagnostics

•Buffer credits: 8 @ 152 bytes; 8 @ 2k bytes

Advanced FC capabilities

•Supports SNIA HBA API

•On-demand automatic negotiation among 4-Gb, 2-Gb and 1-Gb Fibre Channel

•Supports Target and Intitiator modes

•Supports Windows FDMI and WMI

•Exclusive Advanced Data Streaming (ADSTM) Technology

PCI bus specifications

•64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X

•PCI-X 1.0a compliant

•PCI 2.2 compliant

•3.3V PCI signaling only

Environmental & physical specifications

•Conforms to PCI low profile form factor standards

•Length: 6.600 inches

•Height: 2.536 inches

•Operating Temperature: 0-45ºC (32º-113ºF)

•Storage Temperature: -40º to 70ºC (-40º to 158ºF)

•Relative Humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing

•5V@ 1.5A (max.)

•100 lf/m (minimum) airflow recommended

External connectivity

•Easy-to-install full height connection plate

•External LEDs for on-line and speed status for each channel

•Two optical LC SFP transceivers included

Software specifications

•Windows XP, 2000, Server 2003

•Red Hat Linux (2.4 and 2.6 kernel)

•SUSE Linux (2.6 kernel)

•Mac® OS X

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