Q-Logic QLA2300 manual Features

Features 1 – Introduction

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.

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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)

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