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.
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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
■Compliance with the following Fibre Channel standards:
❑Second Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface
❑Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface
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❑Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment
❑Fibre Channel Generic Services 2
❑Fibre Channel Switched Fabric
■Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards
■Support for bus master DMA
■Supports Fibre Channel SCSI
■Supports
■Supports Fibre Channel security protocol
■Supports fabric device management interface (FDMI)
Using FDMI, storage area network (SAN) administrators can view