Sun Microsystems SG-XPCIE2FCGBE-E-Z manual 1HBA Features and Specifications, Nvram

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autonegotiation. The HBA is also backwards compatible with FC ports that operate at 2-Gbit/s and 1-Gbit/s. The Gigabit Ethernet ports can be configured to operate in 10, 100, or 1000 Mbit/sec Ethernet networks.

See TABLE 1-1for a list of the HBA features.

TABLE 1-1HBA Features and Specifications

Feature

Description

 

 

PCI connector

x8

PCI signaling environment

PCI Express x8 (8 active lanes)

PCI lane usage

FC x4 lanes

 

GbE x4 lanes

PCI transfer rate

PCI Express Generation One (2.5 Gbps) x8

(maximum)

 

Number of FC ports

Two

Number of devices

126 devices per FC loop; 510 devices in Fabric mode

supported

 

FC bus type (external)

Fiber-optic media, short-wave, multi-mode fiber (400-M5- SN-S)

FC transfer rate

400 MBps per port maximum, half-duplex

 

800 MBps per port maximum, full-duplex

FC topologies

Switched fabric (N-Port), arbitrated loop (NL-Port) and point-to-point (N-Port)

Number of GbE ports

Two

GbE interface type

IEEE 802.3 compliant, copper, UTP RJ-45s

(external)

 

GbE transfer rate

10/100/1000 MBps per port, autosensing, full-duplex or half-duplex

RAM

1.5 MB, parity protected, per port

BIOS ROM (FC)

One 4-MB flash ROM, field-programmable

BIOS ROM (GbE)

One 1-MB flash ROM

NVRAM

One 2-KB EEPROM

NVRAM (GbE)

One 128-KB EEPROM

External connectors

Two Small-Form Factor (SFF) multimode optic with LC-style connectors and two

 

RJ-45 GbEs connectors

 

 

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