Intel SBCEFCSW manual Intel Server FC Expansion Card SBFCM, Features and specifications

Models: SBCEFCSW SBFCM

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This Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide contains instructions for installing your Fibre Channel Expansion Card in a blade server. This publication contains information about:

Installing and configuring the Expansion Card

Updating the BIOS code and device drivers of the Expansion card

The Fibre Channel Expansion Card is a 2 Gb Fibre Channel device that has two configurable adapter ports. Communication signals are routed from the blade server through the Fibre Channel high-speed connector on the Expansion Card to switch-module bay 3 and bay 4 in the Blade Server Chassis SBCE. This provides a high-performance connection between the 64-bit PCI-X bus in the blade server and the two Fibre Channel Switch Modules in the Blade Server Chassis SBCE.

NOTE

The modules in switch-module bay 3 and bay 4 in the Blade Server Chassis SBCE must be Fibre Channel Switch Modules.

Features and specifications

The Expansion Card has the following features:

Compliance with Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (PC-PH-3), revision 9.2

Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards

Support for direct memory access (DMA)

Support for bus mastering

Support for Fibre Channel protocol SCSI (FCP-SCSI) and Fibre Channel Internet protocol (FCP-IP)

Support for point-to-point fabric connection (F-port fabric login)

Support for Fibre Channel service (classes 2 and 3)

The following list and table provide a summary of the specifications of your Fibre Channel Expansion Card.

Temperature and altitude

Blade server on: 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) at an altitude of 0 to 914 m (2998.69 ft)

Blade server on: 10° to 32°C (50° to 89.6°F) at an altitude of 914 m to 2134 m (2998.69 ft to 7000 ft)

Blade server off: -40°to 60°C (-40°to 140°F)

Shipping temperature: -40°to 60°C (-40°to 140°F)

Storage altitude: 0 to 2133 m (6998 ft)

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Intel SBCEFCSW manual Intel Server FC Expansion Card SBFCM, Features and specifications, Temperature and altitude