Sun Microsystems SG-XPCIE1FC-EM8-Z manual Operating System and Technology Requirements

TABLE 1-1HBA Features and Specifications

Feature (Continued)	Description (Continued)
Maximum FC cable length	2 Gb/s: 500 meters using 50/125 ∝m core OM3 fiber
	300 meters using 50/125 ∝m core OM2 fiber
	150 meters using 62.5/125 ∝m core OM1 fiber
	4 Gb/s: 380 meters using 50/125 ∝m core OM3 fiber
	150 meters using 50/125 ∝m core OM2 fiber
	70 meters using 62.5/125 ∝m core OM1 fiber
	8 Gb/s: 150 meters using 50/125 ∝m core OM3 fiber
	50 meters using 50/125 ∝m core OM2 fiber
	21 meters using 62.5/125 ∝m core OM1 fiber
LED indicators	Two LEDs per port (yellow and green) on the front panel as status indicators.
Maximum power	13.3W (dual port), 10.1W (signal port)
consumption
Form Factor	Low-profile MD2 form factor

Operating System and Technology

Requirements

The HBA requires the OS and technology levels listed in TABLE 1-2.

TABLE 1-2Supported Operating System/Technology Versions

Operating System/Technology	Supported Versions
Solaris 10 OS for the x64 and x86	• Solaris 10 8/07 (all updates)
(32-bit and 64-bit) platforms
(Supports MPXIO)
Solaris 10 OS for the SPARC (64-bit)	• Solaris 10 (all updates)
platform (Supports MPXIO)
Linux OS	• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6 (32-bit and 64-bit), U5
	• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (32-bit and 64-bit), U1
	• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit and 64-bit), SP4
	• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit and 64-bit), SP1

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