| Host Bus Interface Specifications |
| Bus Interface |
• PCI Express® (QLE246x)
• 64-bit, PCI-X™ 2.0 266MHz DDR, compatible with 66/33MHz PCI and
133/100/66MHz PCI-X (QLA246x) |
| Memory |
1MB SRAM per port, 1MB Flash (serial peripheral interface [SPI]), and
2KB NVRAM (SPI) |
| Hardware Platforms |
IA32 (x86), IA64, IEM64T, AMD® Opteron™ 64, Oracle® SPARC®, Apple® G5
(Xserve® and Power Mac®) |
| Compliance |
PCI Express Base Specification, revision 1.0a; PCI Express Card Electromechanical
Specification, revision 1.0;
PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, revision 1.1 (QLE246x) |
PCI Local Bus Specification, revision 2.3; PCI-X Protocol Addendum to the PCI Local
Bus Specification, revision 2.0a;
PCI-X Electrical and Mechanical Addendum (revision 2.0a) to the PCI Local Bus
Specification;
PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, revision 1.1;
PCI Hot Plug Specification, revision 1.0 (QLA246x) |
| Fibre Channel Specifications |
| Data Rate |
4/2/1Gbps auto-negotiation (4.25/2.125/1.0625GBps) |
| Performance |
150,000 IOPS per port |
| Topology |
Point-to-point (N_Port), arbitrated loop (NL_Port), switched fabric (N_Port) |
| Logins |
Support for F_Port and FL_Port login: 2,048 concurrent logins and 2,048 active
exchanges per port |
| Class of Service |
Class 2 and 3 |
| Protocols |
FCP (SCSI-FCP), FC-TA PE (FCP-2) |
| Compliance |
• SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP),
• Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FCPH),
• Fibre Channel 2nd Generation (FC-PH-2),
• Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3),
• Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2),
• Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment Technical Report (FC-FLA),
• Fibre Channel-Private Loop Direct Attach Technical Report (FC-PLDA),
• Fibre Channel Tape (FC-TAPE) profile,
• SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol-2 (FCP-2),
• Second Generation Fibre Channel Generic Services (FC-GS-2),
• Third Generation Fibre Channel Generic Services (FC-GS-3),
• Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling (FC-FS) |
| Physical Specifications |
| Ports |
QLA2460 : single 4Gbps Fibre Channel |
| QLE2460 : single 4Gbps Fibre Channel |
| QLA2462 : dual 4Gbps Fibre Channel |
| QLE2462 : dual 4Gbps Fibre Channel |
| QLE2464 : quad 4Gbps Fibre Channel |
| Form Factor |
QLE2460, QLE2462, and QLA246x : Low-profile PCIe® card (6.6in.×2.54in.) |
| QLE2464 : Full-height PCIe card (8in.×4.376in.) |
| Tools and Utilities |
| Management Tools |
QConvergeConsole: a unified management tool (GUI and CLI) for Fibre Channel |
| Device Utilities |
• Utilities for Flashing boot code
• Linux® scripting tools |
| Boot Support |
BIOS, extensible firmware interface (EFI), FCode |
| APIs |
SNIA Common HBA API library, SMI-S, FDMI |
| Operating Systems |
For the latest applicable operating system information, see
http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com |
| Environment and Equipment Specifications |
| Airflow |
No airflow required |
| Temperature |
• Operating: 0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F)
• Storage: –20°C to 70°C (–4°F to 158°F) |
| Humidity |
Relative (noncondensing): 10% to 90% • Storage: 5% to 95% |
| Power Consumption |
• QLA2460: 6.5 watts (maximum)
• QLE2460: 5 watts (maximum)
• QLA2462: 8 watts (maximum)
• QLE2462: 6.5 watts (maximum)
• QLE2464: 16 watts (maximum) |
| Cable Distances |
1Gbps: 500 meters 50/125μm fibre, 300 meters 62.5/125μm fibre |
| 2Gbps: 300 meters 50/125μm fibre, 150 meters 62.5/125μm fibre |
| 4Gbps: 150 meters 50/125μm fibre, 70 meters 62.5/125μm fibre |
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