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 |