ADLINK Technology AdvancedMC AMC-8100, User Manual

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Fibre Channel Firmware Installation 15
AMC-8100
4 Fibre Channel Firmware Installation
This chapter provides information about installing and configuring
the Fibre Channel (FC) firmware.
The ADLINK AMC FC host adapters are preloaded with firmware
that presents a multiprotocol service layer based on the LSI
Fusion-MPT architecture. The FC firmware provides FCP (SCSI-3
over FC) Initiator, FCP Target, and LAN interface services to the
host system.
ADLINK qualifies all firmware prior to shipping. When updates are
necessary, ADLINK releases new firmware to improve the func-
tionality or performance of these host adapters. To inquire about
firmware updates, contact ADLINK at support@adlinktech.com.
4.1 FC Firmware
This section includes the features, description, installation, and
configuration of the FC firmware. The installation method varies
depending on the operating system. ADLINK provides firmware
installation tools for the Windows, Linux, and Solaris operating
systems.
Features
The FC firmware for the LSI FC chips supports the following features:
X
1, 2, or 4 Gbit/s FC transfers, with AutoNegotiation (select 1
Gbit/s, 2 Gbit/s, 4 Gbit/s, or Auto)
X
64-bit/66 MHz host PCI bus and 133 MHz PCI-X bus, and
x4/x8 PCI Express bus
X
Transaction performance capability of > 160,000 I/Os per
second (both channels)
X
Throughput capability of ~800 Mbytes/s, across 64-bit/133
MHz PCI-X (both channels)
X
Throughput capability of up to 2.5 Mbytes/s, across PCI
Express (both channels)
X
Low host CPU utilization
X
Interrupt coalescing, tunable to system requirements