Broadcom Emulex LPe31000, Quick Installation Manual

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Broadcom LPe3X00X-IG114-101
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Emulex LPe31000-Series and LPe32000-Series Adapters Quick Installation
Guide
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Overview
This manual describes the following FC to PCI Express PCIe Broadcom
®
Emulex
®
host bus adapters:

LPe31000, LPe31002, and LPe31004, 16 Gb/s
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LPe32000 and LPe32002, 32 Gb/s
NOTE: It is possible to change the speed of some adapters from 16 Gb/s to 32 Gb/s or from 32 Gb/s to 16 Gb/s through
hardware. See
Section 2.7, Changing the Speed of the Adapter .
The core technology of these adapters is Broadcom's 6th generation FC controller. The controller is a multi-function PCIe
Gen3 interface controller that is compliant to the
PCI Express Base Specification, Rev 3.0
and
PCI Express CEM
Specification, Rev 3.0
. The LPe31000 and LPe32000 are single-channel adapters, the LPe31002 and LPe32002 are
dual-channel adapters, and the LPe31004 is a four-channel adapter.
These adapters support packet transfers at 2.5 GT/s , 5.0 GT/s, and 8 GT/s on the PCIe link (auto-negotiated with the
system). The supported physical PCIe connector is x8. The fully featured FC port is compliant with various ANSI FC
standards.
NOTE: Illustrations in this document are only examples. The actual hardware may vary.
1.1.1 Major Features
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Multifunction PCIe 3.0 device with one (LPe31000 and LPe32000), or two (LPe31002 and 32002), or four (LPe31004)
independent FC ports.
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Auto-negotiation between 4Gb/s, 8 Gb/s, or 16 Gb/s (LPe31000-series adapters) or between 8 Gb/s, 16 Gb/s, or
32 Gb/s (LPe32000-series adapters) FC link speeds using factory-shipped optics.
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Complies with the PCIe base and CEM 3.0 specifications.
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x8-lane standard Generation 3, PCIe interface at 2.5 GT/s, 5.0 GT/s, and 8 GT/s (auto-negotiated with the system).
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ECC protection of high-density RAM (single-bit correction, double-bit detection).
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Supports FEC using IEEE 802.3-2008 and later (applies to 16 Gb/s and faster units).
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SFP+ + interface supporting optics with LC connections and digital diagnostics capability.
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Host interface support is provided through Broadcom Emulex standard drivers.
– The LPe31000-series and LPe32000-series adapters support Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2,
Windows Server 2012, Windows Hyper-V, Citrix, Kernel-based Virtual Machine, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware
ESXi, and Solaris S11 (including Comstar).
– The LPe31004 adapter supports Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Linux 2.6 Kernel, VMware ESXi,
and Solaris S11 (including Comstar), TM drivers (Kits 9.6 and 9.7), FreeBSD, and Debian.
NOTE: Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 support drivers written for these adapters; however, new features designed
for 11.0 drivers are not supported for these operating systems.
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Parts and construction are compliant to the European Union Directive of RoHS .