Dell Brocade 825, Installation And Reference Manual

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Converged Network Adapters
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PCI system values
All Brocade FCoE CNAs share a common PCI Vendor ID (VID) value to allow drivers and BIOS to
recognize them as supported Fibre Channel and network devices. CNAs are also assigned PCI
subsystem vendor IDs (SVIDs) and subsystem IDs (SSIDs) to allow drivers and BIOS to distinguish
between individual host adapter variants. You can locate PCI device, vendor, and subsystem IDs for
the installed FCoE CNAs through your host’s operating system tools. For example, if using Windows,
use the following steps.
1. Access the Device Manager
The CNA appears as a Fibre Channel adapter and as an Ethernet controller or adapter.
2. Open the Properties dialog box for the CNA by right-clicking the CNA and selecting Properties
from the shortcut menu.
3. Select the Details and Driver tabs to locate specific values.
Hardware specifications
The CNA supports features outlined in Table 19 .
TABLE 19
CNA hardware specifications
Feature Description
Port speeds 10.312 Gbps
SFP transceivers (stand-up
adapters)
•
Multimode fiber optic small form factor
pluggable plus (SFP+)
•
Copper SFP+
Connectivity
•
Stand-up adapters - LC cable connectors
•
Mezzanine adapters - Interfaces to enclosure
midplane for connection to switch, I/O, and
other modules are built on the card surface.
ASIC
•
Provides the FCoE functionality for the CNA.
•
Two on-board processors, each operating at
400 MHz, which coordinate and process data
in both directions.
External serial FLASH memory
•
Stores firmware and CNA BIOS code
•
4 MB capacity
Data transfer rate 10.312 Gbps full-duplex
Performance per port 500,000 IOPs (maximum)
1 M IOPS per dual-port adapter
Topology 10 Gbps DCB