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Continuous Access Storage Appliance Installation and Maintenance Guide
QLogic SANBlade QLA2344 series host bus adapters
The appliance has three (3) QLogic 2344 host bus adapters (HBAs) per appliance node, for a
total of six HBAs per appliance.
The QLogic HBAs provide:
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Data transfer rate of 400 MB/s (full–duplex operation)
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64-bit 133 MHz PCI-X
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Direct connection to copper-based and multimode optic cable media
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F-port and FL-port fabric login
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Class 2 and 3 Fibre Channel services
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SCSI and IP protocol support
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300,000 I/O operations per second
General specifications
Type
Description
Fibre Channel chip
ISP2300, ISP2310
RISC processor
106 MHz
RAM
256 KB, scalable to 4 MB
Frame buffers
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Integrated 10 KB frame buffer FIFO
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Receive FIFO = 6 KB, transmit FIFO = 4 KB
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Optional external frame buffer FIFO for longer distances
when using single mode optics
Topology
FC-AL, FC-AL-2, Point-to-Point, Switched Fabric
Fabric support
FL-Port, F-Port
Class of service
Class 2 and 3 Fibre channel services
Transfers
Full duplex in all topologies
Protocols
SCSI, IP, and Virtual Interface (VI) concurrently; FC tape
Fibre Channel data
transfers
Up to 400 MB/s per channel (full duplex)
Operating temperature
0º C to 55º C (32º F to 131º F)
Storage temperature
–20º C to 70º C (–4º F to 158º F)
Relative humidity
–10% to 90% (noncondensing)
Storage humidity
5% to 95% (noncondensing)
Power consumption
Fiber Optic: <6–12 W