IBM System Storage DS4000 FC, Installation And User Manual

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FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter features
The FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter has the following features:
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64-Bit, PCI-X 2.0 266 MHz, compatible with 66/33 MHz PCI and 133/100/66 MHz
PCI-X.
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Conforms to PCI Local Bus Specification, revision 2.3 and 3.0, 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.
v Compliance with SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP), Fibre Channel
Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH), 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 FC Generic Services
(FC-GS-3), Third Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel
Framing and Signaling (FC-FS) Physical Specification.
v Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards.
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Support for 4/2/1Gbps auto-negotiation (4.2480/2.1240/1.0625 Gbps) data rates.
v Support for 100,000 IOPS and higher.
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Support for 400 MBps maximum at half-duplex, 800 MBps maximum at
full-duplex.
v Fast!UTIL basic input/output system (BIOS) utility program to customize the
configuration parameters on the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter and attached drives.
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Support for Point-to-point (N_Port), arbitrated loop (NL_Port), and switched fabric
(N_Port), Support for F_Port and FL_Port login. 2,048 concurrent logins and
2,048 active exchanges.
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Support for Fibre Channel service (Classes 2 and 3).
v Support for Fibre Channel protocols FCP (SCSI-FCP), IP (FC-IP), FICON
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(FC-SB-2), FC-TAPE (FCP-2).
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Storage Networking industry association (SNIA) HBA application programming
interface (API), and storage management interface specification (SMI-S)
compliant.
v Managed by the SANsurfer
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FC HBA Manager.
Preinstallation procedures
Before you begin the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter installation, do the following:
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Read “Handling static-sensitive devices” on page 3.
v Read “What you need for the installation” on page 4.
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Write down the serial number of the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter. Each adapter has
a unique serial number. If the nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) (also
referred to as NOVRAM) is damaged, the system prompts you for the FC 4Gbps
PCI-X Adapter serial number. Figure 1 on page 3 shows the serial number label
location.
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