Features
2-3
Ver. 2.0
Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
Before you use any of this family of host adapters, make sure your
system meets the specific hardware and software requirements shown in
Table 2.2.
2.2 Features
This section provides an overview of the
and the
for the 2 Gbit/s host adapter boards.
2.2.1 PCI Interface
PCI interfaces I/O components to the processor and memory
subsystems in equipment ranging from PCs to servers. The PCI interface
operates as a 64-bit DMA bus master capable of 64-bit addressing. The
LSIFC919 (single channel) and the LSIFC929 (dual channel) contain the
PCI functionality for all the LSI Logic 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI host
adapters.
The PCI interface includes these features:
•
Full 64-bit DMA bus master
•
LSIFC919/LSIFC929 functionality:
–
Zero wait-state bus master data bursts up to 1 Kbyte
Table 2.2
Hardware and Software Requirements
Component
Requirements
For Solaris SPARC hardware environments
Hardware
Any Sun Microsystems computer with an avail-
able CompactPCI slot
Software
Solaris 8 operating environment
Firmware
OpenBoot PROM, version 2.1 or greater
For Intel IA-32 or IA-64 hardware environments
Hardware
Any Intel compatible
Software
Windows Server (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, .NET)
Linux (RedHat, Suse, Caldera, Turbo)
NetWare, UnixWare, HP-UX, and OS/2
Firmware
Any Intel compatible BIOS system
