Qlogic QConvergeConsole CLI 8100 Series, User Manual

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1–Product Overview
Adapter Specifications
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BIOS Support QLogic adapters support the following boot images (boot
from SAN and PXE boot):

PCI BIOS version 2.1 and 3.0

UEFI specification 1.10 and 2. x .

FCode for SPARC
®
-based systems
Table 1-6. Transceiver Requirements
Adapter
Active
Copper
Passive
Copper
SR Optics
Sold by
QLogic
Optics Not
Sold by
QLogic
QLE8150
QLE8152
Supported
a
a
QLogic-approved active copper cables only. Refer
http://www.qlogic.com/Products/CU_Cables.aspx for a list of approved cables from switch
vendors.
Supported
a
Unsupported
b
b
The adapter port will function; however, QLogic provides no warranty or technical support for this
configuration.
Unsupported
c
c
The adapter port will not function.
QLE8140-SR
QLE8142-SR
Unsupported
b
Unsupported
c
Supported
Unsupported
c
QLogic 8100 Series Adapters are not backward compatible with <10Gbps SFP+ modules or
copper cables.
Table 1-7. FCoE Specifications
Feature Description
Performance 250,000 IOPs per port to handle enterprise class transactional
workloads
Throughput 1000MBps per port, half duplex
2000MBps per port, full duplex
Full FCoE
hardware offload Enables all FCoE protocol processing to be offloaded from the host
CPU to the adapter saving precious host CPU cycles for
application processing.
Table 1-5. Physical and Electrical Specification
Specification Description