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Corporate Headquarters

    QLogic Corporation    26650 Aliso Viejo Parkway    Aliso Viejo, CA 92656    949.389.6000           

www.qlogic.com

Europe Headquarters 

    QLogic (UK) LTD.      Quatro House      Lyon Way, Frimley     Camberley Surrey, GU16 7ER UK     +44 (0) 1276 804 670

QLE2562

 Dual Port 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express Host Bus Adapter

© 2007–2008 QLogic Corporation.  Specifications are subject to change without notice.  All rights reserved worldwide.  QLogic and the QLogic logo, StarPower, and SANsurfer are trademarks or registered trademarks of QLogic Corporation.  Windows, Windows 
Server, and Windows Vista are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.  Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.  Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat Software, Inc.  Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc.  
VMware is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc.  Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation  AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.  SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, 
Inc. in the USA and other countries.  Sun is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.  Information supplied by QLogic Corporation is believed to be accurate and 
reliable.  QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors in this brochure.  QLogic Corporation reserves the right, without notice, to make changes in product design or specifications.

 

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Fibre Channel Specifications

Negotiation

8/4/2Gbps auto-negotiation

 

IOPS

200,000 initiator and target IOPS per port

 

Class of service

2 and 3

 

Topology

FC-AL, FC-AL2, point-to-point, switched fabric

 

Protocols

FCP-3-SCSI

 

FC-Tape (FCP-2)

 

Cable distances

Multi-Mode Optic

Cable Type and Distance (m)

Rate

OM1

OM2

OM3

2Gbps

150

300

500

4Gbps

70

150

380

8Gbps

21

50

150

PCI Express Interface

Compliance

PCI Express Base Specification

 

 rev. 2.0

PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification

 

 

rev. 2.0
PCI Bus Power Management Interface 

 

Specification rev. 1.2
PCI Hot Plug Specification

 

 rev. 1.0

Physical and electrical

PCIe x8 physical connector

 

StarPower link training

 

Maximum x4 lanes for Gen2 rate

 

Maximum x8 lanes for Gen1 rate

 

Connectivity

Ports

Dual 8Gbps Fibre Channel

 

SFP+ with LC-style connector

 

HBA Specifications

Airflow

No airflow required

 

Power consumption

6.2 Watts (typical)

 

Form factor

Low-profile PCI Express card (6.6 in. x 2.54 in.)

 

Temperature

0 to 55°C (operating)

 

-40 to 70°C (non-operating)

 

Relative Humidity

10% to 90% (operating, non-condensing)

 

5% to 93% (non-operating, non-condensing)

 

RoHS compliance

RoHS 6

 

Tools and Utilities

Management tools

SANsurfer

 

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 FC HBA Manager

SANsurfer FC HBA CLI

 

Device utilities

Utilities for flashing bootcode

 

Linux scripting tools

 

Boot support

BIOS, FCode, UEFI, EFI

 

APIs

SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, FDMI

 

Platform/Operating System Support

Hardware platforms

IA32 (x86), IA64, Intel

 

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 64

AMD™ Opteron64

 

Sun™ SPARC

 

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Operating systems

Windows

 

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 Server™ 2003, Windows XP Pro x64, 

Windows Vista™ (Business and Enterprise), 
Windows Server 2008
Solaris™ 10 (x86 and SPARC)

 

Red Hat

 

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 AS 5.

x, 4.x

Novell

 

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 SLES 10, 9

VMware

 

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 ESX Server 3.5 and 3i (targeted versions)

NetWare

 

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 6.5

Agency Approvals—EMI and EMC

US/Canada

 

 

FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Class A; ICES-003, Class A

Europe

 

 

EN55022, Class A

New Zealand/Australia

AS/NZS 3548 Class A

 

Japan

VCCI V-3/2004.4, Class A

 

Korea

MIC

 

Taiwan

BSMI (CNS 13438)

 

Agency Approvals—Safety

US/Canada

UL, cUL: UL60950, CSA C22.2 No.60950, Class 1 

 

Laser Product per DHHS 21CFR J

Europe

73/23/ECC Low Voltage Directive:

 

TUV: EN60950-1:2001, EN60825-

 

1:1994+A1+A2, EN60825-2:1994+A1

Ordering Information

QLE2562-CK 

Ships in an individually packed box with a 

 

standard size bracket, a spare low-profile bracket, 
SANsurfer FC HBAs CD, and Quick Start Guide

QLE2562-BK

Ships in a bulk box in quantities of 20 or 50 with 

 

standard size brackets

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