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host bus adapter for Windows and Linux installation guide
Introduction
Performance Specifications
The PCI-X host bus adapter offers a highly integrated 2Gbps Fibre Channel HBA for
use in servers based on either PCI or the latest PCI-X expansion bus. The features of
this PCI-X based HBA provide the flexibility and broad interoperability needed for
complex, highly scalable SANs.
The HBA also features sophisticated hardware that provides superior performance in
SANs and provides best in class server CPU offload. This exclusive hardware delivers
low latency and high throughput in switched fabric, arbitrated loop, and clustered
environments. Support for fiber optic cabling is provided through an embedded small
form factor (LC) optical interface.
The HBA is both ANSI Fibre Channel and PCI Local Bus Compliant and supports:
Figure 1–1: Host Bus Adapter
Table 1–1: Host Bus Adapter Diagram Description
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Description
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Fibre Channel (LC) connectors.
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POST LEDs indicators
Note: See
for detailed descriptions.