Corporate Headquarters
QLogic Corporation 26650 Aliso Viejo Parkway Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949.389.6000
www.qlogic.com
Europe Headquarters
QLogic (UK) LTD. Surrey Technology Centre 40 Occam Road Guildford Surrey GU2 7YG UK +44 (0)1483 295825
D A T A S H E E T
QLE2462
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Host Bus Interface Specifications
Bus interface
PCI Express x4
Memory
1-MB SRAM per port, 1-MB flash (SPI), and
2-KB NVRAM (SPI)
Hardware platforms*
IA32 (x86), IA64, IEM64T, AMD Opteron 64, Sun
SPARC, Apple G5 (Xserve and Power Mac)
Compliance
PCI Express Base Specification, revision 1.0a, PCI
Express Card Electromechanical Specification,
revision 1.0,
PCI Bus Power Management
Interface Specification, revision 1.1
Fibre Channel Specifications
Data rate
4/2/1 Gbps auto-negotiation (4.2480/2.1240/
1.0625 Gbps)
Performance
150,000 IOPS per port
Topology
Point-to-point (N_Port), arbitrated loop (NL_Port),
and switched fabric (N_Port)
Logins
Support for F_Port and FL_Port login. 2,048
concurrent logins and 2,048 active exchanges
per port
Class of service
Class 2 and 3
Protocols
FCP (SCSI-FCP), IP (FC-IP), FC-TAPE (FCP-2)
Compliance
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
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(FC-GS-2), Third Generation FC Generic Services
(FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling
(FC-FS)
Physical Specifications
Ports
Dual 4-Gbps FC
Connections
Small form factor fixed (SFF) multimode optic
with LC-style connector
Form factor
Low-profile PCI Express Card: 16.765 cm ×
6.89 cm (6.6 in. × 2.713 in.)
Bracket size
Standard: 1.84 cm × 12.08 cm (.73 in. × 4.76 in.)
Low-profile: 1.84 cm × 8.01 cm (.73 in. × 3.15 in.)
Environment and Equipment
Specifications
Airflow (no airflow required)
Temperature
Operating: 0°C/32°F to 55°C/131°F.
Storage: -20°C/-4°F to 70°C/158°F
Humidity
Relative (non-condensing): 10% to 90%
Storage: 5% to 95%
Power dissipation
6.5 W (maximum)
Cable distances
1 Gbps: 500 meters 50/125 μm fiber,
300 meters 62.5/125 μm fiber
2 Gbps: 300 meters 50/125 μm fiber,
150 meters 62.5/125 μm fiber
4 Gbps: 150 meters 50/125 μm fiber, 70 meters
62.5/125 μm fiber
Agency Approvals—Product 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
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Agency Approvals—EMI and EMC
US :
FCC Part 15, Class B
Canada:
Industry Canada ICES-003, Class B
Europe:
89/336/EEC EMC Directive CE Mark,
EN55022: 1998/CISPR22:1997 Class B, EN55024:
1998, EN61000-3-2:1995, EN61000-3-3:1994
Japan:
VCCI, Class B
Taiwan:
CNS 13438 Class B
New Zealand/Australia:
AS/NZS 3548 Class B
Korea:
MIC
Tools and Utilities
Management tools
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
Device utilities
Command line interface; utilities for firmware,
driver, boot code, and NVRAM
Boot support
BIOS, EFI, and FCode
APIs
SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, and FDMI
Operating systems*
Windows® Server™ 2003; Windows 2000;
Windows XP Pro; Solaris 10; Linux Red Hat AS
3.0, 4.0; Linux SuSE SLES 8, 9; Novell NetWare
6.5; Mac OS X
Ordering Information
QLE2462-CK
Ships in an individually packed box with a
standard size bracket and a spare low-profile
bracket, FC HBA Manager CD, and Quick Start
Guide
QLE2462-BK
Ships in a bulk box in quantities of 20 and 50
with standard size brackets
*Subject to availability of OS and hardware from respective OEMs.
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