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
Host Bus Interface Specifications
Bus interface
PCI Express x4
Memory
1-MB SRAM per port
1-MB flash (SPI)
2-KB NVRAM (SPI)
2-KB EEPROM (I
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C)
Hardware platforms
Dell PowerEdge 1855
Dell PowerEdge 1955
Compliance
PCI Express Base Specification, rev. 1.0a
PCI Bus Power Management Interface
Specification, revision 1.1
Fibre Channel Specifications
Data rate
2/1 Gbps auto-negotiation (2.125/1.0625 Gbps)
Performance
150,000 IOPS per port
Topology
Point-to-point (N_Port)
Arbitrated loop (NL_Port)
Switched fabric (N_Port)
Logins
Support for F_Port and FL_Port login
2,048 concurrent logins and 2,048 active
exchanges per port
Protocols
FCP (SCSI-FCP)
FC-TAPE (FCP-2)
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Compliance
SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP)
Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface
(FC-PH)
Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface
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 (FC-
GS-3)
Third Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-3)
Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling (FC-FS)
Physical Specifications
Ports
Dual 2-Gbps Fibre Channel
Form factor
Dell PowerEdge mezzanine card
Environment and Equipment
Specifications
Airflow
No airflow required
Temperature
Operating: 0°C/32°F to 55°C/131°F
Storage: -40°C/-40°F to 70°C/158°F
Humidity
Relative (non-condensing): 5% to 95%
Storage: 5% to 95%
Power dissipation
4.7W (maximum)
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Tools and Utilities
Management tools
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
SANsurfer FC HBA Command Line Interface (CLI)
Device utilities
FLASUTIL for updating:
Firmware
Boot code
HBA parameters
Boot support
BIOS
APIs
SNIA HBA API V2
SMI-S
FDMI
Operating systems
Windows Server
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Linux – Red Hat
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Linux – SuSE
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VMware
Ordering Information
The QME2462 is available directly from Dell.
Visit
www.dell.com
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SANblade QME2462
© 2007 QLogic Corporation. Specifications are subject to change without notice. All rights reserved worldwide. QLogic, the QLogic logo, QLA, and SANblade are registered trademarks of QLogic Corporation. PowerEdge is a registered trademark of Dell 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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