Specifications; In This Chapter; Fabric Adapters; Pci Express Interface - Dell Brocade Adapters Installation And Reference Manual

Specifications

In this chapter

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Fabric Adapters

The Brocade stand-up Fabric Adapters are low-profile MD2 form factor PCI Express (PCIe) cards,
measuring 6.6 in. by 2.731 in. (16.765 cm by 6.93 cm). One and two-port models are available.
Ports support 10 GbE, 8 Gbps FC, or 16 FC small form factor pluggable (SFP+) optics. With the
appropriate optic installed, ports can be configured for HBA, CNA, or NIC operation using the AnyIO
feature.
Fabric Adapters are shipped with a full-height, standard bracket installed, and a low-profile bracket
included for mounting in your host system.
TABLE 12
Bracket Type
Low Profile
Standard

PCI Express interface

Install Brocade stand-up adapters in PCI Express (PCIe) computer systems with an Industry
Standard Architecture/Extended Industry Standard Architecture (ISA/EISA) bracket type.
Following are some of the features of the PCIe interface:
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Converged Network Adapters 179
Host Bus Adapters 187
Fibre Channel standards compliance 192
Regulatory compliance 192
Safety 198
Fabric Adapter mounting brackets
Dimensions
73 in. by 3.15 in. (1.84 cm by 8.01 cm)
73 in. by 3.15 in. (1.84 cm by 12.08 cm)
PCI Gen 2 system interface.
On-board flash memory provides BIOS support over the PCIe bus.
The adapter is designed to operate on an x8 lane DMA bus master at 250 GMhz. Operation
can negotiate from x8 to x4, x2, and x1 lanes.
Effective data rate of 32 Gbps for Gen 2 and 16 Gbps for Gen 1.
Eight physical functions supported per port.
Table 18 lists the two bracket types and dimensions.
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