Performance Specifications - HP StorageWorks fca2384 Installation Manual

Introduction

Performance Specifications

The FCA2384 PCI-X host bus adapter offers a highly integrated 2Gb/s 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 FCA2384 also features sophisticated hardware that provides superior
performance in SANs and provides best in class server CPU off load. 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 FCA2384 is both ANSI Fibre Channel and PCI Local Bus Compliant and
supports:
Collectively, these characteristics create a high-performance Fibre Channel HBA.
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Simultaneous full duplex 2 Gbps PCI bus speed data transfers of 400 MBps
Full fabric support using F_PORT and FL_Port connections
Onboard hardware context cache for superior fabric performance
FC-Tape (FC-2) devices
Point-to-point arbitrated-loop, and switch fabric FC connections
Storage protocol
Fibre Channel class 2 and 3
Automatic speed negotiation and topology detection
End-to-end parity protection for high data integrity
Buffered data architecture to support over 50km cabling at full 2Gb/s
bandwidth
FCA2384 PCI-X Host Bus Adapter for OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX Installation Guide