Chapter 1: Introduction; Overview; Major Features; Compatibility - Broadcom Emulex LPe12000 Series Installation Manual

Emulex LPe12000-Series Host Bus Adapters Installation Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Overview

This manual describes the following 8Gb/s, FC-to-PCIe Emulex
LPe12000 (one port)
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LPe12002 (two ports)
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LPe12004 (four ports)
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The adapters feature a revolutionary design with integrated ARM-1156 cores, integrated SerDes, integrated SRAM, and
external DDR SRAM memory structure.
The controller incorporates a multifunction native PCIe core that is compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification Rev. 2.0
and PCI Express CEM Specification Rev. 2.0.
These adapters support packet transfers up to 5.0 GT/s on the PCIe link. The supported physical PCIe connector is an x8
bus slot. The fully featured FC port is compliant to various ANSI FC standards.
NOTE: Illustrations in this guide are examples only. The actual hardware may vary.

1.2 Major Features

The adapters described in this guide have the following major features:
Multifunction PCIe 2.0 device with one (LPe12000), two (LPe12002), or four (LPe12004) independent FC ports.
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Autonegotiation between 2Gb/s, 4Gb/s, or 8Gb/s FC link speeds.
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Compliant to the PCIe base and CEM 2.0 specifications.
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Built-in temperature sensor.
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1.3 Compatibility

Table 1: Software and Hardware Environments
Software Environments
Hardware Environments

1.4 Prerequisites

Use PCIe Gen2-compliant computers that have an x4 or x8 lane transfer link interface.
Broadcom
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Adapters are compatible with PCIe 2.0 and CEM 2.0-compliant computers, and are backwards compatible
with 1.0a and 1.1-compliant computers.
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HBAs:
www.broadcom.com for compatible operating systems.
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