Atto Celerity Fc42-Es Host Adapter; Hardware Specifications; Advanced Fc Capabilities; Host Bus Specifications - ATTO Technology FastStream SC 5500E Installation And Operation Manual

1.2 ATTO Celerity FC42-ES Host Adapter

The ATTO FastStream SC 5500E uses the Celerity FC-42ES PCI Express Interconnect and 4-Gigabit Fibre
Channel to provide performance of up to 650 MB/sec.
The Celerity FC-42ES is a dual-channel host adapter
supports high-definition video, rich content databases
and other high bandwidth environments.
The FC-42ES uses PCI Express, a serial, high-speed
connection that supports aggregate throughput up to 4
GB/sec. (x8 PCIe) full-duplex.

Hardware specifications

• 2 independent Fibre Channel ports
• 4-Gigabit data transfer rates per channel
• Supports all FC topologies: direct fabric,
arbitrated loop and point-to-point
• ANSI Fibre Channel: FC-PH, FC-AL, FC-AL2,
FC-FCP, FC-PLDA, FC-FLA
• Flash ROM for easy field upgrades
• FC Class 3 support
• Local management and diagnostics
• Buffer credits: 8 @ 512 Bytes; 8 @ 2 Kilobytes

Advanced FC capabilities

• Supports SNIA HBA API
Exhibit 1.2-1 Celerity FC-42ES Adapter bracket detail.
• On-demand automatic negotiation among 4-Gb,
2-Gb and 1-Gb Fibre Channel
• Supports Windows FDMI and WMI
• Supports exclusive ATTO Advanced Data
Streaming (ADS) Technology

Host bus specifications

• x4 mechanical and x4 electrical PCI Express
interconnect (RoHS compliant)
• Conforms to PCI Express Base Spec 1.0a
• Conforms to PCI Express CEM Spec 1.0a
• PCI Express to PCI/PCI-X Bridge spec 1.0

External connectivity

• Easy-to-install full height connection plate
• External LEDs for on-line and speed status for
each channel
• 2 pluggable optical LC SFP transceivers
included
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