Lpe32000-Series Hbas And Lpe31000-Series Hbas; Major Features; Compatibility; Prerequisites - Broadcom Emulex Installation Manual

Emulex Host Bus Adapters Installation Guide

1.2 LPe32000-Series HBAs and LPe31000-Series HBAs

This section describes the following FC-to-PCIe Emulex LPe32000-series HBAs and LPe31000-series HBAs:
LPe32000-series HBAs (32Gb/s, 16Gb/s, or 8Gb/s):
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– LPe32000 (one port)
– LPe32002 (two ports)
LPe31000-series HBAs (16Gb/s or 8Gb/s):
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– LPe31000 (one port)
– LPe31002 (two ports)
– LPe31004 (four ports)

1.2.1 Major Features

LPe32000-series HBAs and LPe31000-series HBAs have the following major features:
Support for FEC using IEEE 802.3-2008 and later (applies to 16Gb/s and faster units)
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Autonegotiation between 4Gb/s, 8Gb/s, or 16Gb/s (LPe31000-series HBAs) or between 8Gb/s, 16Gb/s, or 32Gb/s
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(LPe32000-series HBAs) FC link speeds using factory-shipped optics
Multifunction PCIe Gen3 interface controller that is compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification Rev 3.0 and
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PCI Express CEM Specification Rev 3.0
Packet transfers at 2.5 GT/s, 5 GT/s, and 8 GT/s on the PCIe link (autonegotiated with the system), x1 to x8 lane
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An x8 bus slot physical PCIe connector
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Industry sixth-generation FC controller core technology
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ECC protection of high-density RAM (single-bit correction, double-bit detection)
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SFP+ interface supporting optics with LC connections and digital diagnostics capability
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Host interface support provided through Emulex standard drivers
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Parts and construction compliant to the European Union Directive of RoHS
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Fully featured FC ports compliant to various ANSI FC standards
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Speed changeable from 16Gb/s to 32Gb/s, or from 32Gb/s to 16Gb/s, through hardware; see
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the Speed of the HBA, for more information
Secure firmware enabled or disabled via a jumper; see
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information

1.2.2 Compatibility

Table 2: Software and Hardware Environments
Software environments
Hardware environments

1.2.3 Prerequisites

Use PCIe Gen3-compliant computers that have x8 or x16 lanes at up to 8 GT/s per lane.
Broadcom
Refer to the Broadcom website at
LPe32000-series HBAs: PCIe 3.0 supports x8, x4, and x1 bus slots.
LPe31000-series HBAs: PCIe 3.0 supports x8, x4, x2, and x1 bus slots.
NOTE: HBAs are compatible with PCIe 3.0 and CEM 3.0-compliant computers and are backwards
compatible with 1.0a, 1.1, and 2.0-compliant computers.
Section 2.6, Setting the Secure Firmware
www.broadcom.com
Section 2.5, Changing
Jumper, for more
for compatible operating systems.
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