Hardware And Software Components; Hardware Components - Qlogic Fibre Channel Adapter User Manual

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Hardware and Software
Components
This chapter provides details about QLogic FC adapters for VMware, including:
"Hardware Components" on page 1-1
"Software Components" on page 1-3
"QLogic FC Adapters Supported on VMware ESX/ESXi" on page 1-4

Hardware Components

A typical QLogic FC adapter includes the following major components:
RISC processor
Static random access memory (SRAM)
Non-volatile memory (Flash)
Non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) (On ISP25xx, NVRAM is
built into the Flash)
Transceivers
LEDs
Figure 1-1
Table 1-1
FC0054606-00 A
shows the hardware components of a QLogic FC adapter and
provides additional details of selected components.
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