Supported Operating Systems; Adapter Specifications; Physical Characteristics; Standards Specifications - Qlogic 8200 Series User Manual

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Supported Operating Systems

The 8200 and 3200 Series adapters support commonly used operating systems:
Windows, Linux, Solaris
For a detailed list of the currently supported operating systems, refer to the
adapter's Readme and Release Notes on the QLogic Web site:
http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com

Adapter Specifications

Physical Characteristics

The 8200 and 3200 Series Adapters are implemented as low-profile PCIe cards.
The adapters ship with a full-height bracket for use in a standard PCIe slot or an
optional spare low-profile bracket for use in a low-profile PCIe slot. Low-profile
slots are typically found in compact servers.

Standards Specifications

The 8200 and 3200 Series adapters support the following standards
specifications:
 IEEE: 802.3ae (10 Gb Ethernet)
 IEEE: 8021q (VLAN)
 IEEE: 802.3ad (Link Aggregation)
 IEEE: 802.1p (Priority Encoding)
 IEEE: 802.3x (Flow Control)
IEEE: 802.1Qbb (Priority Based Flow Control)
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 IEEE: 802.1Qaz (Enhanced Transmission Selection)
IPv4 Specification (RFC791)
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 IPv6 Specification (RFC2460)
 TCP/UDP Specification (RFC793/768)
 ARP Specification (RFC826)
 SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP)
 Fibre Channel Tape (FC-TAPE) Profile
 SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol-2 (FCP-2)
 Second Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-2)
 Third Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-3)
 iSCSI (RFC3720)
SN0054671-00 A
Flow control
Locally Administered Address (LAA)
and ESX
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