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StorageTek Dual 8Gb FC Dual GbE HBA, ExpressModule, Emulex Installation Guide For HBA Models SG-XPCIEFCGBE-E8-Z, SG-PCIEFCGBE-E8-Z, SG-XPCIEFCGBE-E8-N, SG-PCIEFCGBE-E8-N and 7105393

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Updated: August 2018
 
 

HBA Features and Specifications

The StorageTek Dual 8 Gb FC Dual GbE HBA (SG-XPCIEFCGBE-E8-Z, SG-PCIEFCGBE-E8-Z, SG-XPCIEFCGBE-E8-N, SG-PCIEFCGBE-E8-N, and 7105393) consists of a single-wide, ExpressModule bus expansion board. The board interfaces an eight-lane PCI-Express bus, with four lanes supporting two Fibre Channel (FC) optical media ports and four lanes supporting two UTP (copper) Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports. The two independent FC ports operate at 8 Gbit/second and feature 8/4/2 Gbit/second autonegotiation.

The HBA is also backward compatible with FC ports that operate at 4 and 2 Gbit/second. The Gigabit Ethernet ports can be configured to operate in 10-, 100-, or 1000-Mbit/second Ethernet networks.

See Figure 1, Table 1, HBA Features and Specifications for a list of the HBA features.

Table 1  HBA Features and Specifications
Feature
Description
PCI connector
x8
PCI signaling environment
PCI-Express x8 (8 active lanes)
PCI lane usage
FC x4 lanes
GbE x4 lanes
PCI transfer rate (maximum)
PCI-Express Generation Two (5 Gbit/second) x8
Number of FC ports
Two
Number of devices supported
126 devices per FC loop; 510 devices in Fabric mode
FC bus type (external)
Fiber-optic media, short-wave laser, multimode fiber (400‐M5- SN-S)
FC data rates
2.125, 4.25, 8.5 Gbit/second (auto-detected)
FC topologies
Switched fabric (N_Port), arbitrated loop (NL_Port) and point-to-point (N_Port)
Number of GbE ports
Two
GbE interface type (external)
IEEE 802.3 compliant, copper, UTP RJ-45
GbE transfer rate
10/100/1000-Mbit/second per port, autosensing, full-duplex
RAM
1.5 MB, parity protected, per port
BIOS ROM (FC)
One 4-MB flash ROM, field-programmable
BIOS ROM (GbE)
One 1-MB flash ROM
NVRAM (FC)
One 2-KB EEPROM
NVRAM (GbE)
One 128-KB EEPROM
External connectors
Two Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) optics with LC-style connectors and two RJ-45 GbE connectors
Maximum FC cable length
2 Gbit/second:
500 meters using 50/125 mm core OM3 fiber
300 meters using 50/125 mm core OM2 fiber
150 meters using 50/125 mm core OM1 fiber
150 meters using 62.5/125 mm core fiber
4 Gbit/second:
380 meters using 50/125 mm core OM3 fiber
150 meters using 50/125 mm core OM2 fiber
70 meters using 50/125 mm core OM1 fiber
70 meters using 62.5/125 mm core fiber
8 Gbit/second:
150 meters using 50/125 mm core OM3 fiber
50 meters using 50/125 mm core OM2 fiber
21 meters using 62.5/125 mm core OM1 fiber
LED indicators and button
Two LEDs per channel (yellow and green) on the front panel as status indicators
(Power LED, Attention LED) and a button on the front panel to support hot-swap functionality
Power dissipation
18.2 watts maximum
Form Factor
PCI-Express ExpressModule, single-wide (198 mm x 112 mm x 21 mm)