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QME2472

SANblade® QME2472 Dual Port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) HBA for Dell PowerEdge® M600 and M605 Blade Servers. 


 
QME2472 Host Bus Adapter

The QME2472 enables 4-Gbps Fibre Channel in Dell PowerEdge blade servers. The QME2472 not only delivers unprecedented levels of performance and availability, but also intelligent networking features specific to enterprise class data centers.
  

Enterprise Class Features
The QME2472 delivers unmatched performance by leveraging a single ASIC design, combining a unique hardware architecture to deliver over 300,000 IOPS, nearly 1600 MBps overall throughput, and support for PCI Express x4 bus speeds. More importantly, the QME2472 HBA provides new intelligent storage networking features that redefine the enterprise class HBA, providing increased data protection, advanced frame routing, and enterprise-wide management capabilities.
  
Simplified Setup

Point-and-click installation and configuration wizards simplify the HBA setup process. Storage administrators can quickly deploy HBAs across a SAN using QLogic SANsurfer HBA management tools and device utilities. The QME2472 is also fully compliant with industry standard Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), including SNIA HBA API and SMI-S. This compatibility allows administrators to manage QLogic HBAs using third-party software applications.
  

Comprehensive Operating System Support

QME2472 drivers exist for all operating systems supported by Dell PowerEdge blade servers. A single driver strategy per OS allows storage administrators to easily deploy and manage HBAs in heterogeneous SAN configurations. In addition, QLogic’s unique unified driver model, which bundles the firmware with the driver, eliminates any potential interoperability issues between the driver and firmware and reduces the number of software components to be managed.
  

Guaranteed Interoperability
Storage partner certifications, combined with agency and regulatory testing, ensures all products meet world compliance hardware and software specifications. All HBAs are tested extensively with third-party hardware, along with multiple software applications, to ensure best-in-class SAN interoperability and compatibility. You can be confident purchasing QLogic HBAs to meet your FC storage networking needs
  

 
High Performance
  • 300,000 IOPS (150,000 IOPS per port) delivers high I/O transfer rates for storage applications
  • Intelligent interleaved DMA (iiDMA) ensures maximum utilization of data links
  • Out-of-Order Frame Reassembly (OoOFR) reduces congestion and retransmissions
Superior Scalability
  • Multi-ID and N_Port virtualization ready. Allows physical ports to be part of multiple logical ports
  • Virtual fabric (VSAN) ready. Allows physical ports to be part of multiple logical networks
  • Comprehensive Operating System (OS) driver support including Windows®, Linux®, and VMware®
Enhanced Reliability
  • Overlapping protection domains for continuous protection of internal data paths

 
Host Bus Interface Specifications
Bus interface

PCI Express x4

Memory
Integrated 512KB SRAM per port, 1-MB flash (SPI), 2-KB NVRAM (SPI), 2-Kb EEPROM (I2C)
Hardware platfomrs
Dell PowerEdge M600, Dell PowerEdge M605
Compliance
PCI Express Base Specification, rev. 1.0a, PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, revision 1.1
Fibre Channel Specifications
Data rate
4/2/1-Gbps auto-negotiation (4.25/2.125/1.0625-Gbps)
Performance

150,000 IOPS per port

Topology
Point-to-point (N_Port), arbitrated loop (NL_Port), switched fabric (N_Port)
Logins
Support for F_Port and FL_Port login, 2,048 concurrent logins and 2,048 active exchanges per port
Protocols
FCP (SCSI-FCP), FC-TAPE (FCP-2)
Compliance
SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP), Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH), Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling, Interface 2nd Generation (FC-PH-2), Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3), Fibre Channel—Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2), Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment Technical Report (FC-FLA), Fibre Channel—Private Loop Direct Attach Technical Report (FC-PLDA), Fibre Channel Tape (FC-TAPE) Profile, SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol-2 (FCP-2), Second Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-3), Third Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling (FC-FS)
Physical Specifications
Ports

Dual 4-Gbps Fibre Channel

Form factor
Dell PowerEdge mezzanine card
Environment and Equipment Specifications
Airflow

No airflow required

Temperature
  • Operating: 0°C/32°F to 60°C/140°F
  • Storage: -40°C/-40°F to 70°C/158°F
  • Humidity
  • Relative (non-condensing): 5% to 95%
  • Storage: 5% to 95%
  • Power dissipation

    5.5W (maximum)

    Tools and Utilities
    Management tools
    SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
    SANsurfer FC HBA Command Line Interface (CLI)
    Device utilities
    FLASUTIL for updating: Firmware, Boot code, HBA parameters
    Boot support

    BIOS

    APIs

    SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, and FDMI

    Operating systems*

    Windows Server®, Linux – Red Hat®, Linux – SuSE®, VMware

     
    * Subject to availability of OS and hardware from respective OEMs.

      OEM Branded Product
     

    Customized for QLogic’s server and storage OEM customers

    OEM OEM Model Name Where to Buy?**

    Dell

    0DR213

    www.dell.com

    ** Contact appropriate server or storage OEM for information on pricing, contents, warranty, and placing orders.



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