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QMI3472

SANblade® QMI3472 Dual Port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) & 1-Gbps Ethernet CFFh Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter IBM Part Number: 39Y9306.


 
QMI3472 Fibre Channel Expansion Card

The QMI3472 is the industry’s first multi-protocol expansion card enabling 4-Gbps Fibre Channel and 1-Gbps Ethernet in a PCI Express Combo Form Factor (CFFh) for the IBM BladeCenter. The QMI3472 not only delivers unprecedented levels of performance and availability, but also provides intelligent networking features specific to enterprise class data centers.
  

Enterprise Class Features
The QMI3472 delivers unmatched Fibre Channel and Ethernet performance, providing over 300,000 IOPS, nearly 1.6 GBps FC throughput, 1-Gbps full-duplex Ethernet, and support for PCI Express x4 bus speeds. More importantly, the QMI3472 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, as well as configure and manage their Ethernet connections using the Broadcom® Advanced Control Suite (BACS). The QMI3472 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

QMI3472 drivers exist for all major operating systems. A single FC 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, whereby firmware is bundled with the driver, eliminates any potential interoperability issues between the driver and firmware and reduces the number of software components to be managed by SAN administrators. Ethernet drivers are available on IBM’s website.
  

Guaranteed Interoperability
Storage partner certifications, combined with agency and regulatory testing, ensures all products meet world compliance hardware and software specifications. All our HBAs are tested extensively with third-party hardware, along with multiple software applications, to ensure best-in-class SAN and Ethernet interoperability and compatibility.
  
  

 
High Performance
  • 300,000 IOPS delivers high I/O transfer rates for storage applications
  • Intelligent interleaved DMA (iiDMA) ensures maximum utilization of FC data links
  • Out-of-Order Frame Reassembly (OoOFR) reduces FC congestion and retransmissions
  • CPU off-load for TCP/IP checksum calculation and jumbo frame support (9 KB) reduces CPU utilization and increases Ethernet throughput
Superior Scalability
  • Multi-ID and N_Port virtualization ready. Allows physical ports to be part of multiple logical networks
  • Virtual fabric (VSAN) ready. Allows physical FC ports to be part of multiple logical networks
  • Comprehensive operating system (OS) driver support including Windows, Linux, Solaris, NetWare, and VMware
Enhanced Reliability
  • Overlapping protection domains for continuous protection of internal data paths
  • Dual-port design protects against “single point of failure” via BladeSystem midplane routing to redundant switch modules.

 
Host Bus Interface Specifications
Bus interface

Dual PCI Express x4

Memory
  • 1-MB flash and 128-KB flash (SPI)
  • 2-KB NVRAM (SPI)
  • 4-KB EEPROM (I2C)
  • Hardware platforms
  • IBM HS21
  • IBM LS21
  • IBM LS41
  • Compliance
  • PCI Express Base Specification, revision 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)
  • Ethernet Specifications
    Data rate

    1-Gbps full-duplex per port

    Topology

    Any Ethernet network

    Physical Specifications
    Ports

    Dual 4-Gbps FC & dual 1-Gbps Ethernet

    Form factor

    IBM Combo Form Factor (CFFv)

    Environment and Equipment Specifications
    Airflow

    No airflow required

    Temperature
  • Operating: 0°C/32°F to 55°C/131°F
  • Storage: -40°C/-40°F to 70°C/158°F
  • Humidity
  • Relative (non-condensing): 5% to 95%
  • Storage: 5% to 95%
  • Power dissipation

    6.8W (maximum)

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

    BIOS, FCode, PXE Ethernet Boot

    APIs

    SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, and FDMI

    Operating systems*

    Windows, Linux – Red Hat, Linux – SuSE, VMware, NetWare, Solaris

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

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    Customized for QLogic’s server and storage OEM customers

    OEM OEM Model Name Where to Buy?**

    IBM

    39Y9306

    www.ibm.com

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



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