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QMH2562 

Dual Port 8Gb FC to PCIe Expansion Card for HP BladeSystem c-Class  

 
 
QMH2562 Host Bus Adapter

The QMH2562 is a PCI Express to 8Gb FC Host Bus Adapter (HBA) designed for the HP BladeSystem c-Class.


Virtualization Optimized

The QMH2562 supports N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) by allowing multiple logical (virtual) connections to share the same physical port. Each logical connection has its own resources and the ability to be managed independently.


Power Optimized

The QMH2562 takes advantage of QLogic StarPower technology, ensuring power efficiency. QLogic StarPower technology offers dynamic power management to provide the necessary PCI Express bandwidth at the lowest power consumption. Low-power switching power supplies and thermally efficient layout allows the QMH2562 to operate without any additional airflow, making it a Cool HBA.


RAS Optimized

The QMH2562 provides the highest data integrity by ensuring Overlapping Protection Domains (OPD) on both the control and data paths. The dual-port design protects against “single point of failure” via BladeSystem midplane routing to redundant switch modules.


Security Optimized

The QMH2562 enables SAN-level authentication by supporting Fibre Channel-Security Protocol (FC-SP).


Management Optimized

The QMH2562 is backward compatible with 4Gb and 2Gb speeds. A single common driver per operating system for three generations of FC HBAs (8Gb, 4Gb, and 2Gb) simplifies deployment. QLogic’s unified driver model (firmware embedded in the driver) eliminates potential interoperability issues between firmware and driver versions. The QMH2562’s API compatibility with 4Gb products accelerates deployment while ensuring application compatibility.


Investment Protection

For over 15 years, QLogic has been a technological leader with products that address the current needs of customers, yet provide strong investment protection to support emerging technologies and standards. QLogic stands alone in the industry with its product portfolio depth and experience in successfully delivering technological solutions that address the needs of today and tomorrow.

 
Features
  • Fibre Channel (FC) 8Gb to PCI Express x8
  • Up to 1600 MBps (full-duplex) per port
  • 200,000 initiator IOPS per port
  • StarPower™ with Dynamic Power and Cool HBA™ technologies
Benefits
  • Lowest power consumption
  • Highest data integrity on data and control paths
  • Enhanced security protection
  • Faster driver deployment and reduced interoperability issues with unified driver model
 
 
Fibre Channel Specifications
Negotiation

8/4/2-Gbps auto-negotiation

IOPS

200,000 initiator IOPS per port

Class of service
3
Topology

FC-AL, FC-AL2, point-to-point, switched fabric

Protocols
  • FCP-3-SCSI
  • FC-Tape (FCP-2)
PCI Express Interface
Compliance
  • PCI Express Base Specification rev. 2.0
  • PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification rev. 1.2
Physical and electrical
  • HP BladeSystem PCIe mezzanine slot connector
  • StarPower link training
    • Maximum x4 lanes for Gen2 rate
    • Maximum x8 lanes for Gen1 rate
Connectivity
Ports

Dual 8Gbps Fibre Channel

HBA Specifications
Airflow

Provided by BladeSystem enclosure

Power consumption
  • 5.1 Watts (typical)
Form factor

HP c-Class Type 1 mezzanine form factor

Temperature
  • 0°C/32°F to 55°C/131°F (operating)
  • -40°C/-40°F to 70°C/158°F (non-operating)
Humidity
  • 10% to 90% (operating, non-condensing)
  • 5% to 93% (non-operating, non-condensing)
RoHS compliance

RoHS 6

Tools and Utilities
Management tools
  • SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
  • SANsurfer FC HBA CLI
Device utilities
  • Utilities for flashing bootcode
  • Linux scripting tools
Boot support

BIOS, UEFI, EFI

APIs

SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, FDMI

Platform/Operating System Support
Hardware platforms

HP BladeSystem c-Class

Operating systems
  • Windows Server® 2003 and 2008
  • Solaris 10
  • Linux Red Hat® AS 4.x, 5.x
  • Linux SuSE® SLES 9, 10
  • VMware® ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 (targeted versions)
  • NetWare 6.5
  • HP-UX 11i v2 & 11i v3 (HP supplied driver)
  • OpenVMS 8.31-h1 (HP supplied driver)
Agency Approvals—EMI and EMC
US/Canada

FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Class A; ICES-003, Class A

Europe

EN55022, Class A

New Zealand/Australia

AS/NZS 3548 Class A

Japan

VCCI V-3/2004.4, Class A

Korea

MIC

Taiwan

BSMI (CNS 13438)

Agency Approvals—Safety
US/Canada

UL, cUL: UL60950, CSA C22.2 No.60950

Europe

73/23/ECC Low Voltage Directive:TUV: EN60950-1:2001, EN60825-1:1994+A1+A2, EN60825-2:1994+A1

OEM Branded Product
 

Customized for QLogic’s server and storage OEM customers

OEM OEM Model Name Where to Buy?**

HP

451871-B21

www.hp.com

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

 



 
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