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QMC4052 Dual Port 1-Gbps iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter® IBM Part Number: 32R1923. |
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| QMC4052 iSCSI Expansion Card |
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IT managers now have a choice when considering SAN management options. The QMC4052 for the IBM BladeCenter provides connectivity to Storage Area Networks (SANs) over Ethernet and TCP/IP network infrastructures (switches, routers, and VPN appliances). Using a widely deployed and familiar networking technology, iSCSI can lower the total cost of ownership to better manage and support storage networking.
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| Networking and Storage Performance |
By offloading the iSCSI and TCP/IP protocol to the adapter, the QMC4052 eliminates the processing, interrupts, and bus accesses required to support protocols in host software. The QMC4052 virtually eliminates the host CPU system processing required for iSCSI and TCP/IP, delivering equivalent initialization and host processing performance of Direct Attached Storage (DAS) and Fibre Channel SANs.
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| Simplified Setup |
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Point-and-click installation and configuration wizards simplify the iSCSI adapter setup process. Storage administrators can quickly deploy iSCSI adapters across a SAN using standard iSCSI adapter management tools and device utilities. The QMC4052 is also fully compliant with industry standard Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), thereby allowing administrators to manage QLogic iSCSI adapters using third-party software applications.
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| Comprehensive Operating System Support |
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QMC4052 drivers exist for all major operating systems. A single driver strategy per OS allows storage administrators to easily deploy and manage iSCSI adapters in heterogeneous SAN configurations. QLogic’s comprehensive driver suite includes support for Intel®, AMD™, and Power PC® based BladeCenter blades.
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| Guaranteed Interoperability |
Storage partner certifications, combined with agency and regulatory testing, ensures all products meet world compliance hardware and software specifications. All our iSCSI adapters are tested extensively with third-party hardware, along with multiple software applications, to ensure best-in-class percent SAN interoperability and compatibility. You can be confident purchasing QLogic iSCSI adapters to meet your Fibre Channel storage networking needs.
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| High Performance |
- Networking and storage functionality for iSCSI, Network Attached Storage (NAS), clustering, multimedia, distributed network applications, and web serving
- Jumbo frames, 802.3x flow control, 802.1p priority service, and 802.1Q VLAN Ethernet networking
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| Superior Scalability |
- Universal iSCSI boot for true remote storage boot implementation
- Comprehensive Operating System (OS) driver support including Windows®, Linux®, VMWare®, and AIX®
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| Enhanced Reliability |
- Storage reliability with iSCSI digests, ECC memory, and overlapping data path parity
- Dual-port design protects against “single point of failure” via BladeCenter midplane routing to redundant switch modules
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Host Bus Interface Specifications |
| Bus interface |
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64-bit, 133-MHz PCI |
| Hardware Platforms |
| IBM HS20, IBM HS21, IBM HS40, IBM LS20, IBM LS21, IBM LS41, IBM JS21 |
| Compliance |
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PCI-X Protocol Addendum to the PCI Local Bus Specification, revision 2.0a
PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, revision 1.1 |
| iSCSI, TCP/IP, and Ethernet Specifications |
| Data rate |
| 100/1000 Mbps |
| Throughput |
| 1Gbps full-duplex line rate |
| Topology |
| Any Ethernet Network |
| iSCSI |
| RFC 3347: iSCSI Requirements and Design Considerations; CHAP; iSNS; SLP |
| TCP/IP |
| Complete state-based TCP/IP offload; RFC791: Internet Protocol Specification (IPv4); RFC1122: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification; RFC1323: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers; RFC2581: TCP Extensions for High Performance; TCP Congestion Control |
| Ethernet |
| 1500 bytes or 9000 bytes (jumbo) |
| Physical Specifications |
| Ports |
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Two |
| Form factor |
| IBM BladeCenter Expansion Card |
| Tools and Utilities |
| Management tools |
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SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager
SANsurfer iSCSI Command Line Interface (CLI) |
| Device utilities |
| Utility for updating: Firmware, Boot code, HBA parameters |
| Boot support |
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BIOS
FCode |
| APIs |
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MS WMI |
| Operating systems |
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Windows®, Linux – Red Hat®, Linux – SuSE®, VMWare, AIX (driver supplied by IBM) |
| Environment and Equipment Specifications |
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Operating: 0°C/32°F to 55°C/131°F
Storage: -40°C/-40°F to 70°C/158°F |
| Humidity |
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Relative (non-condensing): 5% to 95%
Storage: 5% to 95% | |
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OEM Branded Product |
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Customized for QLogic’s server and storage OEM customers |
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OEM Model Name |
Where to Buy?** |
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IBM |
32R1923 |
www.ibm.com | |
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** Contact appropriate server or storage OEM for information on pricing, contents, warranty, and placing orders. |
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