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QLogic 8200 Virtual Fabric Adapter Family for IBM System x 4

Features

The QLogic 8200 VFA family is based on the QLogic second generation of Converged Network

Controllers, supporting simultaneous LAN (TCP/IP) and SAN (FCoE and iSCSI) traffic at line-rate, 10

Gbps Ethernet speed. This convergence of networking traffic lowers data center costs by eliminating the

need for separate LAN and SAN infrastructure. Data centers now need fewer adapters, cables, and

switches, which also means reduced power and cooling costs. In addition, these controllers are fully

compatible with existing Fibre Channel and iSCSI storage, providing investment protection for existing

infrastructure.

The QLogic 8200 VFA family adapters have the following features:

10 Gbps per-port maximum throughput for high bandwidth storage (SAN) and networking (LAN)

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traffic.

Based on the QLogic 8200 ASIC.

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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface.

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Operate at full 10 Gbps line rate on both ports.

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Support for SFP+ transceivers and DAC cables.

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Two form factors:

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Standard PCIe low-profile form factor adapter fits most M4 systems.

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Mezzanine form-factor card installed in a dedicated slot on the system board of supported

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servers.

Support for Switch Independent vNIC mode, also known as NIC Partitioning or NPAR, where each

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physical port appears to the server as four virtual NICs. Bandwidth for each vNIC can be configured

from 100 Mbps to 10 Gbps. This vNIC mode extends the existing VLANs to the virtual NIC interfaces.

It uses IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tags to separate data traffic; the VLAN tags are added to the packet by the

applications or drivers rather than by the switch.

Support for full FCoE and iSCSI hardware offload through the Features on Demand (FoD) license

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upgrade. This support enables flexibility and investment protection by letting you buy the FCoE or

iSCSI license when you need it. FCoE and iSCSI can also be enabled with 4 of the vNIC ports (2

FCoE, 2 iSCSI) if vNIC is also enabled.

Full support for TCP/IP and Ethernet performance enhancements, such as Priority-Based Flow

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Control (802.1Qbb),

jumbo frames

, checksum offloads, and segmentation offloads.

Support for IPv4 and IPv6.

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Support for Wake on LAN.

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Port 1 can be configured to be a shared management port to remotely connect to the IMM2

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management controller.

Note: The adapter only supports connectivity to a 10 Gb Ethernet switch. 1 Gb Ethernet connectivity is

not supported.

Check the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC) for full listing of IBM supported FCoE &

iSCSI configurations:

http://ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic/interoperability.wss

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