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Chapter
5
Specifications
In this chapter
• Fabric Adapters 171
• Converged Network Adapters 179
• Host Bus Adapters 187
• Fibre Channel standards compliance 192
• Regulatory compliance 192
• Safety 198
Fabric Adapters
The Brocade stand-up Fabric Adapters are low-profile MD2 form factor PCI Express (PCIe) cards,
measuring 6.6 in. by 2.731 in. (16.765 cm by 6.93 cm). One and two-port models are available.
Ports support 10 GbE, 8 Gbps FC, or 16 FC small form factor pluggable (SFP+) optics. With the
appropriate optic installed, ports can be configured for HBA, CNA, or NIC operation using the AnyIO
feature.
Fabric Adapters are shipped with a full-height, standard bracket installed, and a low-profile bracket
included for mounting in your host system. Table 18 lists the two bracket types and dimensions.
PCI Express interface
Install Brocade stand-up adapters in PCI Express (PCIe) computer systems with an Industry
Standard Architecture/Extended Industry Standard Architecture (ISA/EISA) bracket type.
Following are some of the features of the PCIe interface:
• PCI Gen 2 system interface.
• On-board flash memory provides BIOS support over the PCIe bus.
• The adapter is designed to operate on an x8 lane DMA bus master at 250 GMhz. Operation
can negotiate from x8 to x4, x2, and x1 lanes.
• Effective data rate of 32 Gbps for Gen 2 and 16 Gbps for Gen 1.
• Eight physical functions supported per port.
TABLE 12 Fabric Adapter mounting brackets
Bracket Type Dimensions
Low Profile 73 in. by 3.15 in. (1.84 cm by 8.01 cm)
Standard 73 in. by 3.15 in. (1.84 cm by 12.08 cm)
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