Fibre Channel Specification

Negotiation

8/4/2Gbps auto-negotiation

IOPS

Up to 200000 initiator and target IOPS per port

Class of Service

2 and 3

Topology

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

Protocols

FCP-3-SCSI, FC-Tape(FCP-2)

Cable Distance

Rate         Cable and Distance(m)

            OM1   OM2    OM3

2Gbps       150    300      500

4Gbps       70     150       380

8Gbps       21      50       150

Host Bus Adapter Specification

Airflow

No airflow required

Power consumption

QLE2560: 5.5watts(typical)

QLE2562: 6.2watts(typical)

QLE2564 and QLE2564L: 13watts(typical)

Form Factor

QLE2560, QLE2562, and QLE2564L -Low-profile PCIe cards (6.6in.*2.54in.)

QLE2564-Full-height PCIe card(6.6in.*4.376in)

Temperature

Operating:0-55度

Non-operating -40-70度

Relative Humidity

Operating, non-condensing :10%-90%

Non-operating, non-condensing:5%-93%

RoHS Compliance

 RoHS 6

PCI Express Interface

Compliance

PCI-express Base Specification, rev,2.0

PCI-express Card Electromechanical Specification,rev, 2.0

PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification rev 1.2

PCI Hot Plug Specification rev 1.0

Physical and Electrical

PCIe *8 physical connector

StarPower link training: Maximum X4 lanes for 2.0 rate; Maximum X8 lanes for Gen1 rate

Tools and Utilities

Management Tools

QcomvergeConsole: Unified management tool(GUI and CLI) for adapter configuration and management

Device Utilities

Utilities for flashing boot code

Linux SuperInstaller: Drive and management tool installer and linux tools

Boot Support

BIOS, FCode, and extensible firmware interface(EFI)

APIs

SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, and FDMI

Operating System

Agency Approvals-EMI and EMC (Class A)

US and Canada

FCC Rules,CFR Title 47, Part 15, subpart class A

Industry Canada, ICES-003:Class A

Europe

EN55022 EN61000-3-2

EN55024 EN61000-3-3

Japan

VCCI: Class A

New Zealand and Australia

AS/NZS: Class A

Korea

KC-RRA Class A

Taiwan

BSMI CNS 13438

Ordering Information

QLE2560(Single port)

Ships in an individually packed box with a standard-size bracket and a spare low profile bracket

Ships with SR optical transceivers installed

QLE2562(Dual port)

Ships in an individually packed box with a standard-size bracket and a spare low profile bracket

Ships with SR optical transceivers installed

QLE2564(Quad port)

Ships in an individually packed box with a standard-size bracket and a spare low profile bracket

Ships with SR optical transceivers installed

QLE2564L(Quad port)

Ships in an individually packed box with a  low profile bracket

Ships with SR optical transceivers installed