The Sun StorEdge PCI Dual Fibre Channel Network Adapter+ is the latest PCI-based fibre channel host bus adapter (HBA) designed to address customer needs for SAN, direct attach, and FC hub attach storage solutions.

The supported storage products for the PCI Dual Fibre Channel Network Adapter+ are the Sun StorEdge T3, A5X00, and A3500FC arrays, as well as FC hubs and FC switches.

The supported workstation and server platforms are:

• U60, U80 and Sun Blade 1000 workstations
• E250, E220R, E450, E420R and 280R workgroup servers
• E3X00-E6X00 and E10000 enterprise servers

The PCI Dual Fibre Channel Network Adapter+ is the third in a series of Fibre Channel host bus adapters designed to address Sun customer needs for SAN solutions. This HBA allows for the creation of a SAN architecture with the combination of other Sun StorEdge components (FC switches, FC hubs, Network Foundation Software). Fabric functionality will be available as an update to the Sun StorEdge Network Foundation Software shortly.

The PCI Dual Fibre Channel Network Adapter+ has greater port density than previously available on a FC PCI HBA and therefore has a cost savings for the customer in terms of functions/value per server. It also frees up additional PCI slots and valuable floor space for data center and ISP/ASP environments.

The Sun StorEdge PCI Dual Fibre Channel Network Adapter+ should be used when customers require a large fibre channel storage solution and need to maximize the number of PCI slots to fibre channel ports. The Sun StorEdge PCI Single Fibre Channel Network Adapter should be used when the customer requires a fibre channel storage solution and is not constrained by the number of PCI slots available and requires an entry level price point.

When creating storage solutions with these FC HBAs, the following versions of Solaris are required:

• Solaris 7 (release 11/99 or later) for direct attach or FC hub solutions

• Solaris 8 (release 6/00 or later) for SAN, direct attach, or FC hub solutions

The internal connector allows customers to extend a fibre channel loop to internal FC-AL drives. This feature is intended to support future functionality. [...read more...]

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