Specifications
- Based on the QLogic QLE2690 (single port) and QLE2692 (dual port) adapters
- Host interface: PCIe 3.0 x8
- Ports: Single-port and dual-port SFP+ based adapters
- Link speed: Support for 16 Gb, 8 Gb and 4 Gb
FC link speeds, which are automatically negotiated
- Data rate: 14.025 Gbps (1600 MBps), 8.5 Gbps (800 MBps), and 4.25 Gbps (400 MBps) autosensing (per port), with full duplex
- Performance: Up to 1,300,000
IOPS (up to 650,000
IOPS per port)
- Fibre Channel standards: FC-PI-5, FC-GS-2, FC-GS-3, SCSI-FCP, FCP-2, FC-TAPE
- Topology: Point-to-point and switched fabric
- Hot-pluggable 16 Gbps
Fibre Channel SFP+ short wave optical transceivers (850 nm) with LC connectors (included with the adapters). Note: Other transceivers are not supported.
- Distance support:
Operating at 16 Gbps:
Up to 35 m on 50/125 µm OM2 Multi-Mode Fiber (MMF)
Up to 100 m on 50/125 µm OM3 MMF
Up to 125 m on 50/125 µm OM4 MMF
Operating at 8 Gbps:
Up to 21 m on 62.5/125 µm OM1 MMF
Up to 50 m on 50/125 µm OM2 MMF
Up to 150 m on 50/125 µm OM3 MMF
Up to 190 m on 50/125 µm OM4 MMF
Operating at 4 Gbps:
Up to 70 m on 62.5/125 µm OM1 MMF
Up to 150 m on 50/125 µm OM2 MMF
Up to 380 m on 50/125 µm OM3 MMF
Up to 400 m on 50/125 µm OM4 MMF
- Management software:
The QLogic unified management application, QLogic QConvergeConsole (QCC), provides single-pane-of-glass management across generations of QLogic
FC adapters.
QLogic supports all major APIs for deployment flexibility and integration with third-party management tools, including the VMware vCenter and Brocade Network Advisor.