Lenovo FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter

The Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter enables high-speed access for Flex System compute nodes to connect to a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN). This adapter is based on the proven QLogic 2532 8Gb ASIC design and works with the 8 Gb and 16 Gb Flex System Fibre Channel switches and pass-thru modules.

• QLogic ISP2532 controller
• PCI Express 2.0 x4 host interface
• Bandwidth: 8 Gb per second maximum at half-duplex and 16 Gb per second maximum at full-duplex per port
• 8/4/2 Gbps auto-negotiation
• Support for FCP SCSI initiator and target operation
• Support for NPIV
• Support for full-duplex operation
• Support for Fibre Channel protocol SCSI (FCP-SCSI) and Fibre Channel Internet protocol (FCP-IP)
• Support for point-to-point fabric connection (F-port fabric login)
• Support for Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FCAL) public loop profile: Fibre Loop-(FL-Port)-Port Login
• Support for Fibre Channel services class 2 and 3
• Configuration and boot support in UEFI
• APIs supported: SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, FDMI
• Support for Fabric Manager
• Power usage: 3.7 W typical
• RoHS 6 compliant

Part Code:

FC3172