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Performance specifications, Standards – HP StorageWorks Modular Arrays User Manual

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1-4 Compaq StorageWorks 64-Bit PCI-To-Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter User Guide

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Performance Specifications

The HBA is a high-performance I/O solution for applications such as
client/server configurations, database I/O environments, multimedia
applications, and imaging technologies. Each of these requires high-level
throughput with low-latency characteristics.

The HBA is both ANSI Fibre Channel and PCI Local Bus Compliant and
supports:

Full PCI bus speed data transfers of 133 MBytes/sec

Point-to-point arbitrated-loop, and switch fabric FC connections

Storage protocol

Fibre channel class 1, 2, 3

Direct interface to fibre optical cables through an embedded SC type
short-wave multi-mode connection

Collectively, these characteristics create a high-performance fibre channel
HBA.

Standards

The HBA conforms to the following standards:

ANSI Fibre Channel FC-PH, Revision 4.3

ANSI Fibre Channel FC-AL, Revision 4.5

PCI Local Bus, Revision 2.0/2.1

Fibre Channel Class 1, 2, 3