Brocade 425

Brocade 425 4Gb Fibre Channel PCIe 2-Port Host Bus Adapter

Product Descriptions

Fibre Channel Specifications

Data rate: 4 Gbps (800 MB/sec); 2 Gbps (400 MB/sec); 1 Gbps (200 MB/sec) (per port)

Performance:

Up to 500,000 IOPS per port at 4 Gbps and 8 Gbps; 315,000 IOPS per port at 8 Gbps with 4 KB block size and 50% read/50% write operations (typical e-mail); 176,000 IOPS per port at 8 Gbps with 8 KB block size and 50% read/50% write operations (typical database)

Protocols: SCSI-FCP, FCP-2, FCP-3, FC-SP

Topology:

Point-to-point (N_Port), switched fabric (N_Port), including N_Port Trunking with frame-based load balancing

Class of service: Class 3, Class 2 control frames supported

Boot-over-SAN: DAS (point-to-point topology) and diskless fabric-based LUN discovery

LUN masking: Initiator-based LUN masking for storage traffic isolation

Target rate limiting: Throttles traffic based on target's (slower) speed capability

Distance support: 70 meters at 4 Gbps on 62.5/125 μm MMF
                             150 meters at 4 Gbps on 50/125 μm OM2 MMF
                             380 meters at 4 Gbps on 50/125 μm OM3 MMF

Host Specifications

Server platform: Intel (IA32, IEM64T,), AMD (x86, 64), and Sun (x86, SPARC)

Server chipset: Intel, nVidia, ServerWorks/Broadcom, AMD/ATI, and SPARC

Bus interface: PCI Express Gen 2.0 (x8) and Gen 3.0 compatible, with MSI-X and INTx

Software

Management:

Brocade Network Advisor (Professional, Professional Plus, Enterprise), including multiple host driver updates. Brocade Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) Command Line Interface (CLI).

Driver- and HCM-supported operating systems:

Micrsft Widws, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris,
VMware (ESX/ESXi), Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle VM, Citrix XenServer, Xen for Red Hat, Xen for SUSE

APIs: SNIA-HBA-API 2.0 and FDMI-I

Physical Specifications

Transceivers: 4 Gbps Fibre Channel LC-style pluggable (SFP), MMF (850 nm), hot-swappable

Form factor: PCI Express low-profile form factor; 16.77 cm × 6.89 cm (6.60 in. × 2.71 in.)

Bracket size: Standard: 1.84 cm × 12.08 cm (0.73 in. × 4.76 in.)

Low profile: 1.84 cm × 8.01 cm (0.73 in. × 3.15 in.)

Environmental and Power Requirements

Airflow: No airflow required

Operating temperature: 0º C/32º F to 55º C/131º F (dry bulb)

Non-operating temperature: -43º C/-40º F to 73º C/163º F (dry bulb)

Operating humidity: 5% to 93% (relative, non-condensing)

Non-operating humidity: 5% to 95% (relative, non-condensing)

Power dissipation: 6 W (full line rate)

Operating voltage: 3.3 V

Agency Approvals

United States:

Bi-Nat UL/CSA 60950-1 1st Ed; ANSI C63.4; cCSAus; FCC Class B

Canada: Bi-Nat UL/CSA 60950-1 1st Ed; ICES-003 Class B; cCSAus

Japan: CISPR22 Class B and JEIDA (Harmonics); VCCI-B

European Union: EN60950-1; EN55022 Class B and EN55024; TUVBauart, CE Mark

Australia, New Zealand: EN55022 and CISPR22 Class B or AS/NZS CISPR22; C-Tick

Russia: IEC60950-1; 51318.22-99 and .24-99; GOST Mark

Korea: KN22 and KN24; MIC Mark Class B

Taiwan: CNS 14336(94); CNS 13438(95) Class A; BSMI Mark