Lenovo Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter
Abstract
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.
Change History
Changes in the November 26 update:
Updated the list of supported operating systems
Introduction
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.
Features
- The Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter has the following features and specifications
- 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
