Qlogic QMC2462 Supplementary Manual

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FACT SHEET
VMware
®
Support for
FC and FCoE Adapters
Drivers and Utilities for FC and
FCoE SAN Connectivity
Quick Facts
Fibre Channel (FC) natively supported by ESX and
ESXi
Unified driver model with integrated firmware
FC topologies: Point-to-Point, FC-AL, FC-AL2, and
Switched Fabric
Protocols: FCP-3 SCSI, FC-Tape
Single driver support for 2/4/8Gb FC HBAs and
10Gb Enhanced Ethernet (10GbEE) FCoE Converged
Network Adapter (CNA)
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support for FC
Adapters
Boot from SAN support
Support for MSI-X on 4Gb/8Gb FC HBAs and FCoE
CNAs
Supports all hardware platforms and guest
operating systems supported by ESX
High Availability
Support for LUN Multipathing Solution
SCSI Path failover support for Active/Active and
Active/Passive storage devices
Support for seamless live migration of Virtual
Machines (VMs) and VM storage using VMotion™
and Storage VMotion™
Manageability
Performance monitoring using VMware Virtual
Center or VMware
esxtop
tool
Tools to configure and manage QLogic FC HBAs:
SANsurfer
®
FC HBA Manager GUI
SANsurfer FC HBA Command Line Interface
(CLI) for both interactive and scriptable modes
of operation
Integrated management support through VMware
Infrastructure Client (VI Client) and VirtualCenter
Hardware and Software Support Specifications
Adapters* 10GbEE FCoE CNA: QLE8042
8Gb FC: QLE25
xx
4Gb FC: QLA24
xx
, QLE24
xx
, QMC24
xx,
QME24
xx
, QMH24
xx
2Gb FC: QLA23
xx
Server Hardware
Platforms
x86, x64
ESX Versions ESX 3.5, ESXi 3.5, ESX 3.0.
x
, ESX 2.5.
x
Management
Tools
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager (GUI) and CLI
Integrated HBA management via VMware
VirtualCenter and VI Client
Fast!
UTIL BIOS utility for configuring HBA
parameters
Supported
Storage*
EMC
®
CLARiiON
®
, Symmetrix
®
IBM
®
TotalStorage
®
DS4000/8000
HP
®
StorageWorks MSA, EVA, XP
Hitachi
®
NetApp
®
Diagnostics Loopback tests
Read/Write buffer tests
Link statistics
Boot Support BIOS
Boot from SAN
PCI Form Factors PCIe
®
, PCI-X
®
, PCI Express
®
Module, Mezzanine
adapters
* For the latest list of supported platforms, guest OSs, storage, and I/O devices, refer to
the respective VMware compatibility guides for your ESX version at www.vmware.com.
FACT SHEET
Corporate Headquarters QLogic Corporation 26650 Aliso Viejo Parkway Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949.389.6000 www.qlogic.com
Europe Headquarters QLogic (UK) LTD. Quatro House Lyon Way, Frimley Camberley Surrey, GU16 7ER UK +44 (0) 1276 804 670
VMware Support for FC and FCoE Adapters Drivers and Utilities for FC and FCoE SAN Connectivity
© 2008 QLogic Corporation. Specifications are subject to change without notice. All rights reserved worldwide. QLogic, the QLogic logo, and SANsurfer are registered trademarks of QLogic Corporation. VMware and the VMware logo are registered trademarks and
VMotion is a trademark of VMware, Inc. EMC, CLARiiON, and Symmetrix are registered trademarks of EMC Corporation. IBM and TotalStorage are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. PCI-X, PCIe, and PCI Express are registered
trademarks of PCI-SIG Corporation. HP StorageWorks is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. Hitachi is a registered trademark of Hitachi, Ltd. and/or its affiliates. NetApp is a registered trademark of Network Appliance, Inc. All other brand and
product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Information supplied by QLogic Corporation is believed to be accurate and reliable. QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors in this brochure. QLogic Corporation
reserves the right, without notice, to make changes in product design or specifications.
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Qlogic QMC2462 Supplementary Manual

Category
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Type
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