LP1005DC-CM2 Hardware Installation Manual Page 1
Introduction
The Emulex® LP1005DC-CM2 is a dual-channel Fibre Channel (FC) PCI-X host bus adapter (HBA)
designed specifically for operation in the IBM BladeCenter. The core technology of this HBA is Emulex's
6th generation FC controller, code-named Thor. The Thor controller incorporates a multi-function native
PCI-X core that is compliant to the PCI and PCI-X local bus specifications. The HBA supports burst data
transfers up to 133 MHz PCI-X or 66 MHz PCI. The two independent, fully featured FC ports are
compliant to various ANSI Fibre Channel standards. The product is targeted at FC storage networking
environments that require the highest degrees of robustness, performance and ease of management.
The major product features are listed below:
Major Features
• Bridgeless dual-channel implementation.
• Compatible with both 1 Gigabit (Gb) and 2 Gb FC Interface.
• Auto-negotiation between 1 Gb and 2 Gb link attachments.
• Multi-function PCI-X device with two fully independent FC ports.
• Designed to the PCI-X 1.0a and PCI 2.3 specifications with modifications specific to the IBM/
Intel BladeServer Specifications.
• Full support for all FC topologies - point-to-point, arbitrated loop and fabric.
• Full support for FC service class 2 and 3.
• Maximum FC throughput achieved via full duplex hardware support.
• End-to-end data path-parity and cyclic redundancy check (CRC) protection, including internal
data path random-access memory (RAM).
• Architectural support for multiple upper layer protocols.
• State-of-the-art circuitry (on each port):
• All PCI-X and FC functionality contained within single custom high-density fully-inte-
grated FC controller (Thor).
• Internal 32-bit ARM 946E-S processor with instruction and data cache.
• Internal SerDes 1 Gb/2 Gb core.
• High speed Quad Data Rate ll (QDR II) external memory with separate read and write data
paths.
• Host Interface via Emulex standard drivers written to the Emulex Service Level Interface (SLI-2)
that is compatible with the LP7000E/LP8000/LP9002L/LP9802/LP10000 Drivers.
• Comprehensive array of operating system drivers:
• Emulex standard device drivers for Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 and
Linux.
• Drivers for both SCSI and IP protocols.
• Driver support for remote and fabric boot functionality.
• On-board context management by firmware (per port).
• Up to 510 FC port logins.
• Up to 1024 concurrent exchanges.
• I/O multiplexing down to the FC frame level.
• Large data buffers capable of supporting 16 buffer-to-buffer (BB) credits per port for short-wave
applications.