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QLE7280

 InfiniBand 4X DDR to PCI Express Host Channel Adapter

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Host Bus Interface Specifications

Bus interface

PCI Express v1.1 x16

 

Hardware platforms

Intel

 

®

 EM64T

AMD™ Opteron64

 

Compliance

PCI Express Base Specification 1.1

 

InfiniBand Interfaces and Specifications

Data rate

 

 

DDR: 4X and 1X speeds
SDR: 4X and 1X speeds

 

Performance

Latency: 1.2 μs one-way MPI

 

1, 2, 3

Bandwidth: 1930 MBps unidirectional

 

1, 2

Message rate: 26M messages/sec

 

2, 4

Message size

Configurable MTU size (4096 maximum)

 

Connectivity

Compatible with InfiniBand switches from 

 

QLogic, Cisco

®

, Flextronics, Mellanox, and 

Voltaire

®

Interoperable with other HCAs certified with the 

 

OpenFabrics (OFED) software stack

Compliance

InfiniBand 1.2 compliant

 

Physical Specifications

Ports

Single DDR 4X IB

 

Connections

CX4 connector with support of active external 

 

media modules and cables

Form factor

Available in PCI half height, short-form factors

 

Bracket size

Standard: 1.84 cm × 12.08 cm (.73 in. × 4.76 in.) 

 

Low-profile: 1.84 cm × 8.01 cm (.73 in. × 3.15 in.)

 

Environment and Equipment 
Specifications

Power consumption

Less than 6.0 Watts (typical)

 

Temperature

0 to 55°C (operating)

 

-40 to 70°C (non-operating)

 

Humidity

10% to 95% (operating, non-condensing)

 

5% to 100% (non-operating, non-condensing)

 

RoHs compliance

RoHS 6

 

Agency Approvals—EMI and EMC

US/Canada

 

 

FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Class A; ICES-003, 
Class A

Europe

 

 

EN55022:1994+A1+A2; EN55024:1998+A1+A2; 
EN61000-3-2:2000 (Harmonic Current); EN61000-
3-3:1995+A1 (Voltage Fluctuation & Flicker)

Japan

VCCI V-3/2004.4, Class A

 

New Zealand/Australia

AN/NZS CISPR 22:2002, Class A

 

Korea

MIC (KN22, KN24), Class A

 

Taiwan

BSMI (CSN 13438), Class A

 

China

CCC, Class A

 

Agency Approvals—Safety

US/Canada

UL; CSA/UL 60590-1; CB Scheme: IEC 60950-1

 

Europe

TUV: EN60950:2001+A11

 

Tools and Utilities

Host driver/Upper Level Protocol (ULP) support

MPI: MPI, OpenMPI, MVAPICH, HP-MPI, Scali-MPI, 

 

Intel MPI, MPICH
Sockets: standard Linux TCP/IP, IPoIB, SDP

 

File systems: GPFS, Lustre, NFS, Panasas

 

32- and 64-bit application ready

 

VirtualHBA (FC)

 

VirtualNIC (Ethernet)

 

Management tools

QLogic InfiniBand Fabric Suite

 

InfiniBand 1.2 compliant SMA (Subnet 

 

Management Agent)
Interoperable with management solutions from 

 

OpenFabrics (OFED OpenSM), Cisco, Mellanox, 
and Voltaire

Operating environments

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 

 

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

 

Scientific Linux 4, 5

 

Fedora Core 6

 

CentOS 4, 5

 

Ordering Information

QLE7280-CK 

Ships in an individually packed box with a 

 

standard size bracket and a spare low-profile 
bracket, and Quick Start Guide

QLE7280-BK

Ships in a bulk box in quantities of 20 with 

 

standard size brackets

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