The LP9802 PCI-X host bus adapter offers a highly integrated 2Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA for use in servers based on either PCI or the latest PCI-X expansion bus. The LP9802 delivers exceptional performance through the use of an Emulex Pegasus ASIC, a 266MIPs onboard processor, an embed-ded 1Gig/2Gig SERDES, and a high performance unified QDR SRAM. The LP9802 features automatic topology detection and automatic speed negotiation capability. These capabilities allow complete compatibility with existing 1Gb/s Fibre Channel SANs, while allowing seamless upgrades to higher speed 2Gb/s SANs.

The features of this PCI-X based HBA provide the flexibility and broad interoperability needed for complex, highly scalable SANs. The LP9802 provides a combination of features, including switched fabric support using F_Port and FL_Port connections, full-duplex data transfers, high data integrity features, support for all Fibre Channel topologies, and support for service classes 2 and 3.

The LP9802 also features sophisticated hardware that provides superior performance in SANs and provides best in class server CPU offload. This exclusive hardware delivers low latency and high throughput in switched fabric, arbitrated loop and clustered environments. Support for fiber optic cabling is provided through an embedded small form factor (LC) optical interface.

Driver Support

A rich suite of software complements the LP9802. Some examples of the features included are, LUN Masking, LUN Mapping, Persistent Binding, I/O Coalescing, full fabric boot in both x86 and Sparc environments as well as support for multi or simultaneous protocol (SCSI & IP) operation. In addition, most drivers include a full-featured imple-mentation of the FC-MI HBA Management Interface. These features enable advanced storage area network (SAN) implementations in Windows 2000, Windows NT, Linux, HP-UX, Solaris and NetWare environments. All drivers are also fully compatible with the Emulex LP9002L, LP8000, LP7000E, LP9402DC, and LP9002C host bus adapters. Windows, Linux and NetWare drivers are also compatible with the LP850, LP952L and LP982.

standards

ANSI Fibre Channel FC-FS
ANSI Fibre Channel FC-PH
ANSI Fibre Channel FC-PI
ANSI Fibre Channel FC-AL
ANSI Fibre Channel FC-PLDA
ANSI Fibre Channel FC-MI
ANSI Fibre Channel FC-FLA
PCI-X 1.0a
PCI local bus revision 2.2 (see power requirements)
Fibre Channel Class 2, 3
PHP hot plug - hot swap

architecture

Emulex Pegasus ASIC technology
up to 133MHz PCI-X DMA
2Gb/s or 1Gb/s FC Link
2MB FLASH memory
2MB QDR SRAM

software environments

Windows 2000
Windows NT
HP-UX
Linux
NetWare
Solaris

hardware environments

x86, SPARC and PowerPC PCI hardware platforms
3.3V signaling, 5V tolerant
32/64b 33/66MHz PCI
66/100/133MHz PCI-X

optical