Qlogic QLA2500 Supplementary Manual

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F a c t S H E E tVMware® Support forFC and FCoE AdaptersDrivers and Utilities for FC andFCoE SAN ConnectivityQuick FactsFibre Channel (FC) natively supported by ESX and•ESXiUnified driver model with integrated firmware•FC topologies: Point-to-Point, FC-AL, FC-AL2, and•Switched FabricProtocols: FCP-3 SCSI, FC-Tape•Single driver support for 2/4/8Gb FC HBAs and•10Gb Enhanced Ethernet (10GbEE) FCoE ConvergedNetwork Adapter (CNA)N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support for FC•AdaptersBoot from SAN support•Support for MSI-X on 4Gb/8Gb FC HBAs and FCoE•CNAsSupports all hardware platforms and guest•operating systems supported by ESXHigh AvailabilitySupport for LUN Multipathing Solution•SCSI Path failover support for Active/Active and•Active/Passive storage devicesSupport for seamless live migration of Virtual•Machines (VMs) and VM storage using VMotion™and Storage VMotion™ManageabilityPerformance monitoring using VMware Virtual•Center or VMwareesxtop toolTools to configure and manage QLogic FC HBAs:•SANsurfer– ® FC HBA Manager GUISANsurfer FC HBA Command Line Interface–(CLI) for both interactive and scriptable modesof operationIntegrated management support through VMware•Infrastructure Client (VI Client) and VirtualCenterHardware and Software Support SpecificationsAdapters* 10GbEE FCoE CNA: QLE8042•8Gb FC: QLE25•xx4Gb FC: QLA24•xx, QLE24xx, QMC24xx,QME24xx, QMH24xx2Gb FC: QLA23•xxServer HardwarePlatformsx86, x64•ESX Versions ESX 3.5, ESXi 3.5, ESX 3.0.•x, ESX 2.5.xManagementToolsSANsurfer FC HBA Manager (GUI) and CLI•Integrated HBA management via VMware•VirtualCenter and VI ClientFast!• UTIL BIOS utility for configuring HBAparametersSupportedStorage*EMC• ® CLARiiON®, Symmetrix®IBM• ® TotalStorage® DS4000/8000HP• ® StorageWorks MSA, EVA, XPHitachi• ®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, Mezzanineadapters* For the latest list of supported platforms, guest OSs, storage, and I/O devices, refer tothe respective VMware compatibility guides for your ESX version at www.vmware.com.

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